About Big Picture 60

Big Picture 60 explains big economic and world stories in about a minute — with interactive 3D scenes, real maps and numbers you can check.

What we make

Each topic is an interactive 3D explainer you can play, pause and orbit, a 16:9 video and a vertical YouTube Short made from the same scenes, and a written article with the full story, key figures and an FAQ.

Editorial standards

1. Every figure has a source and a date, shown on screen and in a closing sources card.
2. Estimates and disputes are labelled. Estimates say "est."; contested claims say "disputed" and name who made them.
3. No fake documents. Reconstructions of official records are labelled as such, paraphrased from the cited source, with no seals, stamps or invented numbers.
4. Honest charts and maps. Charts join only sourced points; maps come from Natural Earth data; comparisons that are not about area are labelled "not to scale".
5. Current events carry an "as of" date, casualty counts are labelled incomplete, and schematic visuals are marked illustrative.
6. Transparency about tools. Narration uses a synthetic voice, and we use AI tools in research and production; see how we make our explainers.

Corrections

When we get something wrong, we correct the explainer and article in place and note the date of the change. Current-events pieces are re-checked against the latest reporting before each update.