driven by data

Portfolio of Gregor Aisch, a visual data journalist at ZEIT ONLINE, former graphics editor at The New York Times and co-founder and former CTO of Datawrapper. Lives and works in Berlin.

2017

Hurricane Irma Is One of the Strongest Storms In History
Hurricane Irma Is One of the Strongest Storms In History with Karen Yourish & Adam Pearce, Sep 2017 [NYT]
Thousands Cried for Help as Houston Flooded
Thousands Cried for Help as Houston Flooded with Adam Pearce & many others, Aug 2017 [NYT]
Good, Evil, Ugly, Beautiful: Help Us Make a ‘Game of Thrones’ Chart
Good, Evil, Ugly, Beautiful: Help Us Make a ‘Game of Thrones’ Chart with Damon Darlin, Rich Harris, Josh Katz, Adam Pearce & Kevin Quealy, Aug 2017 [NYT]
How Britain Voted
How Britain Voted with Matthew Bloch, Kenan Davis, Stephen Farrell, Troy Griggs, Rich Harris and Adam Pearce, Jun 2017 [NYT]
How Trump’s Budget Would Affect Every Part of Government
How Trump’s Budget Would Affect Every Part of Government with Alicia Parlapiano, May 2017 [NYT]
How France Voted
How France Voted with Matthew Bloch, K.K. Lai and Benoît Morenne, May 2017 [NYT]
How the Election Splot France
How the Election Splot France with Josh Keller, K.K. Lai, Sergio Peçanha and Benoît Morenne, Apr 2017 [NYT]
Which Countries Support and Which Oppose the U.S. Missile Strikes in Syria
Which Countries Support and Which Oppose the U.S. Missile Strikes in Syria with Yonette Joseph And Anjali Singhvi, Apr 2017 [NYT]
Where the St. Petersburg Metro Explosion Occurred
Where the St. Petersburg Metro Explosion Occurred with Anjali Singhvi, Apr 2017 [NYT]
Who Wins and Loses in Trump’s Proposed Budget
Who Wins and Loses in Trump’s Proposed Budget with Alicia Parlapiano, Mar 2017 [NYT]
America’s Aging Dams Are in Need of Repair
America’s Aging Dams Are in Need of Repair with Troy Griggs and Sarah Almukhtar, Feb 2017 [NYT]

2016

Dissecting the #PizzaGate Conspiracy Theories
Dissecting the #PizzaGate Conspiracy Theories with Jon Huang and Cecilia Kang, Dec 2016 [NYT]
European Populism in the Age of Donald Trump
European Populism in the Age of Donald Trump with Jeremy Ashkenas & Troy Griggs, Dec 2016 [NYT]
The Trump Brand Around the World
The Trump Brand Around the World with Karen Yourish & K.K. Lai, Nov 2016 [NYT]
Live Election Forecast
Live Election Forecast with Nate Cohn, Amanda Cox, Josh Katz, Adam Pearce and Kevin Quealy, Nov 2016 [NYT]
How Large Is the Divide Between Red and Blue America?
How Large Is the Divide Between Red and Blue America? with Karen Yourish & Adam Pearce, Nov 2016 [NYT]
Where the Race Has Shifted
State-by-state Election Forecast
State-by-state Election Forecast with Josh Katz, Sep 2016 [NYT]
The Athletes at the Rio Olympics That Have Previously Been Suspended for Doping
The Athletes at the Rio Olympics That Have Previously Been Suspended for Doping with K.K. Lai, Sarah Almukhtar, Jasmine C. Lee and Anjali Singhvi, Aug 2016 [NYT]
How Usain Bolt Came From Behind Again to Win Gold
How Usain Bolt Came From Behind Again to Win Gold with K.K. Lai, Archie Tse, J. Ward, J. White, S. Peçanha, B. Saget & J. Huang, Aug 2016 [NYT]
Can You Beat Usain Bolt Out of the Blocks?
Can You Beat Usain Bolt Out of the Blocks? with Larry Buchanan and Derek Watkins, Aug 2016 [NYTs]
Who Will Be President?
Who Will Be President? with Josh Katz, Amanda Cox, Josh Katz, Kevin Quealy, Mike Bostock and Shan Carter, Jul 2016 [NYT]
How Britain Voted in the E.U. Referendum
How Britain Voted in the E.U. Referendum with Adam Pearce & Karl Russel, Jun 2016 [NYT]
How Far Is Europe Swinging to the Right?
How Far Is Europe Swinging to the Right? with Adam Pearce & Bryant Rousseau, May 2016 [NYT]
The EgyptAir Flight: Moment by Moment
The EgyptAir Flight: Moment by Moment with L. Buchanan, J. Burgess, S. Chan, N. Clark, J. Keller, K.K. Lai & D. Watkins, May 2016 [NYT]

