Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and we all have our own ideas of what can be considered stunning. For some, a bright orange sunset is the epitome of beauty, while others can’t imagine anything more gorgeous than a perfectly baked soufflé. Even charts can be considered beautiful by the right audience.

So if you’re a graph enthusiast, you’re in luck. Down below, we’ve gathered some of the most gorgeous and satisfying displays of information that have been shared on the “Data is Beautiful” subreddit. Enjoy learning something new from these stunning charts, be sure to upvote the ones you find equally informative and aesthetically pleasing!

#1 [oc] Bloom Dates For Every Flower In My Garden- Everyone In R/Gardening Wanted Me To Share This Here, Hope You’ll Allow It!

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#2 Gordon Ramsay And Martha Stewart Are Being Outperformed By Doña Angela, A Grandma From Rural Mexico And Her Daughter’s Phone Camera

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#3 Countries With School Shootings (Total Incidents From Jan 2009 To May 2018)

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The Data is Beautiful subreddit was created in February 2012, and it’s amassed an impressive 19.4 million members since then. The group’s description explains that it’s for “visualizations that effectively convey information”, and notes that, “Aesthetics are an important part of information visualization, but pretty pictures are not the sole aim of this subreddit.” So while you might find these pics stunning, you’re also going to learn something. The moderators note in the subreddit’s rules that posts must contain a “qualifying data visualization”, which, for the purposes of this subreddit, means no photographs. 

“Fake data, goofball statistics, and trivial analysis” are also not welcome in Data is Beautiful. The information shared must be based on real or simulated data, a mapping of information to a visual property, must be more than “dots on a map”, must be made with the intent to communicate data, and must be comprehensible based on the visual and labels included.  

#4 [oc] I Updated Our Famous Password Table For 2022

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#5 Abortion Deaths In The USA (1968-2018)

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#6 Young Adults Are Leading The Mass Exodus From Christianity In The Us

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We’ve previously covered Data is Beautiful on Bored Panda over the past couple years, and in the past, we were lucky enough to get in touch with the group’s moderators to learn more about running this informational subreddit. The moderators previously shared with Bored Panda that they hold high standards for the community, ensuring that members are treated as “first-class citizens” who are always credited and acknowledged for their work. 

“We bring a data-centric view of the world to millions of people every day—from important information about the COVID-19 pandemic all the way to a random dude’s daily bowel movements—and our community prides itself in that fact,” one moderator previously shared. “For example, we had community members posting analyses and projections of COVID-19 trends back in January and February 2020—well before anyone in the U.S. was taking the pandemic seriously. /r/DataIsBeautiful is THE place to go when you want to see the signal through the noise of hectic daily life.”

#7 USA Cigarettes Sold V. Lung Cancer Death Rates

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#8 Japan’s Work To Reduce Homelessness

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#9 Do You Belief In Ghosts?

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According to the moderator team of Data is Beautiful, the subreddit receives between 400-500 submissions every week, and in one given month, they had 2,370 approvals, removals and spam posts. Meanwhile, the number of comments the subreddit receives is far too many to count, with an estimate of over 100k. And the rules of the group are frequently being assessed and improved by the moderators. “For example, we no longer allow YouTube videos as it was being abused by content creators looking for subs on their channel,” one moderator previously told Bored Panda. “We also occasionally temporarily prohibit specific subjects, like Tinder or dating posts, when a topic overwhelms the subreddit although dating posts are allowed again.”

#10 USA: Who Do We Spend Time With Across Our Lifetimes?

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#11 Frequency Of Compound Insults (E.g. “Poophead”, “Scumwad”) In Reddit Comments, Organized By Prefix And Suffix

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#12 Population Density Of Egypt

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“We also only allow personal posts (posts about the poster such as miles jogged over a year, as an example) on Mondays, which I believe we instituted during my tenure,” one moderator added. “That’s just a flavor of the types of rules we add, adjust, or remove over time. Rule changes are done by consensus of the mods and we will often spend days or weeks deciding on new rules and how to word them.”

#13 Costco Hot Dog Combo vs. Inflation

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#14 Highest Paid Actors For A Single Production

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#15 The Popularity Of The Name “Mabel” In The United States Skyrocketed After Gravity Falls Came Out

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And while the moderators are constantly working hard to ensure that the subreddit is functioning as perfectly as possible, due to the sheer amount of content, they can’t filter through every single post. “Most posts are visible immediately, however, we also utilize AutoMod to ‘filter’ out posts that likely violate a rule,” one moderator previously explained to Bored Panda. “Speaking of AutoMod, we heavily rely on it to filter, or make invisible, both posts and comments based on keywords, user karma, and URL links (to name a few) which then have to be manually approved before they are visible. We also utilize it to automatically remove posts that violate our rules (e.g., YouTube links or directly linking an image and not claiming [OC]) so we mods don’t even have to see them.”

