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2 | 2017/03/outkast | 03/01/2014 | outkast in charts | How Outkast brought their southern roots to hip hop, in charts. | 63 | Outkast, in Charts | 18 | matt | hip hop, music, outkast, rap | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
3 | 2017/03/timeless | 09/01/2015 | most timeless songs | We used Spotify plays to track the most timeless songs of all-time. | 67 | The Most Timeless Songs of All-Time | 35 | matt | music, timeless, song, history, hit, chart | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
4 | 2017/03/labels | 11/01/2015 | hip-hop labels | Is it an east coast vs. west coast thing? Every hip hop record label, since 1989, sorted by Billboard chart performance. | 120 | The Most Succesful Labels in Hip Hop | 36 | matt | hip hop, music, geography, label, map, rap | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
5 | 2017/03/bechdel | 01/01/2016 | films bechdel test | Here are the writers, directors, and producers who make films that fail the Bechdel test. | 89 | Hollywood’s Gender Divide and its Effect on Films | 49 | matt, ilia | gender, equality, movie, film, hollywood, sex, men, women, bechdel, writer, director, producer, studio | popular | 9/25/2024 | ||||||||||
6 | 2017/03/punk | 01/09/2016 | defining punk | What counts as "punk" music? We turned to Spotify and YouTube playlists to answer this question. | 96 | Crowdsourcing the Definition of “Punk” | 38 | matt | music, punk, genre, song, spotify, youtube, playlist | popular | caitlyn | 9/25/2024 | TRUE | header | |||||||
7 | 2017/03/film-dialogue | 04/01/2016 | dialogue by gender | This is the largest analysis of film dialogue by gender. Yes, even Disney has films with fewer lines for women. | 111 | The Largest Analysis of Film Dialogue by Gender, Ever | 53 | matt, hanah | gender, equality, movie, film, language, sex, men, women, dialogue | popular | 9/25/2024 | ||||||||||
8 | 2017/03/comeback | 04/10/2016 | nba comebacks | These are the most unlikely NBA comebacks from the 2015–16 season. Harden, Curry, James: the gang’s all here. | 109 | Ranking the Most Unlikely NBA Comebacks | 39 | matt | nba, basketball, comebacks | 9/25/2024 | TRUE | youtube embed | |||||||||
9 | 2017/03/miles | 06/01/2016 | miles davis wiki | Miles Davis is mentioned on 2,452 Wikipedia pages. We analyzed them all. | 72 | The 2,452 Wikipedia Pages on which Miles Davis is Mentioned | 59 | matt, hanah | miles davis, music, jazz, wiki | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
10 | 2017/03/redraft | 09/01/2016 | nba redrafted | Hindsight is 20/20. We redraft decades of NBA picks using their career stats to find the breakouts and the busts. | 113 | Twenty Years of the NBA Redrafted | 33 | russell | nba, basketball, draft, redraft, team, player | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
11 | 2017/03/sampling | 09/01/2016 | glasper sampling | An interactive story of what happens when a genius samples a genius: Robert Glasper, Miles Davis and “Ghetto Walkin.” | 117 | How Robert Glasper Sampled Miles Davis on “Ghetto Walkin” | 57 | matt | robert glasper, music, jazz, sample, sampling | audio | 9/25/2024 | ||||||||||
12 | 2017/03/elections | 10/01/2016 | trump vs. clinton | We analyzed 12,147 images to see how the media covers Trump and Clinton. It’s not a pretty picture. | 100 | How News Media Covers Trump & Clinton | 37 | russell | politics, media, news, trump, clinton, republican, democrat | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
13 | 2017/03/hamilton | 12/15/2016 | every line in hamilton | This is the site where it happens. We visualized every line from Hamilton. | 74 | An Interactive Visualization of Every Line in Hamilton | 54 | shirley | music, hamilton, theater, language, song, lyric, play, musical, rap, hip hop | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
14 | 2017/01/making-it-big | 01/15/2017 | making it big | What are the odds an artist will make it big? Three years and 75,000 concerts later, we finally have an answer. | 112 | The Unlikely Odds of Making it Big | 34 | russell, dan | music, celebrity, making it big, big, success | caitlyn | 9/25/2024 | ||||||||||
