Us 21st century people, having adapted to the internet and YouTube age, are generally very visually oriented. Especially when dealing with a lot of data, or complex data, we like to see a nice clear image that helps all those facts come together and make sense. This means information graphics (infographics) are more widely used than ever, and have developed into all kinds of sophisticated and stylish models that go well beyond that old tried and true staple, the pie chart.

Whether creating an infographic for a work presentation, a school project or a blog article, those of us without actual design training still want to be able to whip up a clear and attractive infographic when needed. This need has been filled by the rise of the “do it yourself” online information graphics designer. Although there’s still more complex pro level software that can be used as an information graphics designer, there are also a host of easy infographic makers and infographic templates which make it possible for amateurs to quickly make a variety of images, and with little or no number crunching.

So let’s look at some of the best liked information graphics designers and online infographic creators. Some of these services include Piktochart, Tableau Software, Venngage, Infogram, Visually, Many Eyes, Easelly and Chart Gizmo, just to name a few. A number of these sites offer more than just the means to create infographics, but also tools for tracking the performance of your infographic(s) online. In other words some of these information graphics designers also help you post your finished inforgraphic on the internet and receive feeback about how widely viewed it is, and how often it’s reposted or linked to.

So instead of assuming that you need to hire a professional information graphics designer to get a quality result, keep in mind that there are many resources (did I mention that most of these sites are FREE?) that allow you to do it all yourself with minimum hassle.