While this isn’t something the average person would be itching to play with, it’s great for number nerds, as well as journalists, public officials and politicians. Bloggers will be happy to know that all information, charts and animations can be embedded, allowing you to share your discoveries with your readers.

More than anything, however, this site is about interesting statistics, and discovering cool ways to arrange it. Check this out for that alone.

Features:

• Public data arranged into charts, graphs and animations.
• Explore information in interesting ways.
• Embed animations and graphs on your blog or website.
• Similar tools: ChartsBin, DataMasher, ManyEyes, Cynergy Systems Map and VisualEconomics.

Check out Google Public Data Explorer @ www.google.com/publicdata/directory (via Mashable.com)

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Google Public Data Explorer: Explore Interesting Data Statistics via Animated Charts

• Google Internet Stats: Check Internet Stats and Facts Across Different Sectors
• Google Insights: See What the World is Searching For
• WorldClock: Displays Interesting Real Time World Statistics
• World Freedom Atlas: Global Stats on Freedom, Democracy, Human Rights etc.
• Wolfram Alpha Google: Adds Wolfram Alpha Search Results Next To Google’s

Start by selecting the state on the map and then bring your mouse over to different counties to see their ranking. Clicking on any of the counties gives you detailed information on how the county ranks for different things such as mortality, smoking, clinical care, birth rate, crime, etc. You can also compare the county value against the state value for any of these factors.

Features:

• See health rankings for US counties.
• See different factors that make up the ranking.
• Click on any factor to see a detailed description.
• Compare the county values against state.
• View related stats and information for the state.
• Read latest health related news.
• Find out what you can do to help.
• No registration required.

Visit CountyHealthRankings @ www.countyhealthrankings.org

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CountyHealthRankings: See USA Health Rankings by Counties

• Medpedia: Online Encyclopedia Of Medicine
• ZocDoc: Dentist Search + Appointments
• YawnLog: Online Sleep Tracker
• WorldClock: Displays Interesting Real Time World Statistics
• World Freedom Atlas: Global Stats on Freedom, Democracy, Human Rights etc.

The website computes true cost of driving a car based on your annual vehicle mileage, direct and indirect driver’s expenses.

To calculate your true cost of driving, just input information about your commute and driving habits. Direct driver’s expenses include the basic stuff that we consider when computing for driving costs: insurance, fuel, maintenance, parking fees, tolls and many more. Indirect driver’s expenses on the other hand are the things that we don’t usually take into account when computing for driving costs: waste disposal, air pollution damage, congestion cost, road noise, external resource consumption cost, and many more.

While the method of computing these indirect costs is debatable, it certainly gives motorists a clearer picture of the price that they pay for driving and hopefully, they would consider alternatives such as carpooling, vanpooling, commuting, or riding a bike.

Features:

• Calculate a more accurate cost of your driving.
• Gas prices are updated monthly.
• Free, no signup is required.

Check out The True Cost Of Driving @ www.commutesolutions.org/calc.htm

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The True Cost Of Driving: Find Out The True Cost Of Driving a Car

• BreathingEarth: CO2 Emissions, Birth & Death Rates by Country
• WorldClock: Displays Interesting Real Time World Statistics
• World Freedom Atlas: Global Stats on Freedom, Democracy, Human Rights etc.
• What’s-In-YourWater: View tap water quality test results for your area
• Waze: Get Real-Time Traffic Maps on Your Mobile

To track your energy usage, input the type of fuel that you used, the amount paid, amount bought/used, and the date of purchase. The site will automatically tabulate the data for you. You can also generate charts and graphs to help you visualize your energy usage by fuel type or fuel cost by month. In addition, you can set e-mail reminders in your account regarding your energy use.

Features:

• Track your energy usage month-to-month and year-to-year for free.
• Save money by analyzing heavy usage months.
• Track several fuel types including electricity, oil, biodiesel, propate, kerosene, and more.
• Setup e-mail reminders to check your oil tank, pay a bill, and more.
• Set reminders based on previous purchase dates.

Check out FuelCharts @ www.fuelstart.com/fuelcharts

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FuelCharts: Track & analyze how much energy does your house use

• WorldClock: Displays Interesting Real Time World Statistics
• WorkTrek: Productivity Tracking Tool
• Vidmetrix: Multi-site Video Uploader and Tracker
• TubeMogul
• Track-n-Graph : Track just About Anything

The stats presented on the site are averages of the data gathered from sources like World Health Organization, CIA Factbook ,US Census and others.

