40 Interesting Infographics That Might Change Your Perspective On Things, As Shared On This Online Group
Real education happens when you blend information with entertainment. It’s one thing to give someone a dusty stack of esoteric books to read for homework, it’s something else entirely to present the info in an engaging, intuitive, and accessible way. Welcome to the wonderful world of information graphics, aka infographics!
The r/Infographics subreddit is an old online community that has an enduring love for infographics. Today, we’re featuring some of the best ones the community has shared. Scroll down to check ‘em out! They won’t just amuse you, you’ll end up learning lots, too.
Bored Panda got in touch with Steven Wooding, who is part of the Omni Calculator team, the creator of the Weird Units Converter, and a member of the Institute of Physics in the UK, with a few questions about presenting data in such a way so as to connect to the audience better. Read on for his insights.
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If New York City Were 100 People (Nytimes)
If Only We Could Get One For Avocados
American Insulin Prices Are Off The Charts
My roommate is diabetic. When he signed to ACA (Obama care) and his price for insulin went from over a hundred to $35 he cried.
In the UK if you have diabetes you don't even pay the £7 (which is now like £9.40) as it's one of the conditions that grants you free unlimited prescription. Plus if you need more then 2 meds a month for 3+ months you can buy a £10 a month prepayment card that allows you as many scripts as you like. If you are under 18, over 65, pregnant or on certain income based benefits you never pay for any scripts and if you are in a low income you can apply for a free script card too. In Scotland I think scripts are free for everyone too.
The graphic does not take into account that in most of these countries, the insulin actually is completely covered by healthcare, so these prices are more theoretical. The costs of medical treatment in the US are the proof that turning healthcare into a profit system does increase prices by the tenfold, thus disproving the old saying that the "free market" would level that out and competition would be advantageous.
I know a person from Buffalo (NY). Every year he visits the Netherlands to buy his insulin. (delivery all year round).
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If you aren’t rich in the US and have a chronic illness or medical condition, I feel like you bankrupt yourself paying for treatments. So sad that so many people can’t afford life saving medications and medical treatments.
As a nurse I have seen this many times. I also have a family friend who is a good example of this. I would have considered her and her husband middle class. She got an aggressive and rare cancer. After all the treatment, medicine, surgeries, etc they lost everything. They went to owning a house and cars and not worrying about much, to living in a 5th wheel and barely having enough money for food. She survived, and they now live in an appointment, but they lost everything they worked 20+ hard years for in 18 months. The US medical system is a joke and a nightmare.
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Didn't Biden just pass a law to cap insulin prices? I thought he did. To go along with this before I went on Medicare the insurance I was on had a $3000 dollar deductible per year per person. I need Junuvia as I have borderline type 2 Diabetes. Before we met our goal for the deductible the cost of a month of Junuvia pills was $900. Out of pocket. People have died because they could not afford their insulin or their pills. There is no doubt.
Insulin is indeed capped at $35, but only for Medicare recipients. Biden has asked Congress recently to cap insulin at $35 for everyone, but it is highly likely the Republicans will fight it. So, if any Republican voters read this, you are voting for a party that thinks it's A-OK to price gouge people who need life-saving medication.
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All for something that was given away by the creators for free, because after seeing so many people(especially children) die their conscience/morals would not allow for them to charge for their creation.
Medication aside, in the UK you even get pumps or blood glucose monitoring implants (which upload to your medical team for ongoing review) for free. Plus education, dietetic advice, foot care, ophthalmology and psychology input... All. For. Free. Because we're trying to keep people alive, not let finance dictate their chances of survival.
WTELFH?! And the Far-Right wonder why people want to reforms on: Healthcare, Corporate Income Tax, Wealthy Income Tax, and Social Security Tax? Even more so when check out the price differences between the United States and the rest of the world for the Cure for Hepatitis C drug. Oh and the interview from the CEO of the company that created a drug that basically would almost cure this global endemic, borders on... sociopathic.
I'd just love to put those greedy killers over the normal sugar level and see how they manage the pain, thirst, cramps and tiredness.
It's never been about actually helping people. We were born into a world that has everything we need already provided for us all. The money has become away to control those resources meant for all humans. Anything we have created on this planet has come from resources already here. There is plenty for us all yet we will starve or be denied vital resources if we don't have money. It's wrong and if u take a look around u. U can see everything we all need being produced in mass quantities. Cars, food, clothes, water, housing, all these things all people have to have to literally stay alive. Right there going to waste because some a*****e thinks money is more important than me eating and being taken care of during my stay here
THIS is the epitome of corporate greed and apathy. The government has a compelling interest in nationalizing the manufacture and distribution to of life saving insulin to ALL US citizens without cost to the consumer. $1.7 TRILLION dollars recently passed for infrastructure, I’m sure that insulin qualifies as infrastructure.
American medical institutions are all about ripping people’s money away from them, life threatening situation or not. Can’t afford it? Too bad.
America’s medical field is all about ripping people’s money away from them, life threatening situation or not.
This is just plain disgusting. Big pharma needs to be nationalized, and universal care must be adopted to bring the US from third world status to first world civilization standards.
