Four Infographic Morsels

How To Get Replies Online Dating
Dating site OKCupid examined which words in an opening email to women increased or decreased the chances of a reply. Hilarious and revealing.

How To Get Replies In Online Dating

Christopher Niemann
This US illustrator does a nice line in hand-drawn infographics

Christopher Niemann Mosquito
(I also like his ‘I Confess’ range)

How many troops has each country sent to Afghanistan?
Ok I did this one. But I think it’s an important question. And quite surprising.

How any troops has each country sent to Afghanistan?

Susanna Hertrich: Reality Checking Device
A visual device for getting some perspective. Nice!

Susanna Hertrich: Reality Checking Device
(sorry about the tiny screen shot – it’s the only one I could find) UPDATE: Here’s a big version (Thanks to Matthew Goldthwaite)

If you come across any visual delights, please send them through.

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4 Comments

  1. Posted September 22, 2009 at 1:05 am | Permalink | Edit

    I’d be curious regarding the statistic of number of soldiers in Afghanistan from each country, to see a graphic comparison of number of soldiers in relation to the population size of the country, and/or GDP, etc.

  2. Gordon
    Posted September 22, 2009 at 10:04 am | Permalink | Edit

    Re: Susanna Hertrich: Reality Checking Device
    Why the bubbles when bars would work just as well and not introduce visual ambiguity due to the old diameter/volume issue that all bubble charts are subject to? Sigh….

  3. david
    Posted September 22, 2009 at 10:10 am | Permalink | Edit

    Guess it looks prettier.

  4. Posted November 9, 2009 at 10:13 am | Permalink | Edit

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