In addition, demand can stall by the outbreak of disease, recession, war, or terrorism. So when a company has a winning airline route, it makes all the difference to a company’s bottom line. Today’s visualization uses data from OAG Aviation Worldwide, which tracked the airline routes that generated the most revenue from April 2018 to March 2019. Top 10 Highest Revenue Routes by Airline North American routes dominate the global rankings....
Today’s chart breaks down daily data from Citymapper’s Mobility Index, according to trips planned on the transport app across 41 select cities. The results paint a unique picture of how social distancing and lockdown measures are impacting commuter and economic activity in major urban hubs. Cities With the Biggest Drops in Activity As the government response to the COVID-19 pandemic intensifies and people are urged to stay home, transit activity is dropping everywhere....
Gold: Off to the Races, or Just Another False Start? [Chart] The Chart of the Week is a weekly Visual Capitalist feature on Fridays. Commodity traders know that gold is highly cyclical, and that it takes significant changes in the fundamentals and sentiment to change the long-term price trend. That said, the latest news on gold is cautiously optimistic for those waiting for a rebound in the precious metal. Over the last few days, gold has broken through its 200-day moving average to reach its highest price in three months at just short of $1,200 per oz....
Today’s post follows a similar theme, and it visualizes differences based on education levels. Below, we’ll tackle the breakdowns of several educational groupings, ranging from high school dropouts to those in the highest education bracket, which is defined as having achieved a master’s, professional, or doctorate degree. Income and Spending, by Education The data visualizations in today’s post come to us from Engaging Data and they use Sankey diagrams to display data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) that shows income and expenditure differences between varying levels of education in America....
Today’s infographic from Publicis Health illustrates the emerging generation of millennial doctors, and why they’re on the cusp of transforming the healthcare industry. The Changing Face of Medicine The doctor is in, but it’s probably not who you’re thinking of. Most people expect to see an older white male as their healthcare provider, yet today’s physicians are straying from this stereotype: Increasingly diverse 44% of U.S. medical school graduates in 2018 were of a racial minority background....
In short, society couldn’t function as-is without algorithms – and as we lean on them to run more things, it becomes more important for us to learn what they are and what they do. Algorithms 101 Today’s infographic from Futurism digs into the origins of algorithms, and how they impact our everyday lives. What is an Algorithm? An algorithm is a predetermined set of steps for a computer to accomplish a task....
While technology has typically created more jobs than it has destroyed on a historical basis, this context rarely stops people from believing that things are “different” this time around. In this case, it’s the potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) that is being hotly debated by the media and expert commentators. Although there is no doubt that AI will be a transformative force in business, the recent attention on the subject has also led to many common misconceptions about the technology and its anticipated effects....
Just like children eagerly anticipate the arrival of the big man in the red suit, stock traders have a similar holiday tradition of importance. According to the 2019 Stock Trader’s Almanac, there’s an average 1.3% market rally in stocks that occurs every year during the holidays. Dubbed the “Santa Claus Rally”, it’s happened about 75% of the time since 1969. And this year in particular, after one of the worst months for the market in recent memory, it’s no secret that investors have their hopes up for a sizable present under the tree....
Gold and Silver Dealer Hedging Gold, silver, and platinum prices have been known to fluctuate significantly. Just last year, for example, the gold price dropped $110 in just one day (April 15th). Later on in 2014, the typically more volatile silver jumped 17% from its intraday lows in the course of a day (Dec 1st). The largest precious metals dealers buy and sell millions of ounces of bullion each month, which means they have to be careful that they are not on the wrong side of one of these big price swings....
While the modern fortunes of people like Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates seem stratospheric in size, even the world’s richest self-made billionaires had to crawl before they could walk. After all, the journey to becoming ultra-wealthy hinges on earning that very first $1 million – the initial pillar of wealth that helps provide the security and confidence to go all-in on later ventures and investments. The Typical Journey Today’s infographic comes to us from Slotsia, and it compares the timelines of the wealthiest self-made billionaires showing how long it took them to each earn their first $1 million....
