How Biden's approval rating compares to other major world leaders
Stacker looked at how Joe Biden’s approval compares to other world leaders using data from Morning Consult’s Global Leader Approval Rating…
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Can you guess what these 25 organs do in your body?
Stacker compiled a quiz on what 25 major organs do for your body. Read on to see what you know about human…
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States with the costliest weather events
Stacker ranked each state (and Puerto Rico) by the average cost of property damages due to weather-related disasters on its citizens between 1980…
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12 jobs that require the most stress tolerance
Wysa cited data from O*NET to identify the 12 jobs that require the highest amount of stress…
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10 terms you need to know to understand personal injury cases
Webb Patel has curated a list of 10 important concepts people must be aware of before dealing with personal injury…
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Understanding the significance of the US debt limit
Stacker examined the U.S. debt limit, along with its economic and political implications, based primarily on Politico and FRED…
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20 facts about homelessness in the US
Stacker compiled a list of statistics and facts about homelessness in the U.S. using the HUD 2022 Annual Homeless Assessment…
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Most conservative county in liberal states
Stacker compiled data from voter turnout data from the New York Times and statewide political ideology data from Gallup to rank states by their share…
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Over $200 billion from the infrastructure law has been spent. Here's what's left.
The General used federal funding data on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to rank states by the percentage of initial funding amounts still…
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Most liberal county in conservative states
Stacker compiled New York Times data and Gallup polling data to identify counties in conservative states that voted against the statewide average…
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Extreme weather is disrupting Amtrak's trains — and its climate benefits
Grist found disruption by extreme weather to Amtrak trains is a much bigger problem than the frequent headaches and occasional heartbreak that come…
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10 notable Juneteenth celebrations across the US
Local Juneteenth events are growing across the U.S. now that it’s a federal holiday. Stacker created a list of 10 notable…
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The Vatican is investigating a miracle at a Connecticut church. Here's every Eucharistic miracle visualized.
Referencing a list compiled by miracolieucaristici.org, Stacker visualized every Eucharistic miracle the Vatican has declared across time and…
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25 deadliest years in military history between 1980-2021
Stacker ranked the deadliest years for the U.S. military between 1980 and 2021 by the number of conflict-related fatalities, according to data from…
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States with the most anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes
Using FBI data, Stacker analyzed which states reported the most anti-LGBTQ+ hate crimes in…
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Electric vehicles are least popular in these states
Way analyzed data from Statista surveyed people throughout the U.S. about their EV ambitions and whether or not they were open to having one in the…
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The unseen barriers hindering affordable housing in your town
Foothold Technology examined research and perspectives on housing development and zoning to explain some unseen barriers to affordable…
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How Texas lawmakers gutted civics
The 74 discusses the little-noticed casualty of the culture wars in the Lone Star State—the training students receive to participate in American…
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Antisemitic incidents are on the rise in most states
Stacker cited data from the Anti-Defamation League to identify the number of antisemitic incidents in every state and Washington D.C. in 2022 and…
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Most common food ingredients and contaminants that led to recalls in 2022
Using FDA data, Stacker developed a list of the most common food ingredients and contaminants that led to recalls in 2022.…
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How spending on public safety and policing has changed over the last 40 years
Stacker analyzed data from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy to examine how city spending on public safety has changed since 1980 and how police…
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Most and least educated states in America
Stacker used data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, released in 2022, to determine the states with the highest…
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21 of the most impactful intelligence leaks in US history
Stacker compiled 21 of the most impactful intelligence leaks in U.S. history from historical archives, government reports, and federal…
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On the frontlines: How nurses have responded in conflicts throughout history
Incredible Health compiled a list of notable nurses who responded in conflicts throughout history using various news and historical…
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Here are the safest—and most deadly—days for drunk-driving fatalities
MoneyGeek analyzed historical data from the U.S. Department of Transportation and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to…
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States with the most hate crimes
Stacker investigated the states where the most hate crimes take place using the FBI’s 2019 Hate Crime…
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10 U.S. cities with the highest rates of car ownership
Automoblog examined data to identify the 10 cities with the highest rates of car ownership in the…
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A brief history of the shoes and moments that defined sneaker culture
Stacker took a deep dive into the histories of some game-changing shoes to see why the world continues to obsess over these…
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States with the highest rate of people killed by police
Stacker cited data from the Washington Post’s Fatal Force Database to look at the rate of fatal police shootings per state in the U.S. since 2015.…
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From flintlock muskets to AR-15s: A history of guns in America
Stacker compiled 10 key moments in the development of firearm technology throughout U.S.…
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Here are some key health policies that will and will not change with the COVID-19 public health emergency's end
Stacker identified some of the major health policies that will be affected by the COVID-19 public health emergency’s…
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States that drafted the most men in World War II
Stacker analyzed data quantifying draft numbers during World War II from multiple sources, such as historical Census data and the Selective Service…
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Men are 3 times as likely as women to bike in the US. Here's how the demographics of cyclists break down
Using data from a study published in Transport Reviews, Velotric broke down the gender demographics of cycling around the…
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US distracted driving fatalities are up 21%: These are the deadliest states
