Real education happens when you blend information with entertainment. It’s one thing to give someone a dusty stack of esoteric books to read for homework, it’s something else entirely to present the info in an engaging, intuitive, and accessible way. Welcome to the wonderful world of information graphics, aka infographics!
The r/Infographics subreddit is an old online community that has an enduring love for infographics. Today, we’re featuring some of the best ones the community has shared. Scroll down to check ‘em out! They won’t just amuse you, you’ll end up learning lots, too.
#1 Highest Ocean Plastic Waste Polluters
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#2 Minimalist Infographic. Poisonous vs. Venomous
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#3 The Best-Selling Music Artists Of All-Time
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The r/Infographics online community has a long and storied history. Founded all the way back in July 2009, the subreddit will be celebrating its 14th birthday this summer!
Over the nearly decade and a half, the community has continued to remain relevant thanks in large part due to the interesting topic it focuses on, as well as its active community. At the time of writing, there were 221k members on r/Infographics.
#4 Leonardo Dicaprio's Dating History
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#5 109 Billion People Have Lived And Died
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#6 Sandworm Size Chart
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The sub’s moderators have even put together a handy-dandy infographic about what is and isn’t an infographic (talk about meta!). You can find it right over here. It should help you navigate the world of visual information a bit better.
In short, infographics are graphic visual representations of information, data, or knowledge. “These graphics present complex information quickly and clearly, such as in signs, maps, journalism, technical writing, and education. Do not post: brochures, flyers, posters, graphic images with swaths of text laid over them, three-page long images that simply add costs,” the mod team asks its members to focus on infographics and infographics alone.
#7 How Many People Does It Take To Make A Blockbuster Film?
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#8 Top 7 Richest People
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#9 The Countries That Use The Most Toilet Paper
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If you post things other than infographics, they’ll probably end up getting removed by the mods. For instance, if your infographic is just a picture of text, it’s gonna go. The mod team running the entire show stress that the visuals have to add something to the image.
If you transcribe all the text into a text post and get the exact same content, there’s no real point in posting it on the sub. In short, the visuals have to add some sort of info! What makes infographics, well, infographics is the importance of the visual aspects of the graphic: they’re not just for show, they are integral to the entire experience.
#10 What Happened To Green Cars?
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#11 The Longest-Running TV Shows Of All-Time
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#12 The Oldest Logos That Are Still In Existence Today (Based On Distinct Core Elements Still Being Used)
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Obviously, the subreddit is all about education and entertainment. There’s no room for self-promotion or actively promoting this or that company. Blatant promos get removed for the sake of fairness. r/Infographics isn’t a place for ads (well, aside from the ones that Reddit dumps on you in your feed, but that’s a whole other question entirely).
#13 Decline Of Faith Amongst Young American Adults
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#14 The Size And Location Of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
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#15 American Insulin Prices Are Off The Charts
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Now, infographics and guides aren’t necessarily one and the same, but there’s still a bit of overlap between them. Redditors are huge fans of visuals and graphics as a whole, no matter the specific category. Not long ago, Bored Panda interviewed the founder of the massively popular r/coolguides subreddit, a community of nearly 3.2 million members. The founder, u/dadschool shared how he changed his approach to having people post infographics on the sub dedicated to guides.
#16 Differences In When Europeans Eat Dinner
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#17 I Updated Our Famous Password Table For 2022
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#18 Nine Ways To Imagine Jeff Bezos' Wealth
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The founder of r/coolguides explained to Bored Panda during an earlier interview that he had quite a tough approach toward infographics when he founded the subreddit. Nowadays, he’s far more lax and tolerant when it comes to infographics and lets the community decide what direction it wants the group to go. So there's a lot more love for infographics than just on r/Infographics!
#19 The Bruise Spectrum
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#20 Lifespan Of Animals
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#21 Timeline: The Domestication Of Animals
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The secret to any good visual representation of info, whether it’s an infographic, guide, brochure, poster, or the unholy unity of all of the above, is clarity. You want to find the golden balance between giving your audience all the information that they need without overwhelming them or losing their attention.