15 | 2017/01/shape-of-slavery | 01/23/2017 | slavery & incarceration | Inspired by Ava DuVernay’s documentary 13th, we mapped the change from "slave to criminal with one amendment." | 110 | Mapping Slavery Against US Incarceration | 40 | matt | history, america, geography, slavery, map, incarceration, slave, black, african-american, south, united states | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
16 | 2017/02/new-slang | 02/05/2017 | slang in search data | We used Google search data to measure slang, and it has us shook. | 65 | The Emergence Of Slang, Using Search Data | 41 | matt | language, slang, vocabulary, google, search, word | popular | 9/25/2024 | TRUE | missing gif | ||||||||
17 | 2017/02/two-minute-report | 02/15/2017 | nba two minute report | A lot can happen in the last 2:00 of an NBA game and the refs don’t always get it right. We tracked the calls in 2018. | 118 | NBA Last Two Minute Report | 26 | russell | nba, basketball, two minute report, ref | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
18 | 2017/02/oscars_so_mapped | 02/23/2017 | geography of films | Like teams in the Super Bowl, the popularity of Oscar contenders can also be regional. Here are the hotspots from 2017. | 119 | The Geographic Divide of Oscars Films | 37 | matt, russell, ilia | oscar, movie, geography, film, map, academy award | 9/25/2024 | TRUE | missing gif | |||||||||
19 | 2017/03/home-court | 03/02/2017 | hometeam advantage | In the NBA, is home court advantage down to favorable home court officiating? We break down the stats. | 102 | Do NBA Refs Favor the Home Team? | 32 | oliver, matt | nba, basketball, ref | TRUE | 9/25/2024 | TRUE | missing video | ||||||||
20 | 2017/03/westbrook | 03/08/2017 | westbrook triple-double | Here’s how Russell Westbrook made NBA history in 2017. | 54 | How Russell Westbrook Can Average a Triple-Double | 49 | russell | nba, basketball, russell westbrook | TRUE | 9/25/2024 | ||||||||||
21 | 2017/03/incarceration | 03/21/2017 | us incarceration | Why does the U.S. lead the world in incarceration? We try to answer this question with data. | 92 | Why Does the US Lead the World in Incarceration? | 48 | matt | america, incarceration, geography, united states, jail, prison | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
22 | 2017/04/beer | 04/18/2017 | microbrew capital | Let’s raise a pint to the microbrew capitals of the U.S. Cheers! | 64 | What City is the Microbrew Capital of the US? | 45 | russell | food, geography, map, beer, brew, america, united states | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
23 | 2017/05/nba-moments | 05/06/2017 | timeless nba plays | What’s the most timeless NBA play? We turn to YouTube views to determine which have the most replay value. | 107 | The Most Timeless NBA Plays | 27 | matt, russell | nba, basketball, timeless, play | 9/25/2024 | TRUE | lots of missing videos | |||||||||
24 | 2017/05/song-repetition | 05/11/2017 | song repetition | In the words of Ms. Spears, "Oops, I did it again." We show how pop lyrics are getting more repetitive. | 103 | Are Pop Lyrics Getting More Repetitive? | 39 | colin | music, pop, lyric, repetivite, repetition, song | popular | 9/25/2024 | ||||||||||
25 | 2017/05/births | 05/24/2017 | baby making timing | Hurricanes, bankruptcies, and the World Series are all said to spark baby booms.But is there any truth to these tales? | 118 | The Timing of Baby Making | 25 | amber | health, geography, baby, conception, time, sex, reproduction, reproductive health | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
26 | 2017/06/best-sellers | 06/01/2017 | best sellers by gender | Has American literature made progress toward gender equality, or is commercial success still linked to an author’s bio? | 120 | Bias, She Wrote | 15 | rosie | books, gender, equality, literature, language, representation, men, women, new york times, best seller | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
27 | 2017/06/film-trends | 06/29/2017 | movie plot trends | A story about how film plots mirror (or shape) historical events. | 65 | Plot Trends for Top-Grossing Film from the Past 50 Years | 56 | matt, russell | movie, film, grossing, plot, story | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
