The subreddit r/dataisbeautiful truly lives up to its name. From global or internet trends to societal issues, this community covers it all in easy-to-understand visualizations that effectively convey otherwise complex information. Each graph, chart, or map has the potential to uncover patterns, expose correlations, or shed light on various topics. No wonder why as of today, over 19M people appreciate this subreddit.
So if you feel that sometimes life is just too difficult to comprehend, hopefully, this list will make you feel at least somewhat at ease knowing that even the most complex things can be summed up in a beautiful visualization.
To learn more about data and data analysis, Bored Panda reached out to Matthew Mayo, a Data Scientist and the Editor-in-Chief of KDnuggets, the seminal online resource for Data Science, Machine Learning, AI, and Analytics. Read the full interview with Matthew below.
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Bolivia's Infant Mortality Has Dropped Below The World's Average
I wonder how they achieved that 🤔 or do I not want to know the answer…
The Bedrock Geology Of North America
The Share Of Latin American Women Going To College And Beyond Has Grown 14x In The Past 50 Years. Men’s Share Is Roughly Ten Years Behind Women’s
Not just there. Women now compose about 60% of those in college in the USA.
Matthew's interests lie in natural language processing, algorithm design and optimization, unsupervised learning, and automated approaches to machine learning. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science and a graduate diploma in data mining.
So in order to learn more about data, we reached out to Matthew to ask him a few questions relating to the subject. We were curious about how data analysts can effectively identify and address data quality issues in large datasets. Matthew shared: “Data quality issues in large datasets is a major concern in the analytics field, and ever more so with the increasingly larger datasets we continue to amass. Data analysts can effectively identify and address data quality issues in large datasets by employing some of these strategies. Data profiling involves statistical analysis and assessment of data for consistency, uniqueness, and logic to understand the quality of the data. It can be used to get a useful preliminary overview of the data. Data cleaning involves detecting and correcting or removing corrupt, inaccurate, or inconsistent data from a dataset. This helps explicitly remove data points of poor quality from the dataset. Techniques such as data imputation can be used to fill in missing values. Data validation involves checking if the data meets the specific requirements, rules, or norms to ensure the quality and reliability of data. This can ensure that individual data points are in the realm of the expected, or the coherent.
These few strategies, while only a small subset of those available to help analysts identify and address data quality issues in large datasets, can actually get you very far along the road to quality data when employed correctly.The key takeaway: An analyst's time is overwhelmingly spent trying to understand data, in large part to help ensure its quality.”
For The First Time, Fewer Than Half Of Americans Say They “Know God Really Exists” And Have “No Doubts About It”
The Percent Of Americans Who Believe Abortion Should Be Illegal (1975-2020)
If There Were Only 10 People On Earth, This Is How Wealth Would Be Distributed
And the sad thing is the other 9 people could easily get together and just kill that one guy, and fix almost all of their problems.
KDnuggets is a leading destination for data science, machine learning, AI, and analytics. The site was founded nearly 30 years ago by Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro. KDnuggets creates and publishes original content and shares news, tutorials, and resources from around the internet. It should be every data scientist's first stop of the day. KD stands for Knowledge Discovery. So if you are data-curious, feel free to check out their website.
For more information about data, we asked Matthew to share some best practices for data analysts to ensure accurate and meaningful data visualization and reporting. “Meaningful and accurate data visualization and reporting tend to come down to one thing: impact. Here are a few best practices for making an impact on your work.
Emphasizing the importance of choosing the right visualization may seem overly simplistic, but it's something we should all be reminded of from time to time. Data analysts should choose the type of data visualization that best conveys the information on hand, be it bar charts for comparisons, line graphs for trends, etc. Another way to make your data visualizations have an impact is by maintaining simplicity. A general rule is that visualizations should be as simple as possible since overcomplicating can confuse or mislead the audience. Data should also always be presented with adequate context to help viewers understand the implications of the analysis. Another no-brainer is the attention to detail in your reporting and visualizations. Appropriate use of color, ensuring accurate scale, and including legends and labels when necessary are all easy ways to increase engagement with visualizations and keep a focus on the project's simplicity, as well as the appropriate use of whitespace, headings, and line spacing in a report.
The key takeaway: Simplicity leads to impact,” shared Matthew.