The 20 Best Stories in Science from 2015 It’s easy to pontificate about what the future may hold, but sometimes it comes with disastrous results. Instead, the best way to get a taste of the future may be to look at the most recent scientific developments that happened in the last year. Today’s infographic from Futurism reviews some of the top science news stories from 2015. These include headlines in the fields of space, robotics, artificial intelligence, genetics, drones, transportation, and energy storage....
The Global War on Cash The Money Project is an ongoing collaboration between Visual Capitalist and Texas Precious Metals that seeks to use intuitive visualizations to explore the origins, nature, and use of money. There is a global push by lawmakers to eliminate the use of physical cash around the world. This movement is often referred to as “The War on Cash”, and there are three major players involved: The Initiators Who?...
As humans have spread across the world, so have infectious diseases. Even in this modern era, outbreaks are nearly constant, though not every outbreak reaches pandemic level as COVID-19 has. Today’s visualization outlines some of history’s most deadly pandemics, from the Antonine Plague to the current COVID-19 event. A Timeline of Historical Pandemics Disease and illnesses have plagued humanity since the earliest days, our mortal flaw. However, it was not until the marked shift to agrarian communities that the scale and spread of these diseases increased dramatically....
Today’s infographic is from Almonty Industries, a tungsten producer, and it reveals the history of tungsten. Interestingly, the infographic shows that despite tungsten’s strength, most of civilization has lived without any practical use of the metal. That’s because tungsten wasn’t officially discovered until the 18th century – though, as you will see, it was a thorn in the side of metallurgists for many centuries before that. From the Heavens Like all elements with an atomic number higher than iron, tungsten cannot be created by nuclear fusion in stars like our sun....
Government control is an established reality for most of the world, but what would happen if a neighborhood in your city suddenly became a lawless free-for-all? What type of industries would emerge, and how would people cooperate within that environment to ensure basic services continued to operate? One example from recent history sheds light on just how such a situation could work: Kowloon Walled City. Kowloon Walled City Today’s infographic is a fantastic editorial illustration from South China Morning Post from 2013 that takes a detailed look at the inner workings of Kowloon Walled City (KWC)....
[Interactive] Riding the Nasdaq Roller Coaster Investors know that there is nothing like a good old-fashioned stock bubble to provide the ride of a lifetime. Fifteen years after the dotcom bust, the Nasdaq Composite has passed all-time highs again. The WSJ has put together a fantastic interactive 3D roller coaster ride that goes through the highs and lows of the index until today. The interactive visualization literally puts you in a chair as it gets lifted up the very first hill (The dotcom bubble), as market news flashes by on the side....
But this map allows us to step back and look at the region in its larger context. While most media has focused on the tensions, this map breaks down the entire Caucasus region, providing key facts and information. What are the countries that comprise the region? What is the main economic activity in the area? How is the population distributed? Let’s begin. The Basics The Caucasus region is characterized by far-reaching mountain ranges, that have long separated people and created distinct ethnic, linguistic, and religious identities over thousands of years....
It’s generally understood that having enough money to cover your needs and wants can help you live a relatively happy, comfortable life—and recent research shows this relationship may increase linearly as income levels grow, as well. However, there’s much more to it than that. Happiness levels depend not just on financial security, but also broader perceptions of one’s social support, personal freedom, and more. This series of map pulls data from the World Happiness Report to uncover the average scores of 149 countries between 2018-2020, and which ones emerged the happiest or unhappiest....
Access to electricity is now an afterthought in most parts of the world, so it may come as a surprise to learn that 16% of the world’s population — an estimated 1.2 billion people — are still living without this basic necessity. Lack of access to electricity, or “energy poverty”, is the ultimate economic hindrance as it prevents people from participating in the modern economy. Where are people still living in the dark, and how are these energy challenges being addressed?...
Russia, Canada, the U.S., and so on—it’s easy to focus on the countries with the largest landmasses and seemingly endless borders. Their sheer size makes them hard to ignore, and their natural resources are often vast. But with the above graphic from TitleMax, we can focus on the power of small. From economic might to religious influence, many of the smallest countries in the world are surprisingly powerful. Let’s take a closer look at the world’s 100 smallest countries and their spheres of influence....