28 | 2017/07/cetaceans | 07/06/2017 | whales and dolphins | What’s best for animals in aquariums? We look to the past & present to gauge the future of captive whales and dolphins. | 119 | Free Willy and Flipper by the Numbers | 37 | amber, russell | science, animals, free willy, flipper, ocean, aquarium | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
29 | 2017/07/jobs | 07/11/2017 | job automation | Everytime a job is automated, the Republican Party benefits. | 60 | Why the Republican Party Wins When Robots Take Your Job | 55 | ilia | jobs, automation, politics, america, economy, economic, republican, robot, united states, money | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
30 | 2017/07/comics | 07/18/2017 | gender in comics | Female characters are largely absent from superhero comics — but when they are included, how are they depicted? | 111 | Gender Representation of 34,476 Comic Book Characters | 53 | amanda | gender, equality, comic, book, men, women, representation, diversity | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
31 | 2017/07/eating-alone | 07/28/2017 | eating alone | I’m dining solo, I’m dining solo, solo (Jason Derulo voice). We looked at the dining habits and companions of Americans. | 120 | The Dining Habits and Companions of Americans | 45 | henrik, amber | america, food, eating alone, united states, dine, dining, restaurant | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
32 | 2017/08/the-office | 08/04/2017 | the office dialogue | We measured the dialogue from every episode of The Office and it sure is a mouthful. (“That’s what she said.") | 110 | ‘The Office’ Dialogue in Five Charts | 36 | caitlyn | television, language, the office, tv, dialogue | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
33 | 2017/08/screen-direction | 08/22/2017 | film gender tropes | Men "gallop" and women "giggle," at least according to the gendered tropes found in 2,000 scripts. | 99 | She Giggles, He Gallops | 23 | julia, russell, amber, hanah | gender, equality, movie, language, film, men, women, representation, diversity, trope, script | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
34 | 2017/09/clinics | 09/07/2017 | abortion driving time | In 2017, we mapped the cities and places with the worst access to abortion based on driving times. | 98 | An Analysis of Driving Times to Abortion Clinics in the US | 58 | russell, amber, caitlyn | reproductive health, health, america, geography, abortion, map, pregnant, pregnancy, roe, women, drive, driving, united states, distance, clinic | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
35 | 2017/09/this-american-life | 09/21/2017 | gender on radio | If you exclude Ira Glass’ voice, who gets the most airtime on This American Life: men or women? Stay tuned to hear more. | 120 | Listen to Her: Gender on This American Life | 43 | ash | gender, equality, radio, media, this american life, npr, men, women, representation, diversity | 9/25/2024 | TRUE | audio button | |||||||||
36 | 2017/09/hip-hop-words | 09/22/2017 | most hip-hop words | In a musial language that’s gone worldwide, we uncover the words that are "most hip-hop" | 89 | The Words That Are “Most Hip Hop” | 33 | matt, thedataface | hip hop, music, language, rap, lyric, word | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
37 | 2017/10/asne | 10/12/2017 | news racial diversity | What is black and white and red all over? The racial gap between a newspaper’s staff and the community it covers. | 113 | Newspapers: A Black & White Issue | 33 | matt, amber | news, media, equality, diversity, newspaper, gender, race | 9/25/2024 | TRUE | embeds | |||||||||
38 | 2017/10/superteams | 10/12/2017 | nba superteams | How would you define an NBA superteam? We couldn’t decide so we built this tool to give you the power. | 102 | What is a Superteam in the NBA? | 31 | russell, matt | nba, basketball, sports, superteam | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
39 | 2017/10/satellites | 10/18/2017 | history of satellites | A visual walkthrough of how we see Earth from space through the eyes of satellites. Spoiler alert: it’s still not flat. | 120 | Seeing Earth from Outer Space | 29 | conlen | space, history, solar system, earth | TRUE | 9/25/2024 | ||||||||||