MoneyGeek analyzed the most recent data from the NHTSA’s Fatality Analysis Reporting System and state highway travel data from the Bureau of…
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LGBTQ+ individuals are disproportionately impacted by gun violence. Here's what the data shows
Northwell Health partnered with Stacker to compile statistics on the disproportionate impact of gun violence on LGBTQ+ people using various data and…
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Teachers earn the most after graduating from these 25 colleges
Teachercertification.com sourced data from the Department of Education to determine which colleges yield the highest-earning students with…
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Oldest cities in America
Though the United States doesn’t have as long of a history as some Old World countries, it still has plenty of historical charm. Stacker brings you a…
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A brief history of the US draft
Stacker compiled information on the history of conscription in the U.S. from government reports, academic archives, legislative files, and media…
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A timeline of the Vietnam War
Using a variety of news and government sources, Stacker compiled a detailed timeline of the Vietnam…
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A brief history of America's oldest seagoing military branch—and it may not be the one you think
Using government reports, news archives, and other historical sources, Stacker has compiled a list of the major events of America’s oldest seagoing…
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How the ‘TikTok ban’ and other social media legislation could restrict internet use
Stacker investigated how the so-called “TikTok ban” and other proposed social media and data regulations could restrict internet…
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Food insecurity is declining in the US, but for those with the least access to food, little has changed in 15 years
Foothold Technology analyzed data from the USDA’s Economic Research Institute tracking food insecurity…
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7 simple ways to improve social connection
Experience Life compiled seven ideas for making social…
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States with the worst droughts
Stacker cited data from the U.S. Drought Monitor to identify the states with the worst…
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25 facts about nuclear weapons
Using government documents, news reports, and academic studies, Stacker compiled a list of facts about the state of nuclear weapons in the world…
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A short history of cybersecurity and the data breaches that forced the world to pay attention to data privacy
Drata reviewed the most impactful cybercrimes and their consequences to evaluate how public perception toward cybersecurity has changed over…
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Naloxone is now approved for over-the-counter use. What are the hurdles to accessing it?
Stacker investigated the hurdles to accessing naloxone over the counter using a variety of news and medical…
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A brief history of the Cold War
Using a variety of historical and news sources, Stacker compiled the most significant events that transpired during the Cold…
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Average temperature change in every state for the last 100 years
Stacker compiled data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Environmental Information to detail the…
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More than half of American legislatures are considering restrictive education laws. Here’s what that means
Stacker looks at the proposed laws that aim to restrict certain topics from being taught in U.S.…
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Biggest power outages in 2022
Stacker cited data from the Energy Information Administration to identify the 50 biggest power outages in…
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The persistence of anti-Black hate crimes is an American tradition: What more than 30 years of federal data tells us
Hate crimes have a longstanding history in the U.S. Stacker explored why Black Americans are its most common…
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5 Biden administration decisions that mirror Trump-era policies
Stacker compared the records of the Trump and Biden administrations to see how certain policies have carried over between the two…
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How online casinos have evolved in the United States
The Game Day Casino looks at six milestones in the evolution of online…
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4 states passed nearly half of all new cybersecurity laws enacted across the US in 2022
Whether aimed at training workers or regulating insurers, Drata identified the states enacting the most cybersecurity laws over the last…
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5 changes to reproductive health care in the US since Roe's reversal
Stacker investigated how reproductive health care has changed in the U.S. since the reversal of Roe v. Wade using various news and government…
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Teens are facing a rising mental health crisis. Who is most at risk?
USAFacts looks at recent CDC data to find why teenage girls and LGBQ+ students are reporting high rates of persistent depression and…
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How the US compares to other countries on policies that could mitigate homelessness
Foothold Technology cited data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development to visualize how U.S. housing stock and policies…
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States where the most Jan. 6 rioters were arrested
Stacker investigated where the most Jan. 6 rioters were arrested using data from the Department of…
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The Nigerian Prince and 8 other common cybercrime characters
Twingate analyzed data from U.S. federal government agencies for this list of 10 common cybercrime characters encountered by consumers in…
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7 common types of anti-transgender legislation that have passed or failed in the last 10 years
Stacker investigated seven common types of anti-transgender legislation that have passed or failed in the last 10 years using data from…
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10 groundbreaking inventions and the women who created them
Stacker scoured the internet to highlight 10 groundbreaking inventions and celebrate the women who created them.…
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States with the most active-duty military members
Stacker compiled a list of the states with the most active-duty military members using 2021 data from the Department of…
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Biden greenlights Alaska drilling project and extends new protections to the state’s North Slope
After a multi-year battle in and out of courts, President Biden has approved the controversial Willow drilling project in…
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Cities with the highest rate of motor vehicle fatalities
How deadly are your local roads? Stacker used Department of Transportation data to rank the 50 cities with the highest vehicle crash fatality…
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The US surpasses 160 mass shootings in 2023. Here’s every event mapped
Stacker cited data from the Gun Violence Archive to visualize the scope of mass shootings thus far in 2023. Data is as of April 17,…
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States with the most cars per capita
The General compiled a list of states with the most cars per capita using data from the Federal Highway…
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Will the chip shortage end in 2023?
