IS THIS AVOCADO TOAST'S FAULT?
How The Marrying Age Has Changed Over The Last Century
Looking over the past century, as a whole, people are staying single longer and marrying later.
FlowingData
GROWING OLD ALONE
Our Alone Time As We Get Older, Charted
The charts show the percentage of people who were alone on weekdays and weekends, given the time of day and people’s age.
WAY TOO MANY
How Many Friends You Need To Have A Birthday Every Day Of The Year
Need to ensure that you'll have a friend with a birthday every day of the year? Just make 4,500 friends.
MORE SHOPPING, LESS LEISURE
Visualizing How Parents Reallocate Their Time To Care For Their Kids
Between the age 18 to 43, a parent with one child spends 407 more days caretaking than someone without a child in the house and 66 more days on household work. On average, these days are pulled mostly from socializing, relaxing, and work.
THE 9-TO-5 IN REAL TIME
Visualizing The Rhythms Of The American Workday, By Occupation
This animation below shows a simulated day for employed Americans in various occupations. Each dot represents a person moving between home and sleeping, work, and anywhere else.
MAKE SURE YOU GET 8,000 DAYS OF SLEEP
Charting How We Spend Every Single Day Of Our Adult Lives
Adulthood can seem like it's primarily made up of working and sleeping, but the average person will actually spend more of their life between the ages of 18 and 79 relaxing and socializing.
NO INFLATION HERE
How Incomes Have Shifted For Young People Between 1966 And Today
It's often said that Millennials make less now than the baby boomers did back when they were the same age as the Millennials, based on median personal income. The data backs that up, but its less dramatic than you might think.
NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS AFTER MIDNIGHT
Visualizing Where And When Fatal Crashes Happen
There were 31,917 recorded fatal car crashes in the United States in 2015. Let's break those down by when — by month and by time of day — and where they were most likely to occur.
HIGH SCHOOL IS A CRAZY TIME
When Americans Lost Their Virginity, Charted
By 18, a higher percentage of people had had sex than hadn't, and more insights.
BAR NONE
One Dataset, Visualized 25 Ways
“Let the data speak.” It’s a common saying for chart design. But there are a lot of ways to translate what the data is saying, as illustrated here.
CHEER, QUANTIFIED
Christmas Movies, Charted
We all know and love the classic Christmas movies. But will you recognize them in chart form?
HOW DO WE GET THE 'CAESAR' IN THE US?
Charting Bed Sizes Around The World
When you travel to other countries, the bed size in the place you visit is often different from what you’re used to, despite having a description as such.
SOMEHOW KFC IS THE LEAST BAD?
Charting The Calories In Fast Food Menu Offerings
This chart maps all the menu items for ten of the biggest national fast food chains in terms of calories. It's also good evidence that you should avoid Carl's Jr. (and not just because of that name).
THE BEST OF TIMES VS THE WORST OF TIMES
Shift Your Point Of View To When America Was 'Better'
How good or bad something is — employment, income levels, etc. — depends on what you compare against.
GROWING IN THE MIDDLE
Mapping The Spread of Obesity
A look at the rise for each state over three decades, for men and women.
POISONS, PICKED
The Most Popular Alcohol In Countries Around The World
We're not quite sure what "other" includes, but Sierra Leone drinks a lot of it.
JULY IS FOR GLUTTONS
All The National Food Days, On A Single Calendar
214 days of the year are a food or drink day. Every single day of July was one. How is one to keep track? I gotta plan, you know?
ALL IN THE FAMILY
How Household Types Have Changed Since 1970
Today, the one-person household is the most common type, but in 1970 it was married couples. Here's a look at how the makeup of American households has changed between then and now.
WHEN DO WE FREAK OUT?
What That Election Probability Means
As of this writing, the Upshot estimates a 68% probability for Clinton and 32% for Donald Trump. FiveThirtyEight estimates 52% and 48% for Clinton and Trump. What do those numbers mean, really?
OUR HOUSE IS A VERY, VERY ODD HOUSE
The State Of The Modern Family, Charted
"Nuclear" families are still the norm, but nearly 50% of American households are non-nuclear in structure. Here's a look at the top 50 household types.
