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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 05/08/2026

Over 30,000 people have mowed our digital lawn so far, but only 16% found the perfect path. How close will you get to the optimal solution? Go ahead, touch grass. pudding.cool/2026/06/mow/ #dataviz #datascience #data

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 27/07/2026

New project! Two influential word lists made by language researchers define an "essential English vocabulary" for learners: one from 1953 and another from 2023. In this essay, Jasmine Nackash examines the differences between them and what that says about us. link: pudding.cool/2026/07/esse...

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 25/06/2026

New project! What do America's earliest restaurant menus teach us about America? Explore menus from the New York Public Library's Buttolph Collection, and read the story of restaurants, told through archival menus, by @luriethereal.bsky.social pudding.cool/2026/06/menu...

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 10/06/2026

Happily ever afters often get thrown in our face, but rarely do we talk honestly about the hard work it takes to sustain a relationship. We tracked 1,000+ people over the course of 5 years + a pandemic. #lovestory #dataviz #thepudding pudding.cool/2026/06/love...

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 05/05/2026

Similes are all around us. But, if you haven’t considered this figure of speech since grade school this visual essay is for you: pudding.cool/2026/05/simi...

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 18/03/2026

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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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 02/03/2026

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. pudding.cool/projects/hea...

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 26/02/2026

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...

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 18/02/2026

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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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 15/12/2025

WINNER! Benford’s Law by @schubert-da.bsky.social benfords-law-explainer.netlify.app

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

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 15/12/2025

WINNER! The Legislative Network Behind State Trans Laws by @cj-robinson.bsky.social cj-robinson.github.io/trans-model-...

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

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 15/12/2025

WINNER! Dithering — Part 1 by @damarberlari.bsky.social visualrambling.space/dithering-pa...

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

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 10/12/2025

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...

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 13/11/2025

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/

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 04/11/2025

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...

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 14/08/2025

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...

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 28/07/2025

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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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 07/07/2025

“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...

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 16/06/2025

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...

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 29/05/2025

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...

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 16/04/2025

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...

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 01/04/2025

which can sometimes form an entire family tree!

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 01/04/2025

We explore various lineages in music.

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 01/04/2025

New project (with 🔊🎵!) : @luriethereal.bsky.social explores legacies of music dna, such as a 2pac bassline being a sample of sample: two generations of music created by a James Brown riff.

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 13/03/2025

Answer this one-question survey, win some free merch! pudding.cool/projects/stu...

A screenshot of a survey form that reads:

"In the 1980s, there was a study that produced surprising results about our predictive tendencies. We’re conducting a similar study today.

Instructions: Complete the line below. What did the bird do? Your response can be up to three sentences.

...and then the bird said, 'I must go to the river.' Upon arriving,"

with a blank box for your response.

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 11/03/2025

English cows go “moo”, while French cows go “meuh”, and Korean cows go “음메”. Our newest project takes a look at how animal sounds translate across languages and cultures. pudding.cool/2025/03/lang...

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 10/12/2024

We apologize for accidentally leaving off one of the authors of this project, Reechik Banerjee. His illustrations truly bring this piece to life. www.reechik.com

A drawing of thousands of Indian voters from The Pudding Cup winning project Votes in a Name

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 10/12/2024

WINNER! Battle of the Chocolate Bars by Surbhi Bhatia surbhi-bh.github.io/chocolate-wa...

A Kit-Kat bar chart from The Pudding Cup winning project Battle of the Chocolate Bars

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 10/12/2024

WINNER! Votes in a Name by Aman Bhargava diagramchasing.fun/2024/votes-i...

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 10/12/2024

WINNER! Here's to the Next 100 Sudokus by Vivek Rao vivrao9.github.io/nyt-sudoku/

A sudoku heatmap from The Pudding Cup winning oroject Here's tot he Next 100 Sudokus

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 04/12/2024

We're doing a crokinole board giveaway with Tracey Boards over on our Instagram. Details here: www.instagram.com/p/DDKdigixJP... And check out our crokinole data dive here: pudding.cool/2024/10/crok...

Overlaying text on a textured black background reads: “1 button baggie, 70g of playing wax, official rule book.” Text at the bottom keeps track of what your get: “Board + Buttons + Extras.”

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 09/10/2024

New project! Using 11 years of relationSHIP data from Archive of Our Own we break down why fanfic is hella gay and goes well beyond the source material. Just like fanfic, it’s told in chapters: 1. Slash, 2. Canon, 3. Real Person Fiction. pudding.cool/2024/10/fanf...

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 27/03/2024

Drum roll please! 🥁 We're excited to announce the 3 members of our inaugural Cohort: Ahmed Bendaly, Vivian Li, and Andrew Park. Let's show them some love!

Text on a black background that reads: “We’re excited to announce our 2024 Cohort, a 10-week summer fellowship for aspiring visual storytellers to author a project on The Pudding.” There are three black and white photos of the Cohort members on the right from top to bottom: Ahmed, Vivian, and Andrew.

Text on a black background that reads: “Ahmed Bendaly is a data scientist by profession, a visual designer by passion, and a statistics nerd by confession.” Plus a black and white photo of Ahmed.

Text on a black background that reads: “Vivian Li is journalist and design engineer studying at USC’s Iovine and Young Academy.” Plus a black and white photo of Vivian.

Text on a black background that reads: “Andrew is a student at Columbia University. He once scored two points in an intramural basketball game.” Plus a black and white photo of Andrew.

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 11/12/2023

🏆 WINNER: Denise Lu for “Pavement 1933–2023” 3/4 🧵 www.deniselu.com/sandbox/pave...

at left: a dot plot of when the song "stereo" was played by the band pavement during their set. the set opener is at the top and the encore and closers are at the bottom. stereo, denoted by a star is most often played during the middle of the set. text at right reads: "Winner! Pavement 1933–2023, By Denise Lu, The Pudding Cup 2023"

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 11/12/2023

🏆 WINNER: Jess Carr for “Since When Does Vogue Hate Text?” 2/4 🧵 mag-text.vercel.app

at left: a strip plot of the average amount of text on vogue magazine covers. the percentage of text is the y axis and the year is the x axis. text coverage peaked around 2005 at 35%. today it is just 10%. text at the right says: "Winner! Since When Does Vogue Hate Text? By Jess Carr The Pudding Cup 2023."

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The Pudding @pudding.cool · 11/12/2023

We're excited to announce the winners of the 🏆 2023 Pudding Cup — our picks for the best visual and data-driven stories of the year! pudding.cool/pudding-cup/

a gold plated cup of pudding from a snack pack that looks like a trophy on a black circular stage with gold confetti and streamers around it. text reads: announcing the 2023 winners.

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