To understand the forecast for chip shortages in the U.S., Automoblog took a closer look at industry forecasting and expert reports to see if the…
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State spending analysis: Which states spend the most on policing and corrections?
MoneyGeek analyzed the most recent U.S. Census Bureau data to determine how much states spend on policing and corrections.…
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Who actually invented the lightbulb—and the illuminating history of modern lighting
LED Lighting Supply looked at the history of electric lighting, from early incandescent lightbulbs to LED…
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Cities with the fastest ‘time-to-crime’ rates for firearms
Stacker compiled gun crime data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on 40 cities across the U.S. and ranked them by…
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Biden, Trump, and Pence: how their classified documents scandals are the same (and different)
Stacker investigated the Trump, Biden, and Pence classified document scandals using a variety of news and government…
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How women’s rights in the US have been eroded since the last time we celebrated women’s history month
Stacker looked at how women’s rights in the U.S. have been eroded since the last women’s history…
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20 photos of shipwrecks from WWI and WWII
Stacker compiled research from news sites, wreckage databases, and local diving centers to provide context for a series of striking images of WWI and…
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The deadliest accidental explosions ever recorded
Stacker compiled information from historical archives, accident reports, and country records to find some of the most deadly nonnuclear accidental…
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As Americans faced high gas prices, big oil companies doubled their profits
As Americans felt the crunch of a tighter global oil supply both at home and at the pump, major oil companies set new profit…
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Most dangerous states to drive in
Stacker used the Federal Highway Administration’s 2020 Highway Statistics report to rank states by the fatalities per billion miles…
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US presidents who only served one term or less, ranked
Stacker analyzed how single-term U.S. presidents compare in the eyes of professional observers of the presidency, using C-SPAN’s June 2021 ranking of…
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20% of carbon emissions from the food creation chain come from shipping
Analyzing a 2022 paper on greenhouse gas emissions, Thistle broke down findings about carbon emissions in the food supply chain and supporting data…
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20 of the richest people who ran for president
Stacker compiled a list of America’s 20 richest presidential candidates, using data from Forbes, CelebrityNetWorth.com, and Business…
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50 famous firsts from presidential history
Using government websites, historical documents, and news articles, Stacker compiled a list of 50 famous firsts from presidential…
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60 historic photos from American military history
From iconic scenes to pictures of unknown soldiers in battle, Stacker looks at 50 historic photos from American military…
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States with the biggest Native American populations
Stacker ranked the states with the biggest Native American populations and looked at some of the characteristics and conditions of each community,…
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Ranking presidents over the past 8 decades by their final approval rating
Stacker ranked U.S. presidents over the past 80 years by their approval ratings when they left office using data from The American Presidency…
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Most expensive US military weapons and programs
On Dec. 23, 2022, President Biden signed the Department of Defense’s 2023 budget into law. Using data from the National Defense Authorization Act,…
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Safest cities in America 2023: Violent crime rate increases drive per capita cost of crime
MoneyGeek looked at the most recent FBI crime statistics to estimate the cost of crime in 263 cities with populations greater than 100,000 across the…
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Where are Americans happiest?
SmartAsset compiled a list of the 10 happiest places in America by looking at metrics such as personal finance, well-being and quality of…
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States with the highest revenue from cannabis taxes
H_Ko // Shutterstock States with the highest revenue from cannabis taxes Closeup of burning packet of marijuana for cash dollars. The Drug…
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Presidential scandals in pictures
Stacker compiled a collection of 10 images showcasing presidential scandals through the…
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Cities with the most divorced people
Using 5-year estimate data from the Census Bureau’s 2021 American Community Survey, Stacker created a list of the 50 metropolitan areas with the…
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States with the most firearms traced to them by the federal government
Stacker compiled Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives firearms trace data to see which states had the most trace requests tied to them…
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States with the biggest gun industries
Stacker analyzed firearms commerce data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to determine which states had the biggest gun…
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From gun laws to climate change: How liability drives policy discussions on controversial issues
Estey & Bomberger, LLP investigated how liability drives policy discussion on controversial issues using a variety of news and academic…
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States where gun sales have increased the most since 2011
Stacker consulted data from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System to examine which states have seen the most significant increase in…
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Influential Supreme Court decisions decided by 1 vote
Stacker compiled a list of influential Supreme Court decisions decided by one vote using a variety of news, government, and legal…
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Where refugees to the US come from and why
To find where U.S. refugees come from, Stacker utilized data from the Refugee Processing Center, operated by the State Department. Countries were…
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LGBTQ+ people who made history in 2022
Stacker compiled a list of LGBTQ+ people who made history in 2022 from news and other…
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Rural demographics in every state
Learn about the people living in rural areas of every state, according to the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy and the American Community…
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US presidents who were elected for a second term, ranked
Stacker dug through the data of C-SPAN’s most recent ranking of all U.S. presidents based on a 10-point scale devised by academics to rank those…
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The most common complaints filed to your local government
Stacker analyzed over 70,000 issues for 365 metro areas on SeeClickFix.com to find the most common categories of complaints submitted by concerned…
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