{"id":11964,"date":"2021-01-08T23:42:07","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T23:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/?p=11964"},"modified":"2021-02-01T09:15:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T09:15:20","slug":"best-data-visualizations-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/08\/best-data-visualizations-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Data Visualizations of 2020 \u2014 DataViz Weekly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11965\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Data-Visualization-Weekly-January-1-8-2021-Blog.png\" alt=\"Best Data Visualizations of 2020 | DataViz Weekly\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Data-Visualization-Weekly-January-1-8-2021-Blog.png 1100w, https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Data-Visualization-Weekly-January-1-8-2021-Blog-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Data-Visualization-Weekly-January-1-8-2021-Blog-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Data-Visualization-Weekly-January-1-8-2021-Blog-1024x575.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/>Each week throughout the 2020 year, we curated the most interesting data visualizations from around the Web and introduced them to you in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/category\/data-visualization-weekly\/\">DataViz Weekly<\/a> roundup. Now is the time to look at the best of the best! We will hand you over to distinguished experts \u2014 Nathan Yau, Alli Torban, Lea Pica, Kenneth Field, and the GIJN team \u2014 who have already made their (brilliant) choices. Meet their picks for the best data visualizations of 2020!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Best Charts of 2020 \u2014 Nathan Yau<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flowingdata.com\/2020\/12\/23\/best-data-visualization-projects-of-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/best-charts-2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/best-charts-2020.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/best-charts-2020-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/best-charts-2020-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/best-charts-2020-1024x683.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nData visualization expert Nathan Yau <a href=\"https:\/\/flowingdata.com\/2020\/12\/23\/best-data-visualization-projects-of-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">made<\/a> a list of his favorite projects of the year in the form of awards. For\u00a0each item, he explained what it is best for. In some categories, Nathan also included honorable mentions. Take a look:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Best Chart Loosely Based on Data to Demonstrate an Idea:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flatten the curve \u2014 works by Rosamund Pearce (The Economist) and Alexander Radtke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Honorable mention:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What does &#8216;level two&#8217; mean and why does it matter \u2014 by Toby Morris (The Spinoff)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2. Best Demonstration of Virus Spreading with Simulation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to \u201cflatten the curve\u201d \u2014 by Harry Stevens (The Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3. Best Visualization of Masks Working:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Masks work. Really. We\u2019ll show you how \u2014 by Or Fleisher, Gabriel Gianordoli, Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, Karthik Patanjali, Miles Peyton, and Bedel Saget (The New York Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Honorable mentions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Why masks work better than you\u2019d think \u2014 by Minute Physics and Aatish Bhatia<\/li>\n<li>A room, a bar and a classroom: how the coronavirus is spread through the air \u2014 by Mariano Zafra and Javier Salas (El Pa\u00eds)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4. Best Close-to-Real-Life Visualization of the Virus Spreading:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How the virus got out \u2014 by Jin Wu, Weiyi Cai, Derek Watkins, and James Glanz (The New York Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Honorable mention:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anatomy of Singapore\u2019s outbreak \u2014 by Manas Sharma and Simon Scarr (Reuters)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>5. Best Compilation of Livestreams:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Reconstructing seven days of protests in Minneapolis after George Floyd\u2019s death \u2014 by Holly Bailey (The Washington Post) and Matt Daniels and Amelia Wattenberger (The Pudding)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>6. Best Traditional Chart Recurring Over and Over and Over and Over Again:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Line chart \u2014 in works by John Burn-Murdoch (The Financial Times), Our World in Data, The New York Times, Lena Groeger (ProPublica), The Washington Post and the Yale School of Public Health, National Geographic, and many more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Honorable mention:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Variable-width bar chart<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>7. Best Generated Map that Looks Like a Real Map:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meander \u2014 by Robert Hodgin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>8. Best Use of Physical Object to Show Data:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The California pint \u2014 by North Drinkware<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Honorable mention:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A million dollars vs a billion dollars, visualized: A road trip \u2014 by Tom Scott<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>9. Best Abstraction of a Traditional Chart:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stoxart \u2014 by Gladys Estolas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>10. Best Customizable, Single-task Map Tool Thing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Peak map (and then street maps) \u2014 by Andrei Kashcha<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, because data is a critical part of any chart or dashboard, Nathan gave an honorable mention to reliable COVID-19 data as such, from sources like The COVID Tracking Project, the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, and Our World in Data.