The Most Streamed Programs
It's comfort watching for some of us so it's just streaming while we do dishes, work, etc.. That's how I watch Bob's Burgers.
Load More Replies...Lol! I am learning there are a few of us Criminal Minds fanatics here on BP…and I LOVE it! ❤️
Load More Replies...PeeledPotato I'm with you. Bluey is actually funny even for an adult!
Load More Replies...The fact that anyone watches Cocomelon makes me want to destroy the world...
It may be annoying but babies and toddlers love it. Lessons aren't too bad in most episodes either.
Load More Replies...Lies, damn lies, statistics. Wednesday way down at 18.6B is one series 8 episodes, Stranger Things up at 52B has 4 series a total of 34 episodes, NCIS 20 seasons 457 episodes, Encanto is one film and is up at 27.4B. The number of streams isn’t always the most accurate way to grade a series. If you divide the number of streams by the number of episodes you get a more accurate way to judge the popularity of a particular programme.
Me who only watched as much criminal minds episodes as I could take without feeling sick from all the evil in there
I discovered CM when season 5 was airing. Binged the first 5 seasons in a month. Felt a bit bleak for a few days after. Now I'm on my annual summer re-watch.
Load More Replies...Wednesday just became Netflix's most watched series, actually.
I would love to see this as hours viewed vs length of show. Really says a LOT about Encanto that it's competing with series with many seasons and hundreds of hours of content.
I’m the only person in the world who just couldn’t get into Stranger Things. 🙈
Totally inaccurate. IsDisney almost bankrupt by now? And a children's show 8n top 10? Doubt it. This seems like it was a list created by Netflix
never watched Stranger Things, Cocomelon, Ozark, Gilmore Girls, Supernatural, Wednesday, --seldom watched Grey's Anatomy or Seinfeld, --watched Enchanto once.
Idk why but ncis having so many veies is absolutely hilarious to me
Cocomelon should not count. It's just noise and colors to distract a baby. There's no content there. Other than the dad who looks like he's seen into the abyss.
I love Seinfeld. It was a little bit before my time, but my dad had a boxed set of every season on DVD and we would watch it together. It really shaped my sense of humor nowadays. Good times! I’m really glad that future generations can enjoy Seinfeld on Netflix
I love that three of the titles are kids shows and extra points to Encanto, the only movie on the list, wow. That's a lot of kids saying, "Again!", when the credits run, I'm guessing, lol.
I’m rather worried about the...thing on the third place.
The thing on the third place? Seinfeld? What are you worried about?
Load More Replies...Bluey!! Yes!!!! The Tv show me and friend watch at 1am and get emotional over, best kids show ever.
I think my kids are responsible for at least half of those views for Encanto. Lol
Most of those minutes viewed for Criminal Minds are from me 😬It’s my favorite show, ever!
Same. I watched all the seasons and got disney plus to be able to watch season 16 (it's not my favorite though, and Reid should really come back)
Load More Replies...Not watching anything with Jenna Ortega after she decided it would be fun to punch down on her writers.
Finland Joins NATO, More Than Doubling The Alliance's Border With Russia
A Comparison Of Nato And Russia's Military Strength
We were also curious to learn about the key skills and qualifications that organizations should look for when hiring a data analyst. Matthew wrote: “The key skills and qualifications that organizations should be looking for in a data analyst are as follows:- Problem-solving skills: Ability to approach complex problems and provide practical solutions.
- Languages and software: Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, R, SQL, and software like Excel, Tableau, PowerBI, etc.
- Statistical analysis: Understanding of statistics and probability to interpret and analyze data.
- Machine learning: Knowledge of machine learning algorithms can be a plus to anticipate trends and patterns.
- Data visualization: Ability to present data in a visual context to make it easier for others to understand.
- Communication skills: Ability to clearly and effectively communicate findings to both technical and non-technical team members.
As you can see, the technical skills are sandwiched between the soft skills of problem-solving and communication. Before you undertake a project, critical and analytical skills are needed to plan out the exploration and solution roadmap. Once you are finished with the analysis, your communication skills are needed to convey results with the stakeholders.
The key takeaway: Technical skills are definitely important, but don't overlook the soft skills.”
