Stacker explores the history of drought in the United States. You'll learn about the worst droughts dating from medieval times to the present, what caused them, what effect they had, and which regions suffered the most.
Stacker explores what spring looks like in every state, from wildflowers in Texas to the New York Yankees’ first pitch in the Big Apple.
Stacker compiled a list of 47 flowering plants that bloom in March based on data from the Missouri Botanical Garden's list of bloom times.
Stacker looks at the top 50 most popular biblical baby names, using data from the name origin site Behind the Name and the Social Security Administration’s baby names database.
In the era of Nixon, Fleetwood Mac, and second-wave feminism, some names had more appeal than others. Stacker took a look at data from the Social Security Administration Baby Names Database from 2019 to uncover the decade's top 50 names for boys and girls.
Many medals are issued by the U.S. government to members of the Armed Forces. But what do the medals mean, how are they earned, and where do they rank in terms of prominence and prestige? Stacker takes a look at military medals and what they mean.
From American women winning the right to vote to the #MeToo movement, Stacker draws on a number of historical and archival sources to explore the past 100 years of women’s history in the U.S. and around the world.
Drama as a film category spans a range of genres, including horror, thrillers, noirs, and comedy. Stacker weighed data on the top 5,000 drama films and narrowed it down to the top 100 based on IMDb and Metacritic data.
Stacker put together a list of 50 U.S. counties projected to have the most extreme heat days in 2050 with data taken from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Stacker has compiled all the Golden Globe winners in the category of "Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy" and organized them chronologically. From 1959 to 1963, musicals and comedies were divided into two separate categories and Stacker put the Best Comedy winners on the list.
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