Lies (log scale) vs. actual numbers
Lies (log scale) vs. actual numbers
Lies (log scale) vs. actual numbers
See also “Logarithmic scaling” on https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misleading_graph">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misl...
The gist is that 99% of people viewing the graph either never even heard of logarithmic scaling or don’t read axis labels.

It’s the Fox News of charts.
https://xkcd.com/2023/ ">https://xkcd.com/2023/&quo...
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