São Paulo Cut Its Homicide Rate By 90% And Is Now About As Safe As Boston. Mexico City Is Currently Safer Than Dallas And Denver
Covid Is The #1 Cop Killer In The United States
The Cost Of Cable vs. Top Streaming Subscriptions
If you are interested in becoming a data analyst and you match all the skills and qualifications, you should also consider what challenges data analysts face when working with unstructured data, and how they can overcome them. Matthew shared his experience. “Unstructured data comes with its own set of challenges. However, given that so much of today's data is unstructured, they are challenges that require attention. Here are some of the biggest such challenges and their considerations.
- Lack of metadata: Unstructured data often lacks metadata, which makes it difficult to understand and use. One way to overcome this is by implementing data cataloging or automatic metadata generation tools.
- Scale and complexity: Unstructured data can be difficult to analyze, simply due to its nature. Leveraging big data technologies like Hadoop, Spark can help in processing and analyzing such data.
- Data quality: As unstructured data comes from various sources, it often presents quality issues. Using machine learning techniques, including natural language processing in the case of the vast amount of unstructured text data that makes up the web, can help clean and standardize unstructured data.
As you can see, the second and third points relate directly to the first question regarding identifying and addressing data quality issues in large datasets.
The key takeaway: Unstructured data requires additional care, which in and of itself can help mitigate data quality issues.”
Does Healthcare Spending Correlate With Life Expectancy?
The USA spends so much for the most mediocre healthcare system.
Rotten Tomatoes Score Of Movies By Marvel Studios
Well Rotten Tomatoes isn't really a reliable source when it comes to Disney products, the critics do a lot to not lose their early review access by being too negative in their critique
Norway's Oil Fund vs. Top 10 Billionaires
And lastly, Matthew added: “Hand in hand with the importance of data analysis, the ethics of data collection, usage, and storage should always be kept in mind. The ideals of informed consent, privacy, security, and fairness should not be afterthoughts in data analytics. Moreover, organizations should foster a data-driven culture where decisions are backed by data, and continuous learning is encouraged to keep up with the ever-evolving field of data analytics. The importance of these issues should lead to a need for qualified data analytics experts for a long time to come.
Whatever you do, don't overlook the importance of being able to share your results and tell a good story with data. Stakeholders are looking forward to using your analysis to help solve a problem, so make it easy for them to do so.
And don't forget to look at KDnuggets for much more data analysis.”
Most Spoken Languages In The World
I am confused why a lot of languages don't have a blue second language bar? Even Standard Arabic? No information about speakers available or just so few speakers, the tiny blue bar isn't visible?
Population Density Of Egypt
Actors/Actresses With The Most Oscar Wins
Top Googled Games In Europe, December 2022
The Rise And Fall (And Rise) Of "Alexa"
How Long Ago Were The Hottest And Coldest Years On Record Around The World
Much Of Latin America Has Caught Up To The 90%+ Literacy Rate The Us Has Had Since 1900
How To Mathematically Win At Rock, Paper, Scissors
Simpsons did it. Lisa: "Bart always chooses rock" Bart: "Rock, good old rock, nothin' beats that"
Do You Belief In Ghosts?
Dating In The Internet Age: 1995 vs. 2017
I hate online dating so much! Cant all my friend just send every single single person they know to my door? Is that too much to ask?
My 2-Month Long Job Search As A Software Engineer With 4 Yeo
6th interview ? Come on, for any position under VP of a big corporate group, this is beyond reasonable.
Obesity Rate (%) By Country Over Time
The Popularity Of The Name "Mabel" In The United States Skyrocketed After Gravity Falls Came Out
I Asked 1000 People To Take Their Pic For Free On The Street
A Detailed Shaded Relief Map Of Manhattan New York Rendered From Lidar Data
Are relief maps and topographical maps the same? Relief maps are usually more visually expressive than traditional topographical maps, since they are able to depict landforms more realistically in comparison to topographical maps, which typically rely on contour lines and spot heights to depict elevation. muir-way.com ›
Japan's Work To Reduce Homelessness
Household Ownership Of Consumer Goods In India
How is it posible that more than half the population doesn't have a refrigerator?!?!?!?
Relative Google Search Interest Of Popular TV Series After Last Episode Air Date
U.S. Counties With More People Than The State Of Wyoming
Fun fact: Wyoming with 577,000 people has two senators in Washington, just like California with its 38 million people.