And that's if you have insurance. I take 2 different insulins and if I had to pay retail, out of pocket costs would be over $1500 dollars every month. That's just for the actual drugs. Not counting the diabetic supplies like lancets, alcohol swabs and test strips. That's another $100 added
And we have to take it up the ol poop Shute without any lube, because of big Pharma....
It's this high in America because of how much they spend on buying politicians
This just makes me sick! There is NO reason (other that Big Pharma greed) that medicines should cost this much!! Personal experience as I'm a Type 1 diabetic and have had to once order insulin outside of the country b/c it cost too much without insurance. An F'n shame!
As a Type 1 Diabetic for over 40 years ... I don't get why this can't be cheaper. I now use the wrong type of insulin because its $175 cheaper. But it's wrong ...
I would be less than $10 a unit if it wasnt for certain US govt regulations that created the high prices. Professor Robin Feldman well documented this, and showed the remove that little bit of regulation would have zero negative affects. But politicians dont want to confront regulatory issues
That's what happens when you make everything a business with investors who expect bigger returns every year. Yayyyyy capitalism!!! But people might Die! Shut up, Commie!
This is disgusting, I really hate being in this country a lot of the time
Is this one of those facts people think of when they say the US is the greatest country on Earth?
I believe the people who say the US is the "greatest country" aren't thinking of facts at all. And before people come at me, I live here. I'm not trying to be insulting, but I am not a blind nationalist. We cannot fix our problems until we acknowledge them.
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Thankfully these prices are dropping. Insulin manufacturers are starting to cap monthly prescription prices. They are more reasonable but still fail to address those without insurance.
Those prices were about 30% too low from what I was able to get at COSTCO. Which has one of the better 'sweetheart deals' with the manufacturers. Generally in 2015 it was going for $127 per bottle.
Not anymore thanks to pressure from Joe Biden and his party (something that was voted against by every member of the other party) Eli-Lily has capped the price at $35/dose.
I know this isn't the point, but that price is quite literally *on* the charts. That chart.
Even capping prices at $35, the US would still be the highest in cost...evidently world wide.
Luckily, a bill was recently passed to limit insulin prices to $35!
People love to demonize the oil industry but the real crooks in the US is big pharma
All prescription medication is free in Scotland - I can't imagine paying for it
Laughably untrue. The reason it's so expensive in the USA is because you don't have a single, centralised healthcare system that can negotiate en bloc with the pharmacy companies.
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"I would focus on findings that have the greatest impact on the most people in the potential audience," he said.
"If a finding is less important and only interests a niche group of people, it can be left out with little impact on the presentation," Steven told us.
We Could Fund Us…
Geography Terms
Oh man, I remember seeing this one from a geography book that was published in the 80s. Although the version I saw also had an isthmus.
The Evolution Of Letters
We were also curious in learning about why the way in which data is presented has such a different impact on the audience. Steven, from the Omni Calculator team, explained why visuals are so powerful when sharing information.
"We are visual beings and much prefer a picture to a lot of text," he said, adding that text is a relatively recent way to communicate.
"It is easier to make general conclusions from a graph or diagram without getting bogged down by the noise of too much detail," Steven said.
"Part of impacting an audience is being memorable, and images are much easier to remember than bullet point lists. Adding a bit of entertainment also helps to be memorable and generally stops people from tuning out from what you are saying."
Decline Of Faith Amongst Young American Adults
Minimalist Infographic. Poisonous vs. Venomous
Lifespan Of Animals
The r/Infographics online community has a long and storied history. Founded all the way back in July 2009, the subreddit will be celebrating its 14th birthday this summer!
Over the nearly decade and a half, the community has continued to remain relevant thanks in large part due to the interesting topic it focuses on, as well as its active community. At the time of writing, there were 221k members on r/Infographics.
The sub’s moderators have even put together a handy-dandy infographic about what is and isn’t an infographic (talk about meta!). You can find it right over here. It should help you navigate the world of visual information a bit better.
In short, infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data, or knowledge. “These graphics present complex information quickly and clearly, such as in signs, maps, journalism, technical writing, and education. Do not post: brochures, flyers, posters, graphic images with swaths of text laid over them, three-page long images that simply add costs,” the mod team asks its members to focus on infographics and infographics alone.
109 Billion People Have Lived And Died
I Updated Our Famous Password Table For 2022
Ok, I will change my password from "admin" to "adminadminadmin", going from "instantly" to "100 years" :)))))
Head Coverings Worn By Muslim Women
If you post things other than infographics, they’ll probably end up getting removed by the mods. For instance, if your infographic is just a picture of text, it’s gonna go. The mod team running the entire show stress that the visuals have to add something to the image.
If you transcribe all the text into a text post and get the exact same content, there’s no real point in posting it on the sub. In short, the visuals have to add some sort of info! What makes infographics, well, infographics is the importance of the visual aspects of the graphic: they’re not just for show, they are integral to the entire experience.