Features:

• Shows real time statistical data of the world.
• The data includes world population, birth, divorce, abortion, HIV, cancer incidence… etc.
• View real time stats for one year, moth, week, day and now.
• The data comes from reliable sources like WHO, CIA etc.
• Free, no sign up needed.
• Similar tools: BreathingEarth.

Check out WorldClock @ www.shambles.net/worldclock/worldclock.swf

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WorldClock: Displays Interesting Real Time World Statistics

• KmlFactBook: Maps CIA World Factbook Data on Google Maps
• InternetWorldStats: Find Out Internet Usage Stats For Any Country
• Google Internet Stats: Check Internet Stats and Facts Across Different Sectors
• FuelCharts: Track & analyze how much energy does your house use
• Cynergy Systems Map: View US Census Data Online

Worldwide Driving Orientation by Country.
Major Religions of the World Ranked by Number of Adherents.
All Nobel Prize Winners by Country.

The homepage shows the latest charts, and you can also see the highest rated, most viewed and the most discussed charts. The interesting charts can be easily embedded on blogs and websites. You could also comment on the stats, rate the charts and search for specific charts via keyword or categories. Powered by open source software, this site would find love among those who like stats and graphs. They also plan to introduce features like ability to download data sets and submit statistics to the site soon.

Features

• Interactive charts based on demographic data.
• Charts can be embedded on any blog or website.
• Search for charts or browse charts by categories and tags.
• Rate and comment on charts.
• Similar tools: DataMasher, ManyEyes, Cynergy Systems Map and VisualEconomics.

Check out ChartsBin @ www.chartsbin.com (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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ChartsBin: Check out Interesting Charts Online

• WorldClock: Displays Interesting Real Time World Statistics
• VisualEconomics: Complex Economic Data Sets on Easy-To-Understand Charts
• PieColor: Online Pie Chart Maker
• ManyEyes: Visualize Statistics & Interesting Facts
• KmlFactBook: Maps CIA World Factbook Data on Google Maps

You could also discover how well the celebrities relate to each other and track their popularity over the past 6 months using the xRank history chart.

Bing xRank also has two categories named xRank today and xTreme movers which focus on the rising search trends, terms and the latest news.

Features:

• Track celebrities and their popolarity on Bing.
• Search for celebrities and check their popularity, bio, images and videos.
• See how the celebrities compare when it comes to search trends on Bing.
• Explore rising web trends using xRank today.
• Similar app: NextBigSound.

Check out Bing xRank @www.bing.com/xrank (by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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Bing xRank: Track Celebrity Popularity Ratings On Bing

• WorldClock: Displays Interesting Real Time World Statistics
• World Freedom Atlas: Global Stats on Freedom, Democracy, Human Rights etc.
• Windows 7 Test Drive: Demo Windows 7 From Your Browser
• Wa-Wd: Find Out Who Is Alive And Who Is Dead
• TuneChimp: Search And Discover Best Music From Any Artist

To view stats for any country, just point on its location on the map with a mouse cursor. The stats will be instantly displayed at the bottom of the map.

The main goal of this site is to inform people about dangers of climate change and global warming; the looming ecological catastrophe that comes with it and what we can do about it.

Features:

• View CO2 emissions, birth & death rates by country and worldwide.
• Real-time ticking stats is a simulation based on the data from reputable public sources.
• See how many people born and died, amount of CO2 emitted since you landed on the website.
• Adobe Flash player required and needs to be enabled in order to use the website.
• Free, no sign up need.

Check out BreathingEarth @ www.breathingearth.net

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BreathingEarth: CO2 Emissions, Birth & Death Rates by Country

• WorldClock: Displays Interesting Real Time World Statistics
• What’s-In-YourWater: View tap water quality test results for your area
• Toxic Water: Shows Water Pollution Sources Near You
• The True Cost Of Driving: Find Out The True Cost Of Driving a Car
• SICPPL: Lists Top 100 Centres of Industrial Pollution in America

Featured:

• Check web statistics across different sectors.
• Simple and interesting stats in just 2-3 lines.
• Data sourced from a huge number of media vendors.
• Search the stats and also submit a stat.
• Similar sites: InternetWorldStats.

Check out Google Internet Stats @ www.google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats/ (by Abhijeet from Appscrazy)

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Google Internet Stats: Check Internet Stats and Facts Across Different Sectors

• InternetWorldStats: Find Out Internet Usage Stats For Any Country
• WorldClock: Displays Interesting Real Time World Statistics
• KmlFactBook: Maps CIA World Factbook Data on Google Maps
• Google Trends
• Google Public Data Explorer: Explore Interesting Data Statistics via Animated Charts

It provides various filter and map viewing options. You can visualize data on the map in both 2D and 3D format. In order to use 3D, you would need to install the Google Earth browser plug-in.

