The Web is Dead

Wired magazine asserts that The Web is Dead in their September 2010 issue.  Instead of browsing the Web, Internet traffic is now focused on videos, games and specific apps.  This chart shows the rise and fall of Web Traffic (and email, FTP and other activities) as a percent of overall traffic on the Internet.

View the full chart in Wired Magazine

Pick Hindu to be Rich

This chart shows the wealth of followers of various religions in the United States by looking at the income brackets for adherents.  Hindus have the largest portion, by far, of those earning $75,000+ per year.

I like the way this chart is a modified bar chart to create the rainbow pattern instead of the normal rectangle.  The houses of worship at the bottom is another nice touch.  Having the overall US average in the middle is useful as well.  

Original chart may be found at the GOOD.is Web Site.

Baseball Games Getting Longer Over Time

Did you know that baseball games have gotten longer over time?  Since the 1970s baseball games have become over 20 minutes longer, on average.  This chart shows the length of all games from 1970 until 2009.  Interestingly, the red lines show the time when steroids are thought to have been most prevalent in baseball... which certainly correlates to the increased games times (I'll not speculate as to causation). Leave a comment about why you think baseball games are going longer.

Thanks to Revolutionanalytics.com for the chart.