Obviously, the subreddit is all about education and entertainment. There’s no room for self-promotion or actively promoting this or that company. Blatant promos get removed for the sake of fairness. r/Infographics isn’t a place for ads (well, aside from the ones that Reddit dumps on you in your feed, but that’s a whole other question entirely).
147 Words To Use Instead Of Very
Sandworm Size Chart
I am pretty sure that the Sarlacc is much bigger than the things from Tremors!
The Bruise Spectrum
Now, infographics and guides aren’t necessarily one and the same, but there’s still a bit of overlap between them. Redditors are huge fans of visuals and graphics as a whole, no matter the specific category. Not long ago, Bored Panda interviewed the founder of the massively popular r/coolguides subreddit, a community of nearly 3.2 million members. The founder, u/dadschool shared how he changed his approach to having people post infographics on the sub dedicated to guides.
Leonardo Dicaprio's Dating History
A Logarithmic Map Of The Entire Observable Universe
For those who try go guess the correct way read this graph: the higher to the top the further and older observable object is. That's why on the bottom you have current state Earth with satellites all around and on top there is Big Bang. From the sheer size of the Universe, time is inseparable from space and has to be put into "distance" equation. There's a probability some of the things on top that don't exist anymore, because the image we see of them is literally billions of years old.
How Many People Does It Take To Make A Blockbuster Film?
The founder of r/coolguides explained to Bored Panda during an earlier interview that he had quite a tough approach toward infographics when he founded the subreddit. Nowadays, he’s far more lax and tolerant when it comes to infographics and lets the community decide what direction it wants the group to go. So there's a lot more love for infographics than just on r/Infographics!
8 Things You Should Never, Ever Flush Down Your Toilet
Just curious, but wouldn't the medicine just dissolve in the water?
Mythical Beasts Of Wales [oc]
![Mythical Beasts Of Wales [oc]](https://www.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/63f86978189ab_uiym36sy2nj91__700.jpg "Mythical Beasts Of Wales [oc]")
How Much People Eat
"What people eat" - first thing on the chart was a cat. That was f*cked up.
The secret to any good visual representation of info, whether it’s an infographic, guide, brochure, poster, or the unholy unity of all of the above, is clarity. You want to find the golden balance between giving your audience all the information that they need without overwhelming them or losing their attention.
Wikipedia's Illustration For Gerrymandering
Ikigai: The Japanese Concept Of Finding Purpose In Life
Highest Ocean Plastic Waste Polluters
Your infographics have to be as brief as possible without losing important data, and that means using the visuals to reflect a part of that info in an intuitive, accessible manner. However, what seems clear to you might be confusing to the regular Joe or Jill on the street.
Travel Etiquette Around The World
I’m going to be really preoccupied with my feet if I ever go to a Arab country.
80% Of Deaths Of Children Under Age Five Are Preventable
A Presidential Venn Diagram
So before you go order a thousand printed copies of your infographic, show it to some people: your friends, your colleagues, your family parrot even. Get some honest feedback about what works and what doesn’t. Do some editing and proofreading. Don’t be afraid to go back to the drawing table! Though try to avoid the massive trap that is perfectionism, too. Aim for creating a great infographic, not a ‘perfect’ one.
The Size And Location Of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Predominant Ancestry Of Population
No wonder there's this rumor among Germans that the US almost had German as its primary official language.
What Happened To Green Cars?
Colored cars have all but disappeared! I googled the reason and it was basically "they don't sell." I miss color on the road!!
Which of these infographics did you find the most interesting and intriguing, dear Pandas? Which ones stood out to you the most from a purely visual perspective? What kinds of infographics would you love to see in the future? Share your thoughts in the comments.
The Best-Selling Music Artists Of All-Time
Everything That's Owned By Amazon
Differences In When Europeans Eat Dinner
I doubt anyone in Europe eats dinner that early. Source: I'm European, nobody here eats dinner in the morning.
Orgasm Percentages
The Most Banned & Challenged Books Of The Last 8 Years
The Oldest Logos That Are Still In Existence Today (Based On Distinct Core Elements Still Being Used)
Timeline: The Domestication Of Animals
It's pretty bold to claim that humans have domesticated cats. Everyone knows that the cat decided to become domesticated because people are useful.
The Wealthiest People Of History & What They Would Make In Today's Dollars
History Of Pandemics
This is really out of date. Total for COVID-19 is about 7 million at this point. Not 4700. Also it's still ongoing.
The Countries That Use The Most Toilet Paper
Note: this post originally had 75 images. It’s been shortened to the top 40 images based on user votes.
I found it almost impossible to read the print. I understand the limitations of putting lots of statistics in a small column, but meh.
At least the "BP is anti-American" brigade can't complain about this one. It's so US-centric it's as if the rest of the world doesn't exist.
I guess... but it sure does put a spin on "Bored Panda"... because posts like these are certainly boring to the rest of the world
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I found it almost impossible to read the print. I understand the limitations of putting lots of statistics in a small column, but meh.
At least the "BP is anti-American" brigade can't complain about this one. It's so US-centric it's as if the rest of the world doesn't exist.
I guess... but it sure does put a spin on "Bored Panda"... because posts like these are certainly boring to the rest of the world
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