A hive plot (slides) is a beautiful and compelling way to visualize multiple, complex networks, without resorting to "hairball" graphs that are often difficult to qualitatively compare and contrast. [more inside]
posted by Blazecock Pileon on Dec 4, 2011 - 14 comments

100 years of world cuisine is a statistical exploration of military conflict that is both artistic and disturbing.
posted by anigbrowl on May 15, 2011 - 28 comments

The Frequency of Body Parts in Songs, by genre. NSFW [more inside]
posted by graventy on Aug 21, 2008 - 27 comments

Lastgraph takes your username at Last.fm and generates a beautiful chart of your musical listening habits. [via] [more inside]
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken on Sep 20, 2007 - 27 comments