Below are screenshots of custom data examples created using KmlFactBook.

Features:

• Visualize data from CIA world factbook database on Google Maps.
• Download Google Earth kml files and use in your projects.
• View maps in 3D using Google Earth browser plug-in.
• No registration required to view data.
• Similar site: FactBook

Check out KmlFactBook @ www.kmlfactbook.org (By Abhijeet from Jeet Blog)

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KmlFactBook: Maps CIA World Factbook Data on Google Maps

• WorldClock: Displays Interesting Real Time World Statistics
• World Freedom Atlas: Global Stats on Freedom, Democracy, Human Rights etc.
• NYT Video Rental Maps: Check out Top Video Rentals for Your City
• InternetWorldStats: Find Out Internet Usage Stats For Any Country
• Google Internet Stats: Check Internet Stats and Facts Across Different Sectors

Features:

• Free census data site.
• Shows you census information for any given US zip code.
• See age distribution, ethnic distribution, population statistics, household statistics, housing units and vacancy rates.
• Free, no registration needed.

Check out Cynergy Systems Map @ www.cynergysystems.com/blogs/blogs/andrew.trice/census

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Cynergy Systems Map: View US Census Data Online

• WorldClock: Displays Interesting Real Time World Statistics
• KmlFactBook: Maps CIA World Factbook Data on Google Maps
• InternetWorldStats: Find Out Internet Usage Stats For Any Country
• Google Internet Stats: Check Internet Stats and Facts Across Different Sectors
• FuelCharts: Track & analyze how much energy does your house use

InternetWorldStats is a free resource that lets you find out internet usage statistics for different geographical regions and countries, including penetration rates, total users and recent user growth, on charts and tables.

You may explore different region on the globe and get detailed statistics for every country in the region. Furthermore, there is an option to compare each country’s stats (usage rates, growth) with its region and world averages.

Features:

• View worldwide Internet internet usage by country.
• View Internet penetration rates, total users and growth rate for different geographical regions (Europe, Middle East, Africa etc) and countries.
• Browse detailed statistics for every single country and compare it against others.
• The statistics data comes from various reliable sources including Nielsen Online, International Telecommunications Union, US Census Bureau and other sources.

Check out InternetWorldStats @ www.internetworldstats.com

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InternetWorldStats: Find Out Internet Usage Stats For Any Country

• Google Internet Stats: Check Internet Stats and Facts Across Different Sectors
• WorldClock: Displays Interesting Real Time World Statistics
• KmlFactBook: Maps CIA World Factbook Data on Google Maps
• FuelCharts: Track & analyze how much energy does your house use
• Cynergy Systems Map: View US Census Data Online

To get started, simply key-in the website name and hit search button. On a single page, Dataopedia will show website’s traffic stats, website popularity among social bookmarking and social networking sites, ongoing online discussion about the site on twitter and friendfeed, technical data like the registrant info, company data and its office locations.

Instead of viewing all stats on a single page, you have the option to see individual statistics. Click the corresponding tabs on top of the page.

Features:

• All in one website statistics data service.
• Easy to use and free.
• No sign up required to view the data.
• Shows traffic stats from major analytics networks like Alexa, Compete and Quantcast
• Shows country wise traffic.
• Shows sub-domain wise traffic.
• Shows website popularity on social media and other popular sites.
• Shows ongoing discussions about a website on twitter and friendfeed.
• Shows registrant information and company data (if available).
• Similar sites: AbouThiSite and AboutUS.

Check out Dataopedia @ www.dataopedia.com (by ROW from www.reviewofweb.com)

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Dataopedia: All In One Website Statistics Web Service

• DomainTools: Six Useful Domain Tools
• AbouThiSite: See WhoIS, Server Location, IP Neighbors for any Site
• TraceBullet: Quick Server, WhoIS, IP & Port Testing
• Suggest.Name: The Web 2.0 Domain Name Generator
• Sucuri: Free Website Security Monitoring

You can optionally add text notes, select and drag particular items on the diagram around, draw straight lines and apply different brush colors. And when the graph/diagram is finally ready share it by forwarding the URL via email.