40 | 2017/12/hater | 12/04/2017 | things everyone hates | We can all agree that drain hair is gross. But it’s a thin line between love and hate for more than 3,000 other topics. | 120 | 10 Things Everyone Hates About You | 34 | russell, amber | relationships, hate, love, like, dislike, hater | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
41 | 2018/01/chyrons | 01/25/2018 | how news is framed | There are three sides to every cable news story: MSNBC’s, Fox News’, and CNN’s. The contrast in on-screen text is stark. | 120 | How CNN, MSNBC, and FOX Cover the News | 38 | charlie | news, media, politics, language, chyron, cnn, fox, msnbs, word | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
42 | 2018/01/mars-weather | 01/31/2018 | greetings from mars | Via postcards from the Curiosity Rover on Mars, we prove that talking about the weather is a universal habit. | 109 | Greetings from Mars | 19 | amber | space, weather, mars, solar system, greeting, postcard | TRUE | 9/25/2024 | TRUE | removed - no longer updating | ||||||||
43 | 2018/02/restaurants | 02/06/2018 | gastronomic borders | What is the taco capital of the US? Where does BBQ reign supreme? These maps have you covered. | 94 | Mapping Gastronomic Borders in the US | 37 | matt | america, food, geography, map, united states, border | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
44 | 2018/02/death | 02/13/2018 | death's limbo lines | We mapped which countries have laws and guidelines around declaring brain death. | 80 | Limbo Lines: Dead Here, Alive There | 35 | beatrice | america, geography, health, science, united states, limbo, death, dead, alive, life, live | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
45 | 2018/02/waveforms | 02/16/2018 | learn about waveforms | Here’s an interactive guide that introduces and explores waveforms. Volume most defintiely on. | 94 | Let’s Learn About Waveforms | 27 | josh | science, explainer, waveforms, sound, wave, hear | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
46 | 2018/02/stand-up | 02/26/2018 | structure of stand-up | We watched Ali Wong’s Baby Cobra too many times and charted out how she built the routine around a laughter climax. | 115 | The Structure of Stand-Up Comedy | 32 | russell, matt | comedy, ali wong, stand-up, language, laugh, climax, comedian, routine, structure | audio, popular | matt | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||
47 | 2018/03/neighborhoods | 03/21/2018 | neighborhood places | In a love letter to NYC and Seattle, we pinpoint the types of businesses that distinguish one neighborhood from another. | 120 | A Tale of Two Cities | 20 | amber, ilia | geography, neighborhoods, map, cities, new york, nyc, seattle | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
48 | 2018/04/birthday-paradox | 04/09/2018 | birthday paradox | Your birthday twin is probably reading this right now. We take on the birthday paradox. | 87 | The Birthday Paradox Experiment | 31 | russell | science, explainer, birthday, paradox, experiment | your_input, popular | 9/25/2024 | ||||||||||
49 | 2018/04/one-hit-wonders | 04/30/2018 | sports one-hit wonders | Which athletes qualify as one-hit wonders? We charted the greatest single-season anomalies in the last 30 years. | 112 | One-Hit Wonders in Sports | 25 | russell, jan | sports, basketball, one-hit, wonder, golf, baseball, tennis | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
50 | 2018/05/cookies | 05/10/2018 | the average cookie | We baked the most average chocolate chip cookie. Recipes written by computers — what could go wrong? | 100 | Baking the Most Average Chocolate Chip Cookie | 45 | elle, amber | science, food, explainer, cookie, chocolate, chip, recipe, predictive text, algorithm, neutral network, average, experiment, video, bake, baking, cook, cooking | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
51 | 2018/05/similarity | 05/24/2018 | song diversity | Think you’ve heard that before? Turns out, hit songs are becoming less musically diverse. | 89 | Are Hit Songs Becoming Less Musically Diverse? | 46 | matt,andrew | music, pop, diversity, song, hit, diverse, sound | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