2015

G.O.P. Debate Live Charts
G.O.P. Debate Live Charts with A. Parlapiano, J. Ashkenas, A. Tse, K. Soften, T. Giratikanon, Nicholas Fandos & K.K. Lai, Aug 2015 [NYT]
Who’s Winning the G.O.P. Campaign?
Citation Needed
Delhi’s Air Is Often More Polluted Than Beijing’s
Delhi’s Air Is Often More Polluted Than Beijing’s with Hannah Fairfield, Feb 2015 [NYT]
Road Map of Home Values and Street Names
Road Map of Home Values and Street Names with Bill Marsh, Jan 2015 [NYT]
Where Working Women <br>Are Most Common
Where Working Women
Are Most Common
with D. Leonhardt & Josh Katz, Jan 2015 [NYT]

2014

Where Men Aren’t Working
Where Men Aren’t Working with David Leonhardt & Josh Katz, Dec 2014 [NYT]
Oil and Wastewater Spills in North Dakota
Oil and Wastewater Spills in North Dakota with Robert Gebeloff & Hannah Fairfield, Nov 2014 [NYT]
The 11 Most Interesting Senate Races of 2014
The 11 Most Interesting Senate Races of 2014 with Josh Katz, Oct 2014 [NYT]
The Voting Blocs of Arkansas
The Voting Blocs of Arkansas with Haeyoun Park, Oct 2014 [NYT]
How North Carolina Shifted Red
How North Carolina Shifted Red with Haeyoun Park, Sep 2014 [NYT]
Democrats, packed into urban districts, give the G.O.P. an edge
Democrats, packed into urban districts, give the G.O.P. an edge with Nate Cohn & Bill Marsh, Sep 2014 [NYT]
Competitive Counties in Presidential Elections
Competitive Counties in Presidential Elections with Nate Cohn & Bill Marsh, Sep 2014 [NYT]
Charting the Rise of Twitch
Charting the Rise of Twitch with Tom Giratikanon, Aug 2014 [NYT]
Mapping Migration in the United States
Mapping Migration in the United States with Robert Gebeloff, Aug 2014 [NYT]
Where We Came From and Where We Went, State by State
Where We Came From and Where We Went, State by State with Robert Gebeloff and Kevin Quealy, Aug 2014 [NYT]
Manuel Neuer’s Wanderlust
Manuel Neuer’s Wanderlust with Andrew Das and Joe Ward, Jul 2014 [NYT]
Australia, the World Cup’s Unluckiest Country
Australia, the World Cup’s Unluckiest Country with David Leonhardt, Jun 2014 [NYT]
A Fairer World Cup Draw
A Fairer World Cup Draw with Kevin Quealy, Jun 2014 [NYT]
Chartmaker
Chartmaker Apr 2014

2013

randomgraph.js
Wie tendenziös sind Wahlumfragen?
Wie tendenziös sind Wahlumfragen? Sep 2013 [ZEIT ONLINE]
Das neue Bundeskabinett
Das neue Bundeskabinett with Markus Horeld and Sascha Venohr, Sep 2013 [ZEIT ONLINE]
dataset: databases for lazy people
dataset: databases for lazy people with Friedrich Lindenberg, Apr 2013

2012

Datawrapper
Datawrapper with Mirko Lorenz and Nicolas Kayser-Bril, Nov 2012
Education Around the World
Education Around the World with Sabine Damaschke, Apr 2012 [DW]

2011

German Energy Landscape
Upper paths
Upper paths Oct 2011
as3-treemaps
as3-treemaps Aug 2011
Bubble Tree Library
Bubble Tree Library with David McCandless, Jun 2011
Plenty More Fish In The Sea?
Plenty More Fish In The Sea? with David McCandless, Jun 2011 [The Guardian]
10 Years of Wikipedia
10 Years of Wikipedia with Marcus Bösch and Steffen Leidel, Apr 2011 [DW]
Population near Nuclear Reactors in United States
Population near Nuclear Reactors in United States with Sascha Venohr, Mar 2011 [ZEIT ONLINE]
Population near Nuclear Reactors in Germany
Population near Nuclear Reactors in Germany with Sascha Venohr, Mar 2011 [ZEIT ONLINE]
Visualizing Plagiarism in Guttenberg's PhD
Visualizing Plagiarism in Guttenberg's PhD with GuttenPlag Wiki, Mar 2011
Mapping Airport Noise
Mapping Airport Noise with Lorenz Matzat, Jan 2011 [taz]