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 https://t.co/bgJHAPAEbv

How much does Congress talk about democracy? How often do they worry that democracy is eroding? @alv9n's latest project analyzes every congressional speech in the last 145 years. https://t.co/apZVrnhNhc

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:

In this week's #SecretsOfTheViz , @matthew_daniels from @puddingviz drops by to tell us all about this amazing collab with @luriethereal how earlier decades and genres influence the #music we hear today. You'll enjoy this #datafam 😉 📺 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 https://t.co/mcBEGRd6fr

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. https://t.co/bxNrO6M787

A new data project turns 18 years of NYC street signage into a searchable map.

New project! @yufengzhao_ 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: https://t.co/Gaos1Nn8z4

“Look at Mr. Frog! He’s so grumpy.” Wait, why are so many frogs boys? @mellymeldubs explores how we gender animals in kids’ stories—and why it matters. https://t.co/NVeiRlmPZ9

Incredibly visualised; a study on mood changes as strangers talk for 30 minutes; highlighting some of the unconscious ways modern norms condition social capital and trust, and what happens when we break free. via @puddingviz https://t.co/iBYRZQPyfM #dataviz

New project! What happens when strangers have to talk for 30 minutes? @alv9n's latest project tracks how their moods change as the conversation progresses. 🔗: https://t.co/urSAiJRlrS

Just wrapped up a new video from @puddingviz on @alv9n's Loneliness Epidemic project. Check it out! https://t.co/e83VfTsChX

New video on YouTube: The Loneliness Epidemic, in Data: Who Americans Spend Time With https://t.co/0VBuh47W5s

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: https://t.co/1lwhZdnJ7C

Are you more likely to die on your birthday? Come for the math, stay for the existential crisis. https://t.co/HWuBthkzZc

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. https://t.co/MXrobM3Wq3

🔗Link to the audio/visual essay on The Pudding:

which can sometimes form an entire family tree!

We explore various lineages in music.

New project (with 🔊🎵!) : @luriethereal 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.

What makes a good apology? @mich_mcghee turned to an unlikely source, reality TV, for answers. The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City (#RHOSLC) is a masterclass in how not to apologize, which offers lessons for all of us on how to get it right. https://t.co/YOsS6jHNzD