#22 The Wealthiest People Of History & What They Would Make In Today's Dollars
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#23 History Of Pandemics
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#24 8 Things You Should Never, Ever Flush Down Your Toilet
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Your infographics have to be as brief as possible without losing important data, and that means using the visuals to reflect a part of that info in an intuitive, accessible manner. However, what seems clear to you might be confusing to the regular Joe or Jill on the street.
#25 How Much People Eat
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#26 Head Coverings Worn By Muslim Women
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#27 If Only We Could Get One For Avocados
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So before you go order a thousand printed copies of your infographic, show it to some people: your friends, your colleagues, your family parrot even. Get some honest feedback about what works and what doesn’t. Do some editing and proofreading. Don’t be afraid to go back to the drawing table! Though try to avoid the massive trap that is perfectionism, too. Aim for creating a great infographic, not a ‘perfect’ one.
#28 Contraceptive Methods Comparison (V2)
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#29 How To Make Saltwater Drinkable With Common Litter
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#30 Everything That's Owned By Amazon
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Which of these infographics did you find the most interesting and intriguing, dear Pandas? Which ones stood out to you the most from a purely visual perspective? What kinds of infographics would you love to see in the future? Share your thoughts in the comments.
#31 80% Of Deaths Of Children Under Age Five Are Preventable
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#32 If New York City Were 100 People (Nytimes)
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#33 Travel Etiquette Around The World
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#34 The Most Misspelled Words In Every State
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#35 Most Of The Worst Food Is Owned By 10 Companies
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#36 Global Beer Consumption
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#37 Money Does Buy Happiness After All
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#38 Most Popular Meats Per Country
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#39 Revenue Breakdown Of The Four Most Valuable Companies In The World:
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#40 The Evolution Of Letters
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#41 The Least And Most Trusted News Sources In The Us (British Sources Are The Most Trusted By Americans)
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#42 Predominant Ancestry Of Population
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#43 Ideal Racing Lines
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#44 [oc] Updated - The Most Famous Television Show Set In Every State
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#45 The Most Banned & Challenged Books Of The Last 8 Years
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#46 The Number Of Refugees From Ukraine Is Close To One Million. Half Of Them Escaped To Poland
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#47 Birth Years Of American Girls Named Karen
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#48 The Most Hated Apps By Us State
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#49 The Composition Of The Universe
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#50 Ikigai: The Japanese Concept Of Finding Purpose In Life
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#51 The American Flag Is Twice As Red As Blue
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#52 'one Drop' Classification
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#53 Geography Terms
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#54 Orgasm Percentages
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#55 147 Words To Use Instead Of Very
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#56 Who Owns Tesla?
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#57 World’s Largest Oil Producers
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#58 Wikipedia's Illustration For Gerrymandering
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#59 Infographic - What To Put In Your Survival Rucksack
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#60 We Could Fund Us…
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#61 How To Be Prepared For & Stay Safe In The Event Of A Nuclear Explosion (Fema)
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#62 Military Budget Of Various Countries In An Infograph
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#63 China vs. Russia vs. Nato
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#64 The Oldest Building In Every U.S. State
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#65 Mythical Beasts Of Wales [oc]
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#66 The Average Lot Size In Each Us State
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#67 "Last Call" Times For Bars In The United States
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#68 A Logarithmic Map Of The Entire Observable Universe
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#69 A Presidential Venn Diagram
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#70 A Decade Of Food Fads
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#71 International Phonetic Alphabet In English By Tyler Neyens
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#72 Russia's Share Of Oil Deposits Is Under 7%
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#73 Projected Population Collapse Of S. Korea, China, Italy And Spain
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#74 Protein Content In Plant Based And Animal Based Proteins
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#75 Capabilities Of The Us Navy Hospital Ships In New York & Los Angeles
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