52 | 2018/05/nba-top-plays | 05/31/2018 | most-viewed nba play | A supercut of the most-viewed NBA plays from 2017–18. Warning: this video contains a high dosage of LeBron footage. | 115 | The Most-Viewed NBA Plays in 2017-18 | 36 | russell | basketball, nba, sports, play, view, video, 2017, 2018, reddit | video | 9/25/2024 | ||||||||||
53 | 2018/06/skate-music | 06/05/2018 | skateboarding music | The good, the rad, and the gnarly. We took a look at what makes a skate soundtrack. | 83 | The Good, the Rad, and the Gnarly | 33 | jared | music, skate, genre, skateboard, rad, gnarly | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
54 | 2018/06/makeup-shades | 06/13/2018 | makeup shade colors | Fenty is a champion for makeup inclusivity, but how do other brands compare? We charted their foundation skin tones. | 116 | The Diversity of Makeup Shades | 30 | jason, amber, divya | diversity, equality, makeup, shade, color, beauty, skin, representation | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
55 | 2018/06/gayborhoods | 06/28/2018 | gayborhoods | We mapped how "gayborhoods" are divided by gender. It’s true: men are from Chelsea, women are from Park Slope. | 110 | Men are from Chelsea, Women are from Park Slope | 47 | jan | lgbtq, neighborhood, queer, map, gender, gayborhood, men, women, city, cities | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
56 | 2018/07/women-in-congress | 07/10/2018 | women in congress | We looked at 500,000 congressional speeches to show how gender representation changes the conversation. | 103 | The Road to Gender Parity in the House of Representatives | 57 | durand | gender, equality, politics, america, language, united states, congress, house of representatives, senate, representation | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
57 | 2018/07/women-in-parliament | 07/10/2018 | women in parliament | We looked at 1.2 million parliamentary speeches to show how gender representation changes the conversation. | 107 | Gender Representation in Parliamentary Speeches | 49 | durand | gender, equality, politics, parliament, language, united kingdom, speech, house of commons, representation | TRUE | 9/25/2024 | ||||||||||
58 | 2018/07/birth_control | 07/17/2018 | birth control | No TMI here, just 20,759 people describing their experiences with contraception... and us charting it. | 102 | Let’s Talk About Birth Control | 30 | amber | reproductive health, health, birth control, pregnant, pregnancy, women, cdc | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
59 | 2018/07/airports | 07/24/2018 | megacity airport traffic | Instead of measuring a city by it’s GDP or population, what if we measure it by its airport traffic? | 100 | What Airport Traffic Tells Us About the World’s Megacities | 58 | matt | geography, airport, flight, city, cities, plane, airport, travel, world, map | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
60 | 2018/08/retraining | 08/02/2018 | job retraining | The job automation crisis isn’t as simple as turning truck driver’s into developers. We break it down with data. | 112 | Tech Jobs may not Solve America’s Looming Automation Crisis | 59 | jordan, ilia | jobs, automation, america, economy, tech, robot, economic, united states | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
61 | 2018/08/wiki-death | 08/05/2018 | death on wikipedia | What Wikipedia pageviews tell us about how famous people are remembered after they die. RIP. | 92 | Life After Death on Wikipedia | 29 | russell | wiki, death, celebrities, dead, celebrity | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
62 | 2018/08/pockets | 08/15/2018 | women's pockets | We went there. A data investigation into the travesty that is women’s pockets. | 78 | Women’s Pockets are Inferior | 28 | jan, amber | gender, equality, fashion, pocket, jean, women, size, jeans, pockets | popular | jan | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||
63 | 2018/08/filmordigital | 08/22/2018 | film or digital | Let’s get reel: who’s using film and who’s using digital in the movie industry? | 79 | Film or Digital? | 16 | damar | movie, film, digital, tech, video | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
64 | 2018/08/emo-rap | 08/30/2018 | most emo rap lyrics | Who has more emotionally vulnerable lyrics, emo-rap or Dashboard Confessional? We measured each album’s sentiment. | 114 | The Most Emo Lyrics: Emo Rap vs. Dashboard Confessional | 55 | matt | music, emo, hip hop, lyric, rap | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