#16 Bolivia’s Infant Mortality Has Dropped Below The World’s Average

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#17 Titanic Survival By Gender And Class. Learning R For The First Time And The Power Of Ggplot

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#18 Covid-19 Accounted For More Line-Of-Duty Police Deaths Last Year Than All Other Causes Combined

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As far as growth is concerned in this subreddit, it’s been pretty steady, according to the moderators. They shared that it started to slow down in 2017 and 2018, but since the last time we featured Data is Beautiful, the subreddit has gained over 3 million members, so it has definitely continued its growth over the years. The moderators also previously told Bored Panda that, “The way Reddit works, the subscriber count isn’t all that important above a certain point, which is enough to get on r/all and/or the front page. That hits on a topic most of the more serious subreddits face: good content vs popular content.”

#19 Surge In Egg Prices In The U.s

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#20 What Foreign Ways Of Doing Things Would Americans Embrace?

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#21 Most Spoken Languages In The World

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The moderators also noted that they work “above and beyond and really keep the community moving.” And as far as what’s popular in the community, there’s a wide variety of charts being shared. A couple of years ago, COVID posts had a massive spike, understandably, but today there are different trends. And when it comes to what type of graphs are ideal for the page, one moderator previously told Bored Panda, “Pies and bars certainly both have their uses, but we’ve all seen the results of tortured dataviz, and I think that’s where something like the pie chart gets a bad rap.”

#22 Does Healthcare Spending Correlate With Life Expectancy?

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#23 What Job Hunting Has Been Like As A 2020 Graduate So Far

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#24 How Probable Is ……?

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There are literally no limits to the kinds of information that can be displayed in a gorgeous graph or captivating chart. All you need to make your own is some reliable data, a computer program that can create a stunning display of information and a clear message to convey. Data is anything but boring, because it can be about anything you like! If you’re interested in food, politics, cultural differences around the world, or anything else, you can certainly learn something new in the Data is Beautiful group.

#25 What Would Minimum Wage Be If…?

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#26 Global Wealth Inequality In 2021 Visualized By Comparing The Bottom 80% With Increasingly Smaller Groups At The Top Of The Distribution

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#27 The Absolute Quality Of Better Call Saul

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Are you feeling wowed by these gorgeous charts and displays of data? These pics just go to show that everything in life can be fascinating, even statistics, if displayed in the right way. Keep upvoting the charts you love the most, and let us know in the comments what information you’d like to see conveyed in a gorgeous way. Then, if you’re interested in checking out Bored Panda’s previous publications featuring the Data is Beautiful subreddit, you can find those right here and here!

#28 Household Ownership Of Consumer Goods In India

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#29 World’s Biggest Polluters

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#30 Size Of Bank Failures Since 2000

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#31 2 Years Of My GF And I Tracking The Sleep Quality Impact Of Various Choices/Behaviours. These Were The 8 Most Significant Effects

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#32 The Most Watched Netflix Shows

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#33 World Population 2023 In A Single Chart Calculate In Millions Of People. China, India, The Us, And The Eu Combined Generate Half Of The World’s Gdp And Are Home To Almost Half Of The World’s Population

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#34 A Comparison Of Nato And Russia’s Military Strength

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#35 I Recorded The Race Of All 433 Actors In The 2022 Super Bowl Commercials. Here’s How They Compare To The Actual Us Population

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#36 Richest Billionaire In Each State

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#37 No-One Wants Me To Stay Safe Anymore: The Rise And Fall Of The Pandemic Email Signoff

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#38 The Peaks And Troughs Of Long-Running TV Series

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#39 Tonga Eruption As Seen In Infrared Satellite Data

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#40 Us States Which Do Not Have Residents Arrested For January 6 Offences

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#41 [oc] Map Showing The Latest Situation In Ukraine Today With Territory Gained By Russia

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#42 The Slow Decline Of Key Changes In Popular Music

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#43 Actors/Actresses With The Most Oscar Wins

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#44 Number Of Police Killings In Developed Countries

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#45 Single Line Drawn Through All Zip Codes In Numerical Order

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#46 Where Most Aid To Ukraine Comes From

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#47 Japan’s Population Problem, Visualized [oc]

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#48 The U.S. House Of Representatives Voted Tuesday To Statutorily Codify Gay Marriage Into Law. The Vote Was 267 Yes, 157 No. Here’s How Every Member Voted

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#49 For The First Time, Fewer Than Half Of Americans Say They “Know God Really Exists” And Have “No Doubts About It”

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#50 [oc] Most Streamed Artists On Spotify (All Time)

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#51 All Bicycle Paths In The Netherlands

