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Many women who’ve done IVF call themselves warriors.
@lamthuyvo.bsky.social is one of them. Follow her interactive journey through infertility, told from two perspectives: parent & child.

pudding.cool/2026/03/ivf/

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This weekend was a scorcher! Check out our updating map that tracks the number of days since a US city had a record-high temperature.

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The world feels quite precarious right now—and sometimes we forget what it feels like to pursue happiness. @alv9n.com digs into a study that asked more than 10,000 people to share their joy. From personal growth to friends and family, here’s our happiness mapped.

pudding.cool/2026/02/happ...

1 month ago 30 13 0 2
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Few life experiences feel as universal, across generations, as the pains and frustrations of trying to find clothes that fit. In our newest project we dive into the data about women's sizing chaos.

pudding.cool/2026/02/wome...

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A screenshot of the winning project Benford's Law with announcement details

A screenshot of the winning project Benford's Law with announcement details

WINNER! Benford’s Law by @schubert-da.bsky.social

benfords-law-explainer.netlify.app

4 months ago 10 0 0 1
A screenshot of the winning project The Legisaltive Network Behind State Trans Laws with announcement details

A screenshot of the winning project The Legisaltive Network Behind State Trans Laws with announcement details

WINNER! The Legislative Network Behind State Trans Laws by @cj-robinson.bsky.social

cj-robinson.github.io/trans-model-...

4 months ago 6 0 1 0
A screenshot from the winning project Dithering — Part 1 along with announcement text

A screenshot from the winning project Dithering — Part 1 along with announcement text

WINNER! Dithering — Part 1 by @damarberlari.bsky.social

visualrambling.space/dithering-pa...

4 months ago 8 0 1 1
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The Pudding Cup The Pudding's annual picks for the best visual and data-driven stories

We’re excited to announce the winners of the 2025 Pudding Cup! Our entry pool was the strongest ever with close to 100 submissions.

Show our 3 winners some love 🫶 on this thread, and check out the full details and honorable mentions at the link:

pudding.cool/pudding-cup/

4 months ago 39 16 2 1
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There’s a secret language beneath your favorite movies, musicals, and even video games.
We visualized every motif in Wicked, Hamilton, and Les Mis to show how tiny musical ideas can build entire emotional worlds.
🔗: pudding.cool/2025/12/moti...

4 months ago 15 8 2 2

It's the last week to enter! Get your submissions in by Friday, Dec. 5! pudding.cool/pudding-cup/

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The Pudding Cup is back for 2025! We want to see your best non-commercial visual and data-driven projects!

🗓️ Deadline: Friday, December 5, 2025 (free entry)
📢 Winners announced: the week of December 9, 2025
💸 Up to 3 winners each get $1,500

pudding.cool/pudding-cup/

5 months ago 15 6 0 1
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How much does Congress talk about democracy? How often do they worry that democracy is eroding? @alv9n.com's latest project analyzes every congressional speech in the last 145 years.

pudding.cool/2025/11/demo...

5 months ago 20 8 0 0
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What it’s like to walk across Massachusetts A visually-aided journal of a very long walk home.

I ruptured my achilles in January. Couch-bound for most of the winter, I read over a dozen books about walking journeys. I was inspired. Obsessed? I decided to walk across Massachusetts.

You decide how to experience my story here: pudding.cool/2025/10/walk/

5 months ago 15 3 0 0
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Ever cry while cutting an onion? Well, now you don’t have to! Building off of chef J. Kenji López-Alt, we found the mathematically optimal way to dice an onion. *Cutting uniform pieces has not been proven to reduce crying, but you do get bragging rights.

pudding.cool/2025/08/onio...

8 months ago 66 14 3 7

The Pudding showing me, yet again, why it’s my favourite online publication.

8 months ago 23 1 0 0
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New project! @yufeng.bsky.social analyzed all of the words found on NYC Streets. The data comes from from 8 million Google Street View images, which yielded 138 million snippets of text:

🔗: pudding.cool/2025/07/stre...

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“Look at Mr. Frog! He’s so grumpy.”

Wait, why are so many frogs boys? @mellymeldubs.bsky.social explores how we gender animals in kids’ stories—and why it matters.

pudding.cool/2025/07/kids...

9 months ago 32 18 1 2
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New project! What happens when strangers have to talk for 30 minutes? @alv9n.com's latest project tracks how their moods change as the conversation progresses.

🔗 pudding.cool/2025/06/hell...

10 months ago 10 6 0 1
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30 minutes with a stranger Watch hundreds of strangers talk for 30 minutes, and track how their moods change

My latest piece for @puddingviz.bsky.social: 30 minutes with a stranger

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Two years ago I made this interactive story about the loneliness epidemic: pudding.cool/2023/09/invi...

The brilliant @matthew-daniels.bsky.social turned it into a video. His touch on this piece is really quite incredible.

10 months ago 12 4 1 0
The Loneliness Epidemic, in Data: Who Americans Spend Time With
The Loneliness Epidemic, in Data: Who Americans Spend Time With YouTube video by The Pudding

New video on YouTube (an animated version of one of @alv9n.com's greatest hits): The Loneliness Epidemic, in Data: Who Americans Spend Time With

www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7w3...

10 months ago 13 4 1 3
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New project: From stereotypes to breakthroughs, Hollywood's history with Asian and Asian American characters is complicated.

This AAPI Heritage Month, dive into the data that reveals whether that's changed: pudding.cool/2025/05/aapi...

10 months ago 13 7 0 0
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Are you more likely to die on your birthday? Yes. We’ll run a study to show you how, and why.

Are you more likely to die on your birthday?

Come for the math, stay for the existential crisis.

pudding.cool/2025/04/birt...

11 months ago 16 3 1 1

Also this week — a pitching experience that was very worth it — my @puddingviz.bsky.social piece was on @kottke.org!

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11 months ago 4 1 0 0
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Have you ever bought a bottle of wine based on the label alone? Yeah, us too.

Turns out, if a wine has an animal on the label that can help you predict price and quality. We looked at thousands of labels to help you find the best deals.

pudding.cool/2025/04/wine...

1 year ago 19 5 1 2
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What if we considered samples & interpolations as connections in sonic family trees?

My project out today @puddingviz.bsky.social w/ @jaredwhalen.com @matthew-daniels.bsky.social lets you see and hear the genealogy of our popular music.

pudding.cool/2025/04/musi...

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How Sonic DNA Connects Generations of Music Songs have a far more complex and concealed musical history, spanning genres, cultures, and even centuries.

"If we zoom out, we can see [...] how “In The Hall of the Mountain King” affects music across 5 generations and 833 songs" pudding.cool/2025/04/musi... via @puddingviz.bsky.social

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How Sonic DNA Connects Generations of Music Songs have a far more complex and concealed musical history, spanning genres, cultures, and even centuries.

🔗 Link to the audio/visual essay on The Pudding: pudding.cool/2025/04/musi...

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Family tree of samples for Hit Em Up

Family tree of samples for Hit Em Up

which can sometimes form an entire family tree!

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We explore various lineages in music.

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