{"id":62917,"date":"2013-02-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rockcontent.com\/blog\/11-infographics-about-infographics\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T13:19:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T16:19:30","slug":"11-infographics-about-infographics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pingback.com\/en\/resources\/11-infographics-about-infographics\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Infographics About Infographics"},"content":{"rendered":"

People who create infographics do their work partly because they believe infographics are a great way to communicate information. Since the people in this field also need to communicate information about their work, it was inevitable that infographics about infographics would eventually be created. Here are 11 of these meta infographics<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1. Infographics are still new to many people, and what better way to explain what they are to someone than with a Euler diagram<\/a>? Information, Illustration, and Design<\/a> does just that.<\/p>\n

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2. Infographics often contain data visualizations, and this diagram shows just what a data visualization is<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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3. Now that we know what they are, we need to know what makes an infographic good<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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What Makes a Good Infographic? infographic<\/a> by DashBurst<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n
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4. And it would also be useful to know the steps to making one<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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5. For a slightly more humorous take on creation, there’s also SEOmoz’s guide<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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There\u2019s something a little meta about making an infographic about infographics. It\u2019s not just a visual feedback loop\u2014it\u2019s a peek into how creators approach their own craft and the urge to poke a bit of fun at their own industry. You\u2019ll notice some of these diagrams almost seem to wink at the audience, like \u201cyes, we know this is a bit much, but it\u2019s also kind of perfect.\u201d In a way, these self-referential graphics serve as a refresher for anyone who\u2019s gotten lost in the whirlwind of icons, pie charts, and color palettes. Sometimes you have to step back and laugh at the thing you do every day\u2014otherwise, all those perfect layouts just blur together.<\/p>\n

But the real magic, if you could call it that, is how infographics manage to hit both sides of our brain at once. You\u2019re looking at color and structure\u2014almost like art\u2014but you\u2019re also processing stats, timelines, and pretty dense info without zoning out. Plenty of folks would claim it\u2019s just about dressing up numbers, but there\u2019s something more useful happening when a concept suddenly “clicks” because you saw it mapped out. That little \u201caha\u201d moment isn\u2019t an accident; it\u2019s baked right in. Maybe that\u2019s why some people treat a well-crafted infographic like a souvenir\u2014you don\u2019t just remember the data, you remember how you felt when you finally got it.<\/p>\n

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6. The state of infographics<\/a> shows where they fit into current online culture, and what they are good for.<\/div>\n
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The State of Infographics infographic<\/a> by NowSourcing<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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7. And the infographic of infographics<\/a> covers an analysis of 49 infographics.<\/div>\n
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8. But why would you need an infographic?<\/a> Never fear, there’s an infographic to answer that too!<\/div>\n
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Infographic About Infographics infographic<\/a> by infolicious<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n
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9. An anecdotal approach is not typical for good infographics, but the Most Popular Infographics<\/a> is done in jest, so we’ll let it slide.<\/div>\n
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10. And in case you needed a graphic to test your abilities at using infographics, Are You Good at Following Flow Charts?<\/a> is perfect for you.<\/div>\n
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Are You Good at Following Flowcharts? infographic<\/a> by CollegeHumor<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n
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11. We’ll leave you with this fun Venn diagram<\/a> that not only refers to venn diagrams, but also refers to the media it was created in.<\/div>\n
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Now that you’ve mastered infographics, it’s time to take the rest of your visual content to the next level. Check out our Visual Content Playbook<\/a> for in-depth research, buzzworthy examples, and interviews with <\/span>social<\/span> media experts at LinkedIn<\/b>, Whole Foods<\/b> andBuffer<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Drew Skau<\/a> is Visualization Architect at Visual.ly<\/a> and a PhD Computer Science Visualization student at UNCC<\/a> with an undergraduate degree in Architecture. You can follow him on twitter @SeeingStructure<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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