In 2021, FiveThirtyEight’s visible journalists informed tales of the pandemic, political gridlock and the world of sports activities. We’ve fought to make our work extra accessible and to sharpen our storytelling. Via all of it, we saved it bizarre. Now we proceed our custom of celebrating our greatest — and wackiest — charts of the 12 months. Listed here are a few of our favorites, grouped by matter however in no explicit order past that. If you need extra context for these (strange) charts, don’t be shy! You possibly can click on any of them to learn the tales during which they initially ran.
Politics
Sports activities
COVID-19
Science
Tokyo Olympics
And, final however not least, take a look at this calendar with the outcomes from our debate about when every season begins.
Did you get pleasure from this lengthy checklist of bizarre charts? Then boy, do we’ve content material within the archives for you! Take a look at our lists from 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015 and 2014.
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