65 | 2018/09/wiki-billboard | 09/11/2018 | celebrity billboard | Here’s who was the most popular person on Wikipedia ever day in 2018. | 69 | The Celebrity Billboard Project | 31 | russell, ilia, caitlyn | wiki, celebrity, celebrities, billboard, popular | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
66 | 2018/09/jordans | 09/26/2018 | morphing air jordans | Watch as the design of the iconic Air Jordan morphs from its the first release in 1985 to the present. | 102 | A Visual History of Every Air Jordan | 36 | jan | fashion, air jordan, shoe, basketball, michael jordan, sneaker, kick, jordan, brand, morph, svg | updating,popular | jan | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||
67 | 2018/10/wiki-breakout | 10/19/2018 | path to fame | From Cardi B to Carson Wentz: we charted the path to fame from Wikipedia pageviews. | 83 | What Does the Path to Fame Look Like? | 37 | russell, caitlyn | wiki, celebrity, celebrities, fame, path | audio | 9/25/2024 | TRUE | audio is janky | ||||||||
68 | 2018/10/city_3d | 10/25/2018 | human terrain | We charted new terrain in these 3D maps of human population. | 60 | Human Terrain: Population in 3D | 31 | matt | geography, population, world, map, human, terrain, 3d, data mountains, population mountains | popular | alvin | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||
69 | 2018/11/titletowns | 11/07/2018 | winningest sports city | Welcome to Titletown! Discover the most successful cities across baseball, basketball, football, hockey, and soccer. | 116 | The Winningest Cities in North American Sports | 46 | sam | sports, geography, football, basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer, titletown, win, champ, champion, title, city, cities, north america, america, canada, united states | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
70 | 2018/11/dearabby | 11/13/2018 | american anxieties | Dear Abby, I’m looking for an analysis of 20,000 advice column letters. Sincerely, Curious. Hi Curious, click this link. | 120 | 30 Years of American Anxieties | 30 | ilia,caitlyn | relationships, anxieties, anxiety, dear abby, letter, language, ibm | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
71 | 2018/11/boy-bands | 11/27/2018 | boy band database | Because you just can’t get enough of them, we found every boy band to chart the Hot 100 since 1980. | 99 | Internet Boy Band Database | 26 | russell, amber, malik | music, pop, boy band, nsync, backstreet boys, bts, song, hit | audio | 9/25/2024 | ||||||||||
72 | 2018/12/3d-cities-story | 12/04/2018 | population mountains | This is a story about how to perceive the population size of cities. Hint: perspective helps. | 93 | Population Mountains | 20 | matt | geography, population, world, map, mountain, 3d, population mountains, data mountains | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
73 | 2018/12/brief-history | 12/19/2018 | headline history | We created a brief history of the past 100 years from New York Times headlines. And yes, there are word clouds. | 111 | A Brief History of the Past 100 Years | 37 | ilia,jan | history, america, news, media, new york times, headline, language, united states, newspaper, word, nytimes | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
74 | 2018/12/countries | 12/19/2018 | countries in news | These are the countries that have most preoccupied Americans since 1900, according to New York Times headlines. | 111 | The World through the Eyes of the US | 36 | russell | history, america, news, media, new york times, headlines, world, countries, country, newspaper, nytimes, flags | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
75 | projects/vocabulary | 01/16/2019 | rapper vocabulary | Who’s the most prolific rapper of all time? We try to answer that by measure vocabulary. Happy debating. | 104 | Rappers, Sorted by the Size of their Vocabulary | 47 | matt | hip hop, music, rap, vocabulary, lyric, artist, size | popular | 9/25/2024 | ||||||||||