Features:

• Quickly draw graphs online and share them with others.
• Create as many graphs and diagrams as you like.
• You can create simple line graphs and 2 or 3 circle Venn diagrams.
• Add text, customize graph color, add additional lines etc.
• Similar websites: HohliCharts, ChartAll, ChartGizmo, PieColor and Charts (for iPhone).

Check out CrappyGraphs @ www.crappygraphs.com (via technospot.net)

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CrappyGraphs: Draw Quick Graphs Online

• WorldClock: Displays Interesting Real Time World Statistics
• PieColor: Online Pie Chart Maker
• LucidChart: Online Flowchart Maker
• KmlFactBook: Maps CIA World Factbook Data on Google Maps
• InternetWorldStats: Find Out Internet Usage Stats For Any Country

The data can be easily filtered by a variety of factors such as time, location and categories. To get a better idea about the whole thing check out the popularity comparison for following search terms: oil prices vs. electric car, call of duty 2 vs. battlefield 2142 or yankees vs. red sox.

Features:

• Compare search keyword popularity across regions, categories, and time frames.
• Filter obtained data by region, time period and category.
• The result are presented with easy to grasp charts and maps.
• Export and download data in .CSV format.
• Also see related news headlines.
• For more information on how you can make use of Google Insights go here.

Check out Google Insights @ www.google.com/insights

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Google Insights: See What the World is Searching For

• WhatDoYouSuggest: Explore Topics Based On Internet User Trends
• TrendsBuzz: Find Out What’s Popular on The Web Right Now
• ShinySearch: Create Your Own Themed Custom Search Engine
• Search Cloudlet: Google Tag Search
• Groovle : Custom Google Search Page

You can also track your team members’ work in real time and hence keep up-to-date with your project. It has a nice user interface and lets you add work logs easily.

As you can see in the screenshot below, it displays nice graphs tracking the number of entries and helps you track work progress.

Features

• Easily add work logs and entries
• Individual as well as group account facility
• Track work progress through tags and graphs
• Real time tracking
• Present work report to manager and get informal grades without him requiring to create an account

Check out IDidWork @ www.ididwork.com ( Contributed by Abhijeet from Jeet Blog )

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I Did Work : Track and Share your Work Logs

• VeoProject: Effective Project Management Tool Online
• Taskbarn: Collaborate & Manage Projects Online
• Project2Manage : Manage Projects And Collaborate Easily
• Manymoon: Task Tracking Tool with Google Docs Integration
• iPaper@Scribd : Document Email Attachments Made Simple

To get started, go ahead and sign-up for an account. Once you’re in you can begin adding your flight routes. At the end of it you should be able to view that flight data on the map along with the stats. The map can be shared with others as well. You can even request a high quality poster of it (not free).

Features:

• Flight mapping: Keep track of where, when and how you have flown.
• See flight routes, total time in the air, distance flown, and aircraft and airline types.
• Make your flight data public and share it with others.
• Order a high quality poster map showing your flights (non free)
• Encyclopedia that contains important terms related to airports, flights and airlines.

Go to FlightMemory @ www.flightmemory.com

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Flight Memory: Map your Flights and Track Where you’ve Flown

• Fuelly: Track, Share and Compare your Gas Mileage
• FuelCharts: Track & analyze how much energy does your house use
• Charts: Track and Chart any Data from your iPhone
• ZapTXT: Get Website Updates to your email, SMS, IM or RSS
• Yotify.com: Stay Notified About Content You Are Interested In

- how much you are paying for a tank of fuel,
- how much you have paid in total,
- the amount you have saved,
- and so on.

You can even compare your fuel consumption with some other user who has the same type of car. By looking at all these data you can find out how much money you can save on gas with small driving changes.

It further lets you browse MPG (miles per gallon) data for differen car models. Almost 4000 car models represented.

Features:

• Track gas mileage and see how much you can save.
• Check out data of other drivers with similar cars.
• See how your mileage compares with EPA estimates.
• Get MPG data for different car models.
• Tips to minimize the fuel consumption.
• Check out tips and a discussion forum section for advice.
• Access Fuelly website directly from your mobile phone.

Talking about fuel consuption and costs I think you might be also interested in one article we have published couple of months ago. See “6 Smart Websites To Save Money on Gas“. Also see GasForFree (free gas in exchange for ads on your car), FuelMeUp (gas prices in your area) and MyMileMaker.