<\/p>\n<h3>Best Data Visualizations of 2020 \u2014 Alli Torban and Lea Pica<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dataviztoday.com\/shownotes\/60\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11967\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/best-data-visualization-projects-2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/best-data-visualization-projects-2020.png 960w, https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/best-data-visualization-projects-2020-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/best-data-visualization-projects-2020-768x412.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIn <a href=\"https:\/\/dataviztoday.com\/shownotes\/60\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">episode 60 of\u00a0Data Viz Today<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/leapica.com\/blog-podcast-063-alli-torban-data-visualizations-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">episode 63 of\u00a0Present Beyond Measure<\/a>, their hosts Alli Torban and Lea Pica, both known as amazing data visualization\u00a0and storytelling professionals, had what\u00a0Alli called &#8220;a little data viz tennis match.&#8221; In that crossover conversation, they recapped the 2020 year and found (and discussed) their favorite visualizations in 4 topical categories: the pandemic, climate change, racial injustice, and the U.S. election. Check out their picks:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Best COVID-19 Data Visualizations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How to flatten the curve \u2014 by Harry Stevens (The Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li>How the virus got out\u00a0\u2014 by Jin Wu, Weiyi Cai, Derek Watkins, and James Glanz (The New York Times)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2. Best Climate Change Data Visualizations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Warming stripes\u00a0\u2014\u00a0by Ed Hawkins<\/li>\n<li>Temperature anomalies by country\u00a0\u2014\u00a0by Antti Lipponen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3. Best Racial Injustice Visualizations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Duration of protests that create change\u00a0\u2014\u00a0by Mona Chalabi<\/li>\n<li>The most sobering thing about the racial dot map\u00a0\u2014\u00a0by Libby Anne<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4. Best U.S. Presidential Election 2020 Visualizations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Electoral College decision tree\u00a0\u2014\u00a0by Observable<\/li>\n<li>The winding path to victory\u00a0\u2014\u00a0by FiveThirtyEight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Data Journalism Projects of 2020 \u2014 Global Investigative Journalism Network<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gijn.org\/2020\/12\/21\/data-journalism-top-10-for-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11969\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/top-data-journalism-projects-2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/top-data-journalism-projects-2020.png 1170w, https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/top-data-journalism-projects-2020-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/top-data-journalism-projects-2020-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/top-data-journalism-projects-2020-1024x576.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1170px) 100vw, 1170px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nEunice Au, Program Manager at the Global Investigative Journalism Network, <a href=\"https:\/\/gijn.org\/2020\/12\/21\/data-journalism-top-10-for-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">presented<\/a> GIJN&#8217;s selection of the top, most popular and compelling data journalism projects of the year. See what items succeeded to get highlighted in the Data Journalism Top 10 for 2020 roundup:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. The New York Times:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How the virus\u00a0got out \u2014\u00a0by Jin Wu, Weiyi Cai, Derek Watkins, and James Glanz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also from\u00a0NYT:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Here\u2019s where Australia\u2019s destructive wildfires are burning \u2014 by Nadja Popovich, Denise Lu, and Blacki Migliozzi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>2. The Financial Times:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coronavirus tracker<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>3. Al Jazeera:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Saving the Nile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also from AJ:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mapping India and China\u2019s disputed borders<\/li>\n<li>Trump&#8217;s Middle East plan and a century of failed deals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>4. Federica