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Best Data visualization & information design videos, as recommended on Hacker News

44 videos about data visualization & information design that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2010 and 2026. Mostly talk, explainer, demo. Channels that come up most: TED, Colin McDonnell, Enthought, BBC. Sorted by how consistently HN recommended them over the years.

The most recommended is A Better Default Colormap for Matplotlib | SciPy 2015 | Nathaniel Smith and Stéfan van der Walt: HN's go-to recommendation for colormap and color-perception questions; commenters call it funny, brief, clear and a favorite talk.

• talkA Better Default Colormap for Matplotlib | SciPy 2015 | Nathaniel Smith and Stéfan van der WaltEnthought · 15 HN recommenders · 2015–2026
• explainerHans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats - BBCBBC · 10 HN recommenders · 2010–2023
• lectureDON'T PANIC — Hans Rosling showing the facts about populationGapminder Foundation · 8 HN recommenders · 2017–2021
• explainerWealth Inequality in Americapolitizane · 8 HN recommenders · 2013–2025
• talkAnimations of unseeable biology | Drew Berry | TEDTED · 7 HN recommenders · 2017–2025
• explainerImmigration, World Poverty and GumballsNumbersUSA · 7 HN recommenders · 2013–2024
• talkHow not to be ignorant about the world | Hans and Ola RoslingTED · 5 HN recommenders · 2015–2023
• talkThe best stats you've ever seen | Hans RoslingTED · 5 HN recommenders · 2013–2026
• talk4 2 1 Christopher Domas The future of RE Dynamic Binary VisualizationAdrian Crenshaw · 7 HN recommenders · 2013–2026
• explainerSimulating an epidemic3Blue1Brown · 8 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
• explainerStar Size Comparison 2morn1415 · 5 HN recommenders · 2016–2022
• explainerAnimated Voting MethodsUnify The Vote · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2022
• explainerOverpopulation – The Human Explosion ExplainedKurzgesagt – In a Nutshell · 4 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
• talkReligions and babies | Hans RoslingTED · 4 HN recommenders · 2013–2024
• musicFlying DreamGary Garrett · 4 HN recommenders · 2014–2020
• lectureWhy the world population won’t exceed 11 billion | Hans Rosling | TGS.ORGTHINK Global School · 4 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
• talkHans Rosling: Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you've ever seenTED · 4 HN recommenders · 2011–2017
• demo15 Sorting Algorithms in 6 MinutesTimo Bingmann · 4 HN recommenders · 2014–2023
• talkBret Victor - Media for Thinking the UnthinkableColin McDonnell · 4 HN recommenders · 2015–2026
• talkREcon 2013 - The Future of RE : Dynamic Binary Visualization (Christopher Domas)Sébastien Duquette · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2024
• talkBret Victor - Drawing Dynamic VisualizationsColin McDonnell · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2025
• demoThe Known Universe by AMNH #datavisualizationAmerican Museum of Natural History · 3 HN recommenders · 2010–2020
• documentaryThe Fallen of World War IINeil Halloran · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
• explainerI Solved Klotski2swap · 3 HN recommenders · 2025–2026
• comedyWhy are we changing maps? (from The West Wing)SaltLakeUsersGroup · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
• talkBahnMining - Pünktlichkeit ist eine Zier (David Kriesel)media.ccc.de · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2026
• commentarySonification & The Problem with Making Music from DataTantacrul · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2024
• talkHans Rosling: Global population growth, box by boxTED · 2 HN recommenders · 2013–2020
• explainerThe Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3DDeep Astronomy · 2 HN recommenders · 2012–2022
• comedyGall--Peters ProjectionUsefulClips · 2 HN recommenders · 2015–2024
• otherA Time-Lapse Map of Every Nuclear Explosion Since 1945 - by Isao HashimotoaConcernedHuman · 2 HN recommenders · 2013–2025
• explainerDrawing Conclusions: Is renting really a waste of money?The Globe and Mail · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2019
• commentaryviolin plots should not existAngela Collier · 2 HN recommenders · 2023–2026
• explainerGoogle Earth’s Incredible 3D Imagery, ExplainedNat and Friends · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2022
• talkSee how the rest of the world lives, organized by income | Anna Rosling RönnlundTED · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2023
• talkIs the world getting better or worse? A look at the numbers | Steven PinkerTED · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2022
• otherReddit Place (/r/place) - FULL 72h (90fps) TIMELAPSEGurkengewuerz · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2024
• demoNASA | A Year in the Life of Earth's CO2NASA Goddard · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2022
• demoDeep Visualization ToolboxJason Yosinski · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2025
• talkVisualizing Data Using t-SNEGoogle TechTalks · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2019
• demoHigh Res Wifi Signal MappingCNLohr · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2024
• talkH3: Tiling the Earth with HexagonsUber Engineering · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2025
• documentaryTo Scale: THE SOLAR SYSTEMTo Scale: · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2025
• demo800+ days of Minecraft in 8 minutesMinecraft · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2023