Check out Fuelly @ www.fuelly.com

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Fuelly: Track, Share and Compare your Gas Mileage

• Frugal Mechanic: Auto Parts Price Comparison Website
• TrueCar: Find Out Real Prices Paid For New Cars
• RiskyRoads: See Fatal Traffic Accident Statistics For Your Area
• RealCarTips: Find Out How Much Others Paid for Their Car
• PetroFix: Stay Immune To Gas Price Increases

Features:

• Get Statistics on GDP Per Capita, Education, Country’s Growth Rate, Number of Conflicts, Political rights, etc. for any country.
• Over 300 different data variables (covering the period from 1990 to 2006).
• All the data provided by QOG Institute, Goteborg University.

Go to World Freedom Atlas @ freedom.indiemaps.com

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World Freedom Atlas: Global Stats on Freedom, Democracy, Human Rights etc.

• KmlFactBook: Maps CIA World Factbook Data on Google Maps
• Geognos: Learn Key Facts on Countrys Around The World
• Zipdecode: Visualize Zip Code Location as You Type
• ZeFrank: Know Opposite Points On The Globe
• ZCmap : Zip Code Lookup by City or State

Features:

• Create and manage all-purpose charts from your iPhone
• Visualize data on a line, bar graph or a pie chart.
• Share your charts with others via email.

Apart from the Charts app you can find many other useful iPhone apps here. These include feedreader, calculator, currency converter, text translator, weekday checker, photo finder etc. See the full list along with a quick description for each app below:

* Start Me Up – Get quick access to all of your applications
* Budget – Track and Monitor your spendings
* Bestsellers – Shows current best sellers on amazon.com
* Currencies – Check the exchange rates for major currencies
* Compass – Get compass on your iPhone screen.
* Weekday – Easily check the day of the week for any calendar date
* Calculator – Fully functional calculator
* iPhone Apps – Check latest iPhone apps in the Apple Directory
* VAT Calculator – Calculate sales tax and VAT value
* Translator – Full text language translator
* State/City Quiz – Can you spot all states and capitals in the USA?
* Country Quiz – Can you name all foreign countries?
* Calories – Track your daily calories
* World map
* Morse Code – Morse code generator and sender
* Amazon Search
* Graph Plotter – Quickly plot graphs of functions.
* World time
* Countdown timer
* SpeedyMarks – Online start page
* Mileage – Track your gas consumption
* Play Basketball
* Sunrise and Sunset times
* Call Checker – Check the right time to call?
* Mandelbrot Set – Explore the beauty of the Mandelbrot fractal
* Workout – Control and monitor interval trainings
* Astro – Explore the night sky, moon and mars
* Games Counter – A simple game score counter
* SpeedoMeter – Measure your speed
* WorldWatchr – Monitor Webcams on your iPhone
* Widgetop – Dashboard widgets on the iPhone

Check out Charts @ charts.speedymarks.com

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Charts: Track and Chart any Data from your iPhone

• WidGenie: Easy Tools for Presenting Raw Data Visually
• PieColor: Online Pie Chart Maker
• PackageTrackr: Track Packages From The Web & iPhone
• ihoundSoftware: Find Lost Gadgets and Cell Phones
• HohliCharts: Create Bar Graphs, Pie Charts and Venn Diagrams.

Features:

• Compare FeedBurner statistics for upto 4 websites in one session.
• See aubacriber reports from 1 to 24 months.
• Select any area on the chart and zoom in for details.
• Share charts with others by sending them a link.

Visit FeedCompare @ www.feedcompare.com

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Feed Compare : Compare FeedBurner Stats for Different Sites

• Fuelly: Track, Share and Compare your Gas Mileage
• Feed Analysis: Estimate Feedburner Stats 12 Month from Now
• ZapTXT: Get Website Updates to your email, SMS, IM or RSS
• YTPodcaster: Turn YouTube Videos into Video Podcasts
• YouTubePodcaster: Convert YouTube Results to MP4 Podcast Feeds

• an estimated number of subscriber count for the coming months.
• a pie chart with the best/worst days of the week.
• a number of feed views and clicks for every day.
• an estimated value of the website based on the number of subscribers.

If necessary feed Analysis reports can also be shared with others and embedded onto your website.

Check out FeedAnalysis @ www.blogperfume.com/feed-analysis

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Feed Analysis: Estimate Feedburner Stats 12 Month from Now

• SendMeRSS : Send RSS Feeds to Email
• ScrollBox: Embed RSS Feeds Onto Your Blog
• RapidFeeds: Create RSS Feeds For Any Website
• FeedValidator : Validate RSS and Atom Feeds
• Feed Source: Add external RSS Feeds to your Blog