Top Ten #DataViz: The Month’s Most Popular Visualization Links

Do you want to know what the data visualization community has been tweeting about this month? We picked 10 of the most popular #dataviz links for August. Get ready to explore the Rio Olympics, color theory, infographic beginnings, and so much more.

1) How fast is an Olympic swimmer? – @dataandme

Great #dataviz “Aquatic race-off: can Cameron McEvoy out-swim a grey seal?” by @NickEvershed https://t.co/L5vWhxprcF pic.twitter.com/DZSfky91JI

— Mara Averick (@dataandme) August 6, 2016

2) Child mortality and healthcare – @BillGates

Here’s a great investment. Stellar #dataviz from one of my favorite sites: https://t.co/ekFmxjluPe pic.twitter.com/QqGRpGvKc2

— Bill Gates (@BillGates) August 10, 2016

3) How to use color to prove your point – @EvanSinar

How To Use Color To Prove Your Point, From A Data Viz Expert @FastCoDesign https://t.co/EpnPMZpYqI #dataviz pic.twitter.com/lYztxKlehb — Evan Sinar, PhD (@EvanSinar) August 4, 2016

4) Where does foreign aid go? – @OECD

Where does foreign #aid go? Useful #dataviz & Olympics simile by @TheEconomist https://t.co/LQdzyDhff0 pic.twitter.com/rH8m2IHwmo — OECD (@OECD) August 11, 2016

5) Maps moving in time – @EdwardTufte

ImageQuilt work of wonderful Stephen Malinowski @musanim
maps moving in time: https://t.co/AJ8S6ZCJwp#dataviz #ddj pic.twitter.com/pCuyvcMAjt

— Edward Tufte (@EdwardTufte) March 17, 2016

6) Building an alternative Olympics medal table – @smfrogers

And here’s how we built it:#dataviz #ddj https://t.co/8ZfMTpHiRV https://t.co/xlvPiSUzni

— Simon Rogers (@smfrogers) August 11, 2016

7) 10 companies own all of the world’s food brands – @NinjaEconomics

This Infographic Shows How Only 10 Companies Own All The World’s Food Brands https://t.co/kiGXrCuo4T #dataviz pic.twitter.com/LQgVFlvmW2 — Ninja Economics (@NinjaEconomics) August 13, 2016

8) What five years of drought have done to the U.S. – @cartogeek

What Five Years of #Drought Have Done to the United States https://t.co/zqMnWY6wnL? #cartography #dataviz — cartogeek (@cartogeek) August 2, 2016

9) The surprising history of the infographic – @MathiasLeroy_

The Surprising History of the #Infographic https://t.co/NZdRymeJdW @SmithsonianMag #dataviz pic.twitter.com/y49CxvEN9s

— Mathias Leroy (@MathiasLeroy_) August 3, 2016

10) Q&A with data viz professor Catherine D’Ignazio – @medialab

Data visualization, accountability, inclusivity, & more: Q&A with Labber @kanarinka in @misc_mag https://t.co/y3YK8EU838 #feminism #dataviz

— MIT Media Lab (@medialab) August 15, 2016

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Great #infographics are the perfect blend of data, story, design and shareability #dataviz https://t.co/Bys1O9rW83 pic.twitter.com/WxqoejLH0q — Infogram (@infogram) August 22, 2016