Us States Sorted By Life Expectancy, Colored By Biden's Share Of The 2020 Presidential Election
But blue states are crime ridden hell holes full of gangs, drugs and anarchists. (sarcasm)
The Cost Of The 2022 FIFA World Cup In Qatar Is Astronomical, Even When Comparing To The Gdp Of The Host Country In The Host Year
Does this include or exclude the bribes needed to win the vote?
Global Wealth Inequality In 2021 Visualized By Comparing The Bottom 80% With Increasingly Smaller Groups At The Top Of The Distribution
Number Of "Birthday" Posts On My Facebook Wall Per Year
Forget facebook, make a call, send a text, spend the day together if you can. Facebook "friends" are not friends
Price Of Full Tank Of Gasoline (60 L) As A Percentage Of Average Monthly Net Salary Across The World
The Probability Of Winning A Battle As An Attacker In The Board Game Risk
As a person who's played risk their whole life i have no idea what this means
Top Human-Caused Threats To Birds In The Us
My cat is offended at being classified as "human-caused", but he's probably also flattered by the assumption that he can catch anything.
Costco Hotdog & Soda Combo Price 1985 vs. 2022
Size Niches Of Life On Earth
Estimated Civilian Owned Firearms By Country
France is higher than most European because it is easy to get a hunter license. Switzerland is high because all men are required to do regular army training and they can keep the weapon.
Percentage Of Popualtion Who Believe In God
If I lived in Al or MI I’d pray too. Pray to get out of those cesspits
Updated Size Of Bank Failures Since 2000
Wes Anderson Films And Their Actors
That is a lovely graphic. Using Wes Anderson's color palette makes it even better.
Obituaries Saying Someone "Died Suddenly" Closely Track Opioid Deaths
Yes, there is a correlation, but is it causation? This is an important question.
The Absolute Quality Of Better Call Saul
Update - 2.5 Years Of My GF And I Tracking The Sleep Quality Impact Of Various Choices/Behaviours. These Were The 9 Most Significant Effects. Note - White Dash Indicates The % Effect 5 Months Ago
The "Yes" on "Shared Bed with Partner" category does not match.
The Slow Decline Of Key Changes In Popular Music
According to Wikipedia autotune was introduced in 1997. Coincidence?
The Leading Causes Of Death Among Children In The Us, Ages 5–14
Worst Celebrity Private Jet Co2 Emissions Offenders (2022)
Covid-19 Accounted For More Line-Of-Duty Police Deaths Last Year Than All Other Causes Combined
iPhone Is Only 14% Of Global Smartphone Volume Share (Left) And 42% Of Revenue Share (Mid), But It's 80% Of Profit Share (Right)
Or to put it another way. Which company overprices their phones the most?
Highest Paid Actors For A Single Production
My Steam Account For The Last Year Has Had Numerous Hacking Attempts. I Decided To Graph The Origins Of Each Attempt On A Map
And what exactly makes your steam account so desirable? Asking for a friend…
The Longest-Running TV Shows Of All-Time
Titanic Survival By Gender And Class. Learning R For The First Time And The Power Of Ggplot
I'm missing something here. Where are the different classes promised in the title? An answer would be greatly appreciated
Bad Bunny Is The World’s Highest-Grossing Touring Artist This Year
I would never ever ever imagine Genesis to be in second lol - if it's the genesis I know...
Amazon Has 40% Of All E-Commerce Sales In The Us
And 80% of rich morons trying to penetrate space with giant rocket todgers.
How Americans View Flags In 2022
fück all those people who view pride flag negatively and the fûcking confederate flag positively, smh.
How Probable Is ......?
This is how people generally use the words. The press is different. When the news media says that something "might" happen in the future, it has only 1% chance of happening. In a true scientific paper on the other hand, saying that something "might" be true generally means that they're not 100% sure, perhaps 99% chance of being true. I am continually impressed by the misuse of these words.
USA: Who Do We Spend Time With Across Our Lifetimes?
Convenience Store Chain With The Most Locations In Each State
People HAVE to realize that their personal experience is just one of MILLIONS. Just because you dont see something, experience something, or know something...does not mean it does not exist or something is "wrong". There may be areas you do not go to often, do not know about or simply dont pay attention to. Stop being a Main Character.
