# Information is Beautiful

A site of infographics and interactive charts on science, health, money and society, with many of the underlying datasets shared as Google Sheets.

- Category: Data stories and visualization · by David McCandless
- Website: https://informationisbeautiful.net/
- Live data: no
- Checked on the official pages: 2026-10-23

## API

- API unclear. Do not scrape the site; use it by hand or through its downloads.

## Data and license

- Download: https://informationisbeautiful.net/data/ (google-sheets)
- License: site licensing terms (free non-commercial use with credit; paid commercial licence) (https://informationisbeautiful.net/licensing/); covers the graphics (static images) and their underlying data
- Commercial use with conditions
- Credit required
- Embedding with conditions
- Quote (commercial): "Images need permission for usage and usually a fee for use in the following contexts: Paid online education platforms Commercial textbooks Profit-making companies that do business with the public sector Books, magazines, newspapers, commercial websites and other publications" (https://informationisbeautiful.net/licensing/)
- Quote (embed): "To embed our work in large commercial websites" (https://informationisbeautiful.net/licensing/)
- Quote (attribution): "Simply grab the static image from the site (or the underlying data ) and make sure you credit & link to David McCandless, InformationIsBeautiful.net ." (https://informationisbeautiful.net/licensing/)
- Quote (non_commercial): "Visitors, bloggers, members of the public presentations, blogs, websites, Twitter accounts, Facebook pages, YouTube channels etc where the number of followers is under 100,000." (https://informationisbeautiful.net/licensing/)
- Quote (data_download): "You can also view the original Google doc." (https://informationisbeautiful.net/data/)

## Rules for an agent

- No API; the data page links each graphic's Google Sheet. Free use is limited to non-commercial contexts with credit and a link.
- Credit and link 'David McCandless, InformationIsBeautiful.net' on every use
- Commercial use, including embedding in large commercial websites, needs a paid licence via the contact page
- Free use for public blogs/channels only below 100,000 followers

Human page: https://agentgid.com/resources/information-is-beautiful/
Source: AgentGid (agentgid.com). Facts are quoted from the site's own pages; check the license page before you ship.