Gallery: 13 of the Year's Best Infographics
01equalpop
[__*Map of a New America* by Neil Freeman__](http://fakeisthenewreal.org/reform/). A radical re-mapping of the US that shows 50 states with equal population. ([Larger version here](http://fakeisthenewreal.org/reform/)).
02doggies
[__*The Four Kinds of Dog* by John Tomanio__ for *National Geographic*](http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/02/build-a-dog/dog-families-graphic). The genetic breakdown of 85 common dog breeds, showing how much they fall into four broad categories: wolflike, mastifflike, herders, and hunters. ([Larger verison here)](http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/02/build-a-dog/dog-families-graphic).
03multitouch
[__*Multi-Touch Paintings* by Evan Roth.__](http://www.evan-roth.com/work/multi-touch-finger-paintings/) A document of today's ubiquitous smartphone gestures made with inky fingertips. Top left: "Username and Password." Bottom left: "Slide to unlock." Right: "Launch Twitter. Check Twitter. Close Twitter." ([Larger versions here](http://www.evan-roth.com/work/multi-touch-finger-paintings/)).
04birth-dates
[**America's Most Popular Birthdays* by Matt Stiles.*](http://thedailyviz.com/2012/05/12/how-common-is-your-birthday/) A chart showing the frequency of births for every day of the year. ([Larger version here](http://thedailyviz.com/2012/05/12/how-common-is-your-birthday/)).
05fujitascale
[__*Where Twisters Touch Down* by John Nelson.__](http://uxblog.idvsolutions.com/2012/05/tornado-tracks.html) The starting and ending points for fifty-six years of tornado activity in the US, with brightness adjusted for severity. ([Larger version here](http://uxblog.idvsolutions.com/2012/05/tornado-tracks.html)).
06trayvon
__*The Last Forty-Five Seconds* by Todd Lindeman for the *Washington Post.*__ A 3-D rendering and timeline of the moments leading up to Trayvon Martin's death.
07feltron
[__*The Quantified Self* by Nicholas Felton.__](http://feltron.com/ar11_01.html) A page from the 2012 Felton report, an annual visualization of personal activity created by designer Nicholas Felton. ([Larger version here](http://feltron.com/ar11_01.html)).
08popchart
__*The Popification of the Top 40* by Gavin Potenza for *Billboard*__. A timeline of the last twenty years of Billboard Top 40 hits, showing the growing dominance of pop music.
09artists
[__*Ten Artists, Ten Years*__ by Arthur Buxton](http://www.arthurbuxton.com/2012/06/ten-years-ten-artists.html). A series of pie charts showing the evolution of ten Impressionist artists, made with the help of a color extraction script written in Python. ([Larger version here](http://www.arthurbuxton.com/2012/06/ten-years-ten-artists.html)).
10islifegood
__*How to Be Happy* by Gustavo Vieira Dias.__ A flow-chart reminding you to ask a simple question.
11paths
[__*Paths Through New York City* by Eric Fischer.__](http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/6755891829/) A flow map showing the most commonly-travelled paths through New York City, as gleaned from a database of geotagged Tweets. ([Larger version here](http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/6755891829/)).
12invisibleresis
[__*Your Microbiome* by Jonathan Corum for the *New York Times*__](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/06/19/science/0619-microbiome.html). An annotated chart of the myriad microbes that are hitching a ride inside your body. ([Larger version here](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/06/19/science/0619-microbiome.html)).