Message Frequency By Daytime For Some Of My Chats
Everyone Thinks They Are Middle Class
One-In-Five Teens Are Almost Constantly On Youtube
India Overtakes China To Become The World's Most Populous Nation
Fall And Rise Of The New York Times
Layoffs In The Tech Industry Over The Last Month For Selected Companies
Herschel Walker Makes Everything Worse
Hey, rightwing shitposters attracted by this post! In case you forget: f**k your feelings. 😂
50 Biggest Fast Food Chains By 2021 Number Of Stores In Us
At least half those Dunkin Donuts are in New England. In my city of 40,000, there is only one Starbucks, two McDonald's, four Subway...and SEVEN Dunkin Donuts.
Netflix's 2021 Fiscal Year, Visualized
My Daughter's Complete First Year Of Sleep
My newborn didn't sleep through the night until she was nearly 10 months old. The first three months I slept in fitful 45 minute bursts because this baby would NOT sleep at all from the hours of 8pm to 8am. It got the point where I would start crying when the sun went down because I knew it was the beginning of the most exhausting marathon of nursing, diaper changing, rocking, and watching this newborn baby fight sleep with every ounce of her being. I did everything; my husband did everything, and in the end all we had left was to just wait it out and hope it would get better. It did. We only have one kid. Parenting an infant was a nightmare I was only ever going to do once in my life. Seriously. If you don't really, REALLY want kids, don't have them. They require WAY more than anyone will admit and deserve so much more than mildly interested parents can give.
Surge In Egg Prices In The U.S
Looks like [chicken embryos in shell] is worthy of censoring on BP now. But I think it is because the following word was "hit" that the editors swooned and the blue pencils came out
The U.S. House Of Representatives Voted Tuesday To Statutorily Codify Gay Marriage Into Law. The Vote Was 267 Yes, 157 No. Here's How Every Member Voted
Japan's Population Problem, Visualized
"Many Japanese families chose not to have children in 1966 due to their superstition of “Hinoe-Uma (Fire-Horse)”. Fire-Horse is the 43rd combination of the sexagenary cycle, which happens every 60 years. The superstition is that women born in this year of the “Fire-Horse” have a bad personality and will kill their future husband." 😆 one more reason for me not to get married then (not that I ever considered it!)
Twitter Sentiment On Will Smith Before And After Slap
Outiwth the showbiz and TV community if you insulted a woman about her alopecia in front of her husband you should not be at all surprised to get a negative response. Had Smith NOT struck him then he would have retained the moral highground on this and Chris Rock would be the one justifying his comments..
Most Streamed Artists On Spotify (All Time)
If only Taylor didn't take her music off spotify from 2014-2017. What could've been...
Boys vs. Girl Pixar Movies?
Us Government Revenue, Spending, And Deficit In 2021
The Most Watched Netflix Shows
The Highs And Lows Of Popular Comedy Shows
Look how The Simpsons has fallen. The producers should have quit while they were ahead.
How Long Did You Wait Before
Which Media Organizations Are Trusted More By Democrats And By Republicans
I Recorded The Race Of All 433 Actors In The 2022 Super Bowl Commercials. Here's How They Compare To The Actual Us Population
Map Showing The Latest Situation In Ukraine Today With Territory Gained By Russia
Distribution Of Tweets From The Mexican President By Hour Of The Day
The Structural Advantage Held By The Republican Party In The Us Senate
Costco's 2022 Income Statement Visualized With A Sankey Diagram
Richest Billionaire In Each State
Costco Hot Dog Combo vs. Inflation
A Simple Chart About The Kinds Of Dms This Username (Pm-Ur-Small-Tits) Has Gotten Me Over The Past Three Weeks
No-One Wants Me To Stay Safe Anymore: The Rise And Fall Of The Pandemic Email Signoff
Comparing The Gdp Of Us States With That Of Countries
My Job Search As A Newly Qualified Paramedic In The UK
not that interesting. My graph is more like applications: 200. Rejected interview: 0. Accepted interview: 5. Offer: 0. Accepted: 0. Five degrees. thanks capitalism.
Datum/data in Latin, but singular "data" is accepted in English :)
Load More Replies...And graphs are a visual representation of data. Were you looking for just the raw data?
Load More Replies...Datum/data in Latin, but singular "data" is accepted in English :)
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