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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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...
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...
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...
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
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-...
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...
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/
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...
It's the last week to enter! Get your submissions in by Friday, Dec. 5! pudding.cool/pudding-cup/
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/
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...
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/
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...
The Pudding showing me, yet again, why it’s my favourite online publication.
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...
“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...
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...
My latest piece for @puddingviz.bsky.social: 30 minutes with a stranger
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.
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...
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...
Are you more likely to die on your birthday?
Come for the math, stay for the existential crisis.
pudding.cool/2025/04/birt...
Also this week — a pitching experience that was very worth it — my @puddingviz.bsky.social piece was on @kottke.org!
bsky.app/profile/kott...
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...
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...
"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
🔗 Link to the audio/visual essay on The Pudding: pudding.cool/2025/04/musi...
Family tree of samples for Hit Em Up
which can sometimes form an entire family tree!
We explore various lineages in music.
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.
