Where do immigrants most want to live?Despite making a big show of being unfriendly to “illegal” immigrants, both Australia and the US are among the most desirable new homes for immigrants.
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Which print pubs have the richest readers?
Silicon Valley Insider charts newspapers and magazines with the wealthiest readerships. Wall Street Journal readers are the most cashed-up, while The Atlantic, The Economist and Architectural Digest readers also break the 100k mark.
Datapig: the facts on boat people, graphed for your pleasure
All the facts on the numbers of people arriving in Australia by boat since 1989, graphed for your pleasure.
A timeline of global media scares
From Y2K to swine flu, the biggest media scare stories of the past decade and the amount of panicky press they received, laid out in graph form. Who knew asteroid collisions were such a frequent and ongoing threat?
Warren Buffett’s $40 billion investment empire
Following Warren Buffett’s $34 billion buy-out of America’s second-biggest railway, this great infographic charts the history and breadth of the investor extraordinaire’s business empire and investments.
Crunching the unemployment data
Possum Comitatus charts the latest ABS Labour Force Survey, with a state-by-state, gender and age breakdown of the data.
Charting Nouriel Roubini’s horrible stockmarket calls
Nouriel Roubini is usually credited with predicting the Global Financial Crisis. However, the rest of his prognostications have been all over the place, as this handy graph shows.
Carbon emissions: which countries are cleaning up their acts?
GOOD charts the five biggest carbon dioxide emitters in each region of the world, and whether they’ve reduced or increased emissions over the past few years. Spoiler: Australia doesn’t fare well.
Deadly drugs: users vs. deaths vs. media coverage
Is Dr David Nutt correct that cannabis is no more harmful than alcohol? Does the drug just suffer from bad press? Data journalist David McCandless mashes up the government’s own data on drug death, users and press coverage to find out.
Where Australia’s arts funding goes
Following up from his great piece on the Australia Council’s failure to adapt to the digital era, Marcus Westbury charts exactly where our country’s arts funding is — and isn’t — going. In a word: orchestras.
The social networking boom
Focus graphs the boom in social networking sites over the last decade — from early pioneers like Classmates.com to recent innovators like Twitter.
Heath care spending around the world
How much do different countries spend on health care? And how well does that correlate with the health of their citizens? An eye-opening infographic from GOOD.
Internet access: more than just smut and piracy
New data shows Australia’s young people are overwhelmingly using the internet for education more than anything else — yes, even porn — but their access to the web is strongly tied to socio-economic factors. Should the government started subsidising net access for low-income families?
A graphic history of newspaper circulation
The Awl has combined circulation figures for the major US newspapers going back to 1990 to create an eye-opening chart of media carnage. One of these things is not like the others…
Possum: Swings and misses in the new pendulum
Possum Comitatus looks at the new federal election pendulum. While the electoral system still slightly favours the Coalition, even after the redistributions, it would need a swing of 2.3% to win government.
Left vs. Right politics: an amazing illustrated explanation
Check out the incredibly detailed graphics by Information is Beautiful, examining the policies, beliefs and characteristics of the average Leftie liberal or Right wing conservative.
Howard vs. Rudd at 23 months
Possum Comitatus’ visual comparison of Howard vs. Rudd on net satisfaction, preferred PM and the two-party preferred polls at 23 months in shows relatively smooth sailing for Mr 70 Per Cent.
Wall St wages vs. Average wages
A disturbing chart tracks the average tracking the average Wall St bonus against the average American wage since 1985. And despite the GFC, they’re on the rise again. No wonder bankers are feasting on $43 steaks.
We are all authors now
Two scientists have plotted the number of published authors per year since the year 1400, finding that with the rise of social media, the number is growing nearly tenfold every year. Authors — once an elite minority — will soon be a majority.
Everything you need to know about big-P politics in four simple charts
Barely 10 years ago, the dynamics of the government/public relationship was such that the Prime Minister neither lifted nor depressed the party vote very much, says Possum Comitatus. But with the rise of PR-driven politics, just check out the charts now…
Who really breaks the big news?
New York Mag chose seven random news stories from a random day, and tracked them backwards to determine who was actually responsible for the individual pieces of original reporting that advanced each one. Then they charted it. Brilliant.
Push vs. Pull: asylum seeker numbers and statistics
While Pull Factors most likely have some relatively small effect the numbers of boat people seeking asylum in Australia, they are overwhelmingly swamped by Push Factors, says Possum Comitatus.
When it comes to asylum seekers, Australia is no Malta
Where exactly does Australia rank in the world in terms of generosity towards displaced persons? Probably lower than we should, says Sean Carmody.
Which browser works best?
The performance of the top 5 major web browsers are have been tested, compared and compiled into this handy chart. Which program is leading the pack? You might be surprised…
The grey vote
The ‘Depression Era’ vote is the most electorally significant demographic for the Coalition, says Possum Comitatus. Without it, Howard would have lost in 1998, lost in 2001 and it would have been line ball in 2004. But when they die off, where will the votes come from?
