Sometimes a good chart can do what a thousand thinkpieces can’t: make something click. The subreddit r/DataIsBeautiful is packed with visualizations that break down the world in clever, surprising, ...

The degree to which someone trusts the information depicted in a chart can depend on their assumptions about who made the ...

This article is adapted from an edition of our Off the Charts newsletter originally published in October 2021. Off the Charts is a weekly, subscriber-only guide to The Economist’s award-winning data ...

Nicole White is a member of the Statistical Society of Australia. Whether it’s for a work meeting or a class assignment, presenting data to others is a common task on our to-do list. We use data to ...

The US's roughly 5,400 data centers is more than every other major country combined.

This article is adapted from an edition of our Off the Charts newsletter originally published in October 2021. Off the Charts is a weekly, subscriber-only guide to The Economist’s award-winning data ...