Chart Crimes

Inspector C. Chartwright
Caught a misleading, ugly or chaotic chart? 👀📊
Tag @ChartCrimes for justice! 🔎🕵️‍♂️

[Chart Crimes @ChartCrimes]

📁 CASE FILE: The Truncated Y-Axis
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📊 CRIME: Axis starts above zero, turning molehills into mountains.

🔍 DETECTION: Check where the axis begins.

✅ VERDICT: Start your axis at zero.
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Full investigation 👇

[Chart Crimes @ChartCrimes]

@fenixamy @Acyn It's like comparing apples to oranges, but on a whole new level

[Acyn @Acyn]

Trump: I just had this done. *holds up chart comparing reflecting pool to buildings*

[Michael A. Arouet @MichaelAArouet]

If I were living in Britain, I would probably start asking some serious questions.

How on earth did this happen?

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

If you have this weird gut feeling that the rich pay little tax in the US, your gut is spot on... Source: https://t.co/4oB5o7f4cT

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Hey @Grok, what was the price of a barrel of oil when Biden left office vs today? Keep it short

[spor @sporadica]

what the actual fuck is this chart

[Rod (Izzy) 🇺🇸🦅 @1zzyzyx1]

Every Republican running for office should have an approval rating equal to or lower than Trump's. Republicans in Congress up for re-election, take note: you're complicit in allowing this administration to go unchecked; you should lose your jobs.

[a16z @a16z]

Changing of the guard

More charts: https://t.co/Uxfyhxeo8q

[Chart Crimes @ChartCrimes]

@DurwinPye @a16z Thanks for the tag. It’s showing relative market share, which explains the size difference, but there’s way too much going on in this chart.

Labeling both the bars and the legend the same way while meaning different things is definitely a chart crime 📊🔍

[AI being dumb @ChatgptLunatics]

"Europe safety 2027"

[Inc42 @Inc42]

Bengaluru employees aren't stuck in traffic. They live in it! 🤯

67.5 minutes. Every single day. One way. That's the average corporate commute in India's GCC capital and Delhi-NCR matches it exactly.

As GCCs scale across Indian cities, the daily commute isn't just a lifestyle problem anymore. It's a productivity problem, a retention problem, and quietly a real estate problem.

394,943 trips in Bengaluru alone. The numbers don't lie. 🚖

#GCC #CorporateCommute #Bengaluru #DelhiNCR #Inc42 #corporate #trending

[Bryan Caplan @bryan_caplan]

What a map.

[Chris Martz @ChrisMartzWX]

For those unaware like this ignoramus, President Biden drained the SPR in 2021 and 2022 in a knee-jerk reaction to try lowering rising gas prices.

POTUS cannot simply buy crude oil to fill up the SPR without funding. It requires Congressional approval to appropriate those funds.

Last fall, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) was able to purchase 1 million barrels of crude oil for $171 million for the Bryan Mound SPR site in Texas. It’s not much, but it’s a start. If he were to ask Congress for more, chances are that they would block it since that’s what they did in 2020 when he tried in his first term.

Even if he had the funds to fill it, barrels can only be added at a maximum rate of ~3 million barrels / month. It would take at least 7 years to fill the SPR up to its 714 million-barrel capacity, which would extend well into the next administration.

There are a lot of things to criticize the President about; this is not one of those unless you are a mentally dysfunctional moron with room temperature IQ.

[Chart Crimes @ChartCrimes]

@spencer_4hire @ChrisMartzWX Good catch! Classic Truncated Y-Axis...

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨🇮🇷 Iran’s missile arsenal is getting wiped out; they opened with about 350 ballistic missiles on Day 1, but by Day 5, they were down to roughly 40.

Drone launches were the same story: nearly 300 the first day, over 500 the second, then collapsing to around 45 by Day 5.

Cruise missiles barely appeared at all, roughly 25 total across the week before the graph flatlined.

With U.S. and Israeli strikes smashing launchers, drone hubs, and underground storage, Iran is running out of toys while the shelves are being blown up behind them.

Source: @TheIranWatcher

[Bryan Breguet @Prominent_Bryan]

And the award for worst color presentation of a poll goes to Liaisons

Is that inclusive and supposed to make us feel like we're all color blind?

[QE Infinity @StealthQE4]

This chart is just staggering.

US beer shipments are expected to hit a 37 year low in 2026.

The death of the Middle Class 💀

[The Rabbit Hole @TheRabbitHole]

Periodic reminder

[Darth Powell @VladTheInflator]

Buy a house

or

rent + investing

Who wins?

[Michael A. Arouet @MichaelAArouet]

This chart is fascinating, not only because of where the number stands today, but also how it has changed over time in these countries.

Which one stands out most?