Chart types: which chart should you use?
10 chart types explained — what each one shows, when to use it, when not to, and a free maker for every one of them.
Comparing values
Charts for ranking things and comparing sizes across categories.
Bar Chart
Rank things and compare sizes, accurately. Upload a spreadsheet, pick your categories and values, and publish an interactive bar chart you can embed anywhere — free.
Bar Chart makerComparing valuesRadar Chart
Compare a few things across several measures at once, and see the shape of their strengths. Upload your spreadsheet, pick your axes, and publish an interactive radar chart you can embed anywhere — free.
Radar Chart makerParts of a whole
Charts that break a total into the parts it is made of.
Stacked Bar Chart
Show a total and its parts in one bar. Upload your spreadsheet, choose the categories to stack, and publish an interactive stacked bar chart you can embed anywhere — free.
Stacked Bar Chart makerParts of a wholePie Chart
Split a total into its parts and let one share do the talking. Upload your spreadsheet, pick your categories, and publish an interactive pie chart you can embed anywhere — free.
Pie Chart makerParts of a wholeDonut Chart
Break a total into