76 | 2019/02/dress-code-sexualization | 02/07/2019 | school dress codes | School dress codes send the wrong messages about womens’ and girls’ bodies. An analysis of 481 policies shows why. | 115 | The Sexualized Messages Dress Codes are Sending to Students | 59 | amber | gender, equality, explainer, fashion, dress code, school, sex, men, women, girl, boy | 9/25/2024 | TRUE | tweet embed | |||||||||
77 | 2019/02/gyllenhaal | 02/22/2019 | celebrity spelling bee | Think Gyllenhaal is a hard name to spell? It gets worse. Here are the many ways to misspell big names in pop culture. | 118 | The Gyllenhaal Experiment | 25 | russell, matt | explainer, language, celebrity, celebrities, spell, quiz, name | your_input | 9/25/2024 | ||||||||||
78 | 2019/03/hype | 03/04/2019 | high school to the nba | Do high school basketball stars live up to the hype? Here’s how many find success in the NBA. | 93 | How Many High School Stars Make It in the NBA? | 46 | amber, russell | basketball, sports, nba, high school, star | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
79 | 2019/03/pop-music | 03/12/2019 | biggest pop star | How do you measure who’s the biggest pop star? We tackle that question a bunch of different ways. | 97 | Who is the Biggest Pop Star? | 28 | pudding | music, pop, celebrity, celebrities, fame | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
80 | 2019/03/nba-spelling | 03/20/2019 | nba spelling bee | Can you spell the hardest names in the NBA? Or will you miss and spell H-O-R-S-E? | 81 | NBA Spelling Bee | 16 | russell, matt | explainer, basketball, sports, language, celebrity, celebrities, spell, quiz, name | your_input | 9/25/2024 | ||||||||||
81 | projects/votes-for-women | 03/29/2019 | women's politics | We looked at every political party platform between 1840 and 2016 to find how often women’s issues appeared in the text. | 120 | Women’s Issues Within Political Party Platforms | 47 | russell, jan | america, gender, history, politics, women, united states, platform, democrat, republican, national portrait gallery, npg, language | video | 9/25/2024 | ||||||||||
82 | 2019/04/text-prediction | 04/10/2019 | text prediction | Computers now have four different methods to determine what you’ll type now/next/nexis | 86 | How Algorithms Know What You’ll Type Next | 41 | wessel, antal | language, explainer, algorithms, tech, type, word, text, predictive text | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
83 | 2019/04/eu-regions | 04/18/2019 | eu regions and wealth | Why are European regions shifting their borders? We follow the money. | 70 | Why Budapest, Warsaw, and Lithuania split themselves in two | 59 | maarten | politics, europe, map, countries, country, eu, european union, economy, economics, region, border, district, boundary, budapest, warsaw, lithuania | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
84 | 2019/04/vogue | 04/23/2019 | colorism in fashion | We looked at 19 years of covers to see if Vogue represents women of all shades. You can guess how this went. | 108 | Colorism in High Fashion | 24 | malaika, amber, jan | diversity, equality, fashion, colorism, vogue, skin, color, cover, model, women, magazine, shade, tone, representation | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
85 | 2019/05/three-seconds | 05/01/2019 | defensive 3 seconds | The NBA has a defensive three seconds problem. We tracked how often players are camped in the paint. | 100 | The NBA Has a Defensive Three Seconds Problem | 45 | russell,owen | basketball, nba, sports, ref, defensive, three seconds, defense, video | video | 9/25/2024 | ||||||||||
86 | 2019/05/hyphens | 05/13/2019 | hyphenated names | Since the 1950s, hyphenated last names in pro-sports have been on the rise. The WNBA leads the way, as it so often does. | 120 | The Rise of Hyphenated Last Names in Pro Sports | 47 | jan | sports, name, hyphen, language, basketball, baseball, football, hockey, soccer, diversity, representation | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
87 | 2019/05/science_etc_1 | 05/20/2019 | research paper data | Want to access the raw data behind an academic paper? OK. Has it been a few years? Yeah... good luck with that. | 112 | How Much Data Lies Behind the Paper You’re Reading? | 51 | ilia | science, research, data, study | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