Fragapane:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The shape of dreams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>5. Davis Vilums:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cycling every street in London<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>6. The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Massive cross-border investigations: Luanda Leaks and FinCEN Files<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>7. S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flattening the COVID-19 curve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also from\u00a0SZ:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tracking major political debates in the Bundestag<\/li>\n<li>Evolution of climate change discussions in the Bundestag<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>8. Mediapart:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Which COVID-19 figures are trustworthy?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also from Mediapart:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Impunity for police wrongdoing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>9. Lisa Charlotte Rost:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visualizing data for colorblind readers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>10. Alberto Cairo:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last but not least, data visualization expert Alberto Cairo\u00a0is\u00a0featured in\u00a0GIJN&#8217;s Data Journalism Top 10 for 2020 list for his commentaries on many interesting works.\u00a0His quick piece on how visualization puts stories in perspective resonated particularly well \u2014 it&#8217;s where he took the following project as an example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cartogram of the Democratic primaries \u2014\u00a0by WSJ&#8217;s Brian McGill<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How Britons spend their time at weekends vs weekdays\u00a0\u2014 by The Financial Times<\/li>\n<li>No epicentro\u00a0\u2014 by Ag\u00eancia Lupa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Best Maps of 2020 \u2014 Kenneth Field<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cartonerd.blogspot.com\/2020\/12\/favourite-maps-from-2020.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/best-maps-2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/best-maps-2020.png 1023w, https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/best-maps-2020-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/best-maps-2020-768x480.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAs far as maps are concerned, prominent cartographer Kenneth Field <a href=\"https:\/\/cartonerd.blogspot.com\/2020\/12\/favourite-maps-from-2020.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">curated<\/a> a\u00a0list of his favorites from 2020 and we strongly believe you should check it out as well. If\u00a0we were to choose the year&#8217;s most important map,\u00a0the COVID-19 Global Cases map by the Johns Hopkins University&#8217;s Center for Systems Science and Engineering would certainly win. So there is no surprise it is featured first. However, there is no particular order (just like in the other lists of the best visualizations we&#8217;ve just shared):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>COVID-19 dashboard \u2014 by JHU CSSE<\/li>\n<li>A sky map of the Hubble Space Telescope&#8217;s observations \u2014 by Nadieh Bremer<\/li>\n<li>COVID-19 experiment \u2014 by Mathieu Rajerison<\/li>\n<li>World map of night trains \u2014 by Jug Cerovic<\/li>\n<li>How the coronavirus spread in Hong Kong \u2014 by Adolfo Arranz<\/li>\n<li>The United Fonts of America \u2014 by Andy Murdock<\/li>\n<li>Deaths involving COVID-19 \u2014 by James Cheshire<\/li>\n<li>The highlands of Scotland \u2014 by Alasdair Rae<\/li>\n<li>Mapping London&#8217;s ethnic diversity \u2014 by Niko Kommenda<\/li>\n<li>How web-connected is China \u2014 by Chinapower<\/li>\n<li>Geological map of Iran \u2014 by Sean Conway<\/li>\n<li>Painting by numbers \u2014 by Elana Schtulberg<\/li>\n<li>How decades of racist housing policy left neighborhoods sweltering \u2014 by Brad Plumer and Nadja Popovich (The New York Times)<\/li>\n<li>Manhattan \u2014 by Alex Bailey<\/li>\n<li>Panoramic map of the Alps \u2014 by Eric Knight<\/li>\n<li>Covid-19: The global crisis, in data \u2014 by The Financial Times<\/li>\n<li>Grave Smoky Mountains national park \u2014 by Aaron Koelker<\/li>\n<li>2020 election map \u2014 by Randall Munroe (xkcd)<\/li>\n<li>Carrot production in France \u2014 by Romain Lacroix<\/li>\n<li>Commuting in corona times \u2014 by Kera Till<\/li>\n<li>Naismith International Park \u2014 by Kirk Goldsberry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>2020 was very fruitful in terms of the number of great data visualizations. We are sure 2021 will be better even in that. Stay tuned for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/category\/data-visualization-weekly\/\">Data Visualization Weekly<\/a> series on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/\">AnyChart blog<\/a> to not miss a thing!<\/p>\n<p>Here are\u00a0the best data viz projects from previous years in case you are interested: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/10\/best-charts-2019\/\">2019<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/28\/best-data-visualizations-2018\/\">2018<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/30\/data-visualization-in-2017-highlights\/\">2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Again, we wish you all the very best in 2021!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each week throughout the 2020 year, we curated the most interesting data visualizations from around the Web and introduced them to you in the DataViz Weekly roundup. 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