This year, we published more than 300 posts on Visual Capitalist, getting well over 30 million views along the way.

Many of these graphics are visually stunning, but theres only room for 19 posts on the annual list of our best work. Below, youll find the Top Infographics of 2019 list, which contains our most popular infographics, as well as a curation of staff favorites for the year.

New this year is our Viewers Choice award, which is given to the best visualization, as chosen by our loyal VC+ readership.

Below are the top posts of 2019. But first, a few quick notes:

Wishing you the best in the new year! The Visual Capitalist Team

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When it comes to making money, not all personality types play on an even playing field.

This recent post breaks down Myers-Briggs personality types by average earning potential, including the specific facets that tend to correlate positively with money over the long term.

Digital media moves at a breakneck pace and with almost no barriers to entry, its no surprise to see the pecking order turn over every other year.

Even so, its easy to forget that names like GeoCities, Lycos, and Ask Jeeves once dominated the internet landscape as we knew it. Our infographic from earlier this year balances the technological pace of change with nostalgia, to show how the web has changed over recent decades.

In 2018, the global banking industry raked in $1.3 trillion in after-tax profit.

In this infographic, we looked at where the money is in banking as well as the upcoming geographic regions and segments that will fuel the future of banking.

The American Revolution was born out of colonial dissent towards unfair taxation policies.

For this reason, its no surprise that the evolution of U.S. taxation itself has been inextricably linked to contentious debate and even moments of rebellion. Our infographic on the history of U.S. taxation helps paint a picture of this story.

Esports is already filling stadiums and soon it could be lining investors pockets as well.

Our recent infographic breaks down the history of this soon-to-be multi-billion dollar industry, while also showing you the five factors that will determine the pace of future growth in esports.

Imagine a world where over a billion citizens are scored on how good they are, based on a set of criteria put forward by the government.

What could possibly go wrong?

Which countries are the most corrupt?

This colorful map breaks down the Corruptions Perception Index an attempted measure of the perceived level of public sector corruption in over 180 countries.

For decades, the space economy has been driven solely by government spending.

Of course, the government still plays an important role in the sector today, but the final frontier is also seemingly open for private business and sustained investment. In the near future, space tourism, resource extraction, and other segments could make space a trillion dollar industry.

Historically, oil and gas discoveries have been an unparalleled source of wealth for many countries around the world.

This recent post maps out the biggest oil discoveries ever made, while also highlighting the flipside to the story: in a global economy where dependency on fossil fuels is expected to diminish, is any new discovery a blessing or a curse?

Which company or organization is the largest employer in every state?

This animated map focuses in on employment statistics but really, it gives perspective of the dominance of Walmart, the nations largest brick-and-mortar retailer and private employer.

This series of maps highlights several metrics that are used to evaluate housing markets, including the price-to-rent ratio, price-to-income ratio, real house prices, and credit to households as a percentage of GDP.

See which countries have ratios out of whack, and what it could mean for housing markets.

Only 15 countries account for over 72.2% of global carbon emissions.

See it all visualized and also see the percentage of fossil fuel emissions that have occurred in your lifetime.

This series of maps provides a look at each individual continent, to identify the happiest (and unhappiest) country in each region.

Its been 70 years since the founding of the Peoples Republic of China.

This nifty graphic timeline contains an impressive amount of history and facts about the countrys prolific rise and economic growth.

Its not always easy to tell which new technologies will pan out, and which will fail to live up to societys expectations.

But hindsight is 20/20 so in this graphic, we look back at almost 20 years of Gartners hype cycle of emerging technologies, to see what amounted from many of the technological breakthroughs that have gained traction over the years.

In this spectacular data visualization, we resize the worlds top 100 websites according to the amount of traffic they receive.

The end result provides a fascinating snapshot of global web traffic, and the impressive scale of the internet.

What is the origin story behind Tesla, and how did it end up becoming the innovative car company it is today?

We condense the history of Tesla into about five minutes, while also providing an outline of the future vision of Elon Musk.

Did you know that government debt now adds up to $69 trillion globally?

The latest version of our famous world debt graphic breaks down the debt owed by each country as a proportion of world debt, as well as debt to GDP ratios.

Tech giants are finding ways to play bigger roles in our digital lives, whether its through computers, smartphones, smart devices, or apps.

As names like Facebook, Amazon, and Google have become even more ubiquitous, theyve also leveraged network effects, scale, and winner-take-most marketplaces to build up powerful businesses as well.

Our #1 pick of 2019 showcases the Big Five Tech Giants and their various revenue streams which, when combined together, add up to over $802 billion per year.

Finally, its time for our Viewers Choice award.

We polled our VC+ members last week to get a tally for which visualization this year was their favorite, with this video on the largest projected economies in 2030 taking the cake.

Until next time, have a fantastic holiday season and a happy new year!

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