What are your long-time favorite brands? Customer loyalty is key for the long-term success no matter the size of the brand! A loyal customer will continue to purchase from the brand and advocate for the brand both directly (word-of-mouth and social media) and indirectly (wearing/using the brand’s merchandise). So which brands have the most loyal customers? The team at Qualtrics.com has analyzed brand loyalty data to create this stunning ribbon chart visualization which showcases the top 25 brands with the most loyal customers since 2019.

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Despite their convoluted and frustrating parking lot situations, Trader Joe’s appears among the top 25 brands each year! Seriously though, why are Trader Joe’s parking lots always so tiny when they receive such a huge volume of customers? Oh well, their white cheddar corn puffs are worth the battle royale for a parking spot any day of the week. The ribbon chart format is perfect for visualizing this type of data because you can easily trace a brand’s rising and falling in ranks throughout the years. It makes it easy to spot one-offs as well, such as Pfizer in 2022. This makes sense because the FDA granted full approval to the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for individuals aged 16 and over in late summer of 2021. Domino’s is another curious case – it began at rank 15 in 2019 and has ascended to rank 3 by 2023! What will next year bring for Domino’s? Perhaps complete customer loyalty Domin-ation, toppling Apple, Amazon, and Netflix?

A nuclear warhead is a highly advanced and meticulously engineered device designed to release an immense amount of energy through nuclear fission or fusion reactions. Comprising fissile materials, triggering mechanisms, and containment structures, it operates by initiating a chain reaction within the atomic nucleus, leading to a catastrophic explosion that far surpasses the destructive power of conventional explosives. The controlled release of nuclear energy in warheads underscores their devastating potential, shaping global security dynamics and emphasizing the critical importance of preventing their use.

[OC] Nuclear Warheads by Country
by u/PieChartPirate in dataisbeautiful

This visualization, as posted by Reddit user PieChartPirate, shows off the nuclear warheads by country, specifically from 1950 through 2022. The visualization was created with SJVisualizer, and the source for the data came from Wikipedia. This is a fascinating look at this information, which by 2022, shows that the worldwide leader in terms of nuclear warheads is Russia with 5,889. Following Russia are the United States (5,244), China (410), France (290), United Kingdom (225), Pakistan (170), India (164), Israel (90), and North Korea (50).

According to the data, if you were to go all the way back to 1951, which is where this visualization starts, only two countries are represented – those being the United States (with 320 at the time) and the Soviet Union (with 7 at the time). Within ten years, more countries were topping the rankings, as by 1961, the United States had 19,381 nuclear warheads, the Soviet Union saw a dramatic jump from 7 to 1,874, the United Kingdom had 65, and France possessed just two.

This new illustrated timeline comes to us from Lulus.com, a women’s fashion company based in California, and shows the fascinating evolution of swimwear over time. From classical antiquity to modern day, swim suits for women have gone through some significant changes. Over time, women’s swimwear have gone from fully nude to fully clothed to the bikinis and one-piece swimsuits you commonly see today. Without further ado, here is the evolution of female swimsuit styles.

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Starting off in the 8th to 5th century BCE, you’ll notice the featured swimwear style is not unlike swimsuits you might see today. Over the next one thousand years (up until the 16th century) swimwear remained scantily clad or even nonexistent. It was in the 17th century, however, that things made a dramatic turn to a prudish approach to swimming. And things didn’t get and less prude for quite a few hundred years! Women often swam fully clothed in what looked like night gowns in the 17th and 18th century, and evolved into bathing outfits with loose fitting pants and blouses that covered nearly all of the woman’s skin.

In the 20th century, skin started to make its debut once again. In the western world, showing more and more skin became commonplace as one and (eventually) two piece bathing suits emerged. If you visit a public beach or public pool today, you can expect to see a wide range of swimsuits on women. It makes one think: what will women’s swimwear look like in another hundred years?