88 | 2019/05/names-in-songs | 05/23/2019 | names in songs | Billie Jean is not my lover, but it’s one of the names we tracked for this project. Here’s how often names are in songs. | 120 | How Often Names are in Songs | 28 | amber | music, name,song,lyric | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
89 | 2019/05/people-map | 05/29/2019 | us people map | We made a map that replaces US city names with their most Wikipedia’ed resident. | 80 | A People Map of the US | 22 | russell, matt | wiki, geography, america, united states, city, cities, name,celebrity, celebrities,map | popular | 9/25/2024 | ||||||||||
90 | 2019/06/people-map-uk | 06/03/2019 | uk people map | We made a map that replaces UK city names with their most Wikipedia’ed resident. | 80 | A People Map of the UK | 22 | russell, matt | wiki, geography, united kingdom, name, celebrity, celebrities,map, city, cities | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
91 | projects/music-history | 06/14/2019 | best year in music | Sit back and relax as we take you on an updated journey through every Billboard Top 5 hit to find music’s greatest era. | 119 | Best Year in Music | 18 | matt | music, history, year, best, hit, chart, song | audio, popular | 9/25/2024 | ||||||||||
92 | 2019/06/science_etc_2 | 06/17/2019 | anti-vax misinformation | Using news coverage, we plotted how one highly unethical study on vaccines has caused outsized, irreparable harm. | 113 | A Chronicle of the Anti-vaccination Movement | 44 | ilia | health, science, vaccination, vaccine, research, study | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
93 | 2019/06/summer-reading | 06/24/2019 | hipster reading list | Our 2019 hipster summer reading list will introduce you to an artisanal selection of obscure books before they’re cool. | 119 | Hipster Summer Reading List 2019 | 32 | russell, amber | books, hipster, read, list, 2019, library, literature | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
94 | 2019/07/book-covers | 07/02/2019 | book cover similarity | Are book covers starting to look the same? We organized over 5,000 top-seling book covers by visual similarity. | 111 | Top-Selling Book Covers, Arranged by Visual Similarity | 54 | jess | books, cover, best seller, literature, image | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
95 | 2019/08/register | 08/15/2019 | male falsetto | Are men singing higher in pop songs today? Biebs, the JoBros, the Weeknd, we’re coming for you... with data. | 108 | Are Men Singing Higher in Pop Music? | 36 | matt | music, history, falsetto, sing, pop, range, vocal, high | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
96 | 2019/09/language-of-congress | 09/15/2019 | language of congress | What were the dominant topics Congressional members were tweeting (and not tweeting) about in 2019? | 100 | The Language of Congress | 24 | charlie | politics, language, congress, twitter, america, united states, senate, house of representatives, tweet | TRUE | 9/25/2024 | TRUE | removed | ||||||||
97 | 2019/09/millennials | 09/26/2019 | things millenials kill | Headlines say millennials killed napkins, marriage, and Applebees. We say, "you’re welcome." What’s next for this group? | 120 | The Millennial Question | 23 | allie,ilia,jan | language, millennial ,headline, kill, news, media | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
98 | 2019/10/slang | 10/01/2019 | most complicated word | Is “ass” the most complicated word in English? We tracked down 201 historic usages and compared it to other slang. | 114 | Is “Ass” the Most Complicated Word in English? | 46 | kevin | language, ass, word, complicated, english | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
99 | 2019/10/pubs | 10/09/2019 | pub crawl generator | We’ve devised pub crawl routes between UK watering holes of the same name. One Red Lion down, 338 to go. Cheers! | 112 | Ye Olde Mad-Lib Pub Crawl Generator | 35 | caitlyn,jan | geography, food, pub, beer ,brew, united kingdom, map, england, drink, pint | 9/25/2024 | |||||||||||
100 | 2019/10/shelters | 10/15/2019 | dog adoption | Everything’s bigger in Texas, even the number of exported adoptable dogs. Here’s where the dogs in your state are from. | 119 | Where Do Adoptable Dogs in Your State Come From? | 48 | amber,sacha | america, dog, adoption, map, geography, animal, pup | 9/25/2024 |