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#52 Average Post Score By Posting Hour

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#53 Obesity In Europe

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#54 Which Media Organizations Are Trusted More By Democrats And By Republicans

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#55 Number Of “Birthday” Posts On My Facebook Wall Per Year

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#56 One-In-Five Teens Are Almost Constantly On Youtube

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#57 How Americans View Flags In 2022

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#58 Twitter Sentiment On Will Smith Before And After Slap

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#59 Convenience Store Chain With The Most Locations In Each State

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#60 Top Googled Games In Europe, December 2022

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#61 iPhone Is Only 14% Of Global Smartphone Volume Share (Left) And 42% Of Revenue Share (Mid), But It’s 80% Of Profit Share (Right)

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#62 Dating In The Internet Age: 1995 vs. 2017

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#63 Obesity Rate (%) By Country Over Time

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#64 Most Followed Accounts On Social Media (Instagram, Twitter, Fb)

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#65 Whose Stuff Does The British Museum Have?

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#66 The Most Valuable Companies In The World

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#67 Us Travel Advisory World Map 2022

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#68 Fertility Rates Of The World

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#69 2022 In Search Trends

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#70 Ukrainian Refugees Across Europe

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#71 Price Of Full Tank Of Gasoline (60 L) As A Percentage Of Average Monthly Net Salary Across The World

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#72 Cost Of Hosting The World Cup

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#73 Top Human-Caused Threats To Birds In The Us

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#74 I Asked 1000 People To Take Their Pic For Free On The Street

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#75 Rotten Tomatoes Score Of Movies By Marvel Studios

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#76 The Most And Least Popular Brands On R/Buyitforlife

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#77 Top LEGO Piece Colors By Decade

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#78 My Job Search As A Mechanical Engineer With 1.5 Years Of Experience

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#79 Most Popular Apps By Category, 2021 (Million Downloads)

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#80 I Asked Chat-Gpt: “What Qualities Should The Most Powerful Person In The World Have?” Then I Had Chat-Gpt Evaluate Political Figures Based On These Characteristics

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#81 Sometimes 1 > 10

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#82 Most Viewed Music Videos On Youtube (Excluding Nursery Rhymes)

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#83 Video Game Consoles And Their Sales

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#84 The Marvel Cinematic Universe Is The Largest Movie Franchise In History

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#85 The Cost Of Christmas Varies Widely Across The World, From Less Than $100 To Over $2000

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#86 In Just 20 Years, Time Spent Cooking Rice In Japan Dropped 83%

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#87 Boys vs. Girl Pixar Movies?

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#88 50 Biggest Fast Food Chains By 2021 Number Of Stores In Us

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#89 Worst Celebrity Private Jet Co2 Emissions Offenders (2022)

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#90 Us States Sorted By Life Expectancy, Colored By Biden’s Share Of The 2020 Presidential Election

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#91 The iPhone 14 Index: How Much Of A Yearly Salary You Need To Spend To Afford An iPhone 14 Around The World

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#92 I Tracked The Spending On My Dog During Her 13-Year Life

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#93 Living Arrangements Trends Of 25-34 Years Old In The United States

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#94 The Easiest Words To Rhyme

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#95 Sex Ratio At Birth: USA, China, Japan, Germany, & India

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#96 A Shaded Relief Map Of Contiguous USA Rendered From 3D Data And Satellite Imagery

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#97 Short-Term Atmospheric Response To Tonga Eruption

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#98 Costco’s 2022 Income Statement Visualized With A Sankey Diagram

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#99 Fall And Rise Of The New York Times

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#100 Message Frequency By Daytime For Some Of My Chats

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#101 Layoffs In The Tech Industry Over The Last Month For Selected Companies

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#102 First 60 Hours Of The Global Atmospheric Response To The Tonga Eruption In Jan 2022, Using Two Satellites

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#103 A Simple Chart About The Kinds Of Dms This Username Has Gotten Me Over The Past Three Weeks

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#104 Size Niches Of Life On Earth

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#105 Bad Bunny Is The World’s Highest-Grossing Touring Artist This Year

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#106 Body Height Reported By U.S. Men

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#107 Top 45 Richest Celebrities In Media/Arts

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#108 First-Line Cousin Marriage Legality Across The Us And The Eu. First-Line Cousins Are Defined As People Who Share The Same Grandparent. 2019-2021 Data

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#109 Percent Of People Who Responded That “Religion Is Very Important In Their Lives” Across The Us And The Eu. 2014-2018 Data

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#110 My Job Search As A Newly Qualified Paramedic In The UK

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#111 Revision Of My Last Country Distribution + Eu Aggregated Into One Slice

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#112 Us Adults Consume More News On Facebook Than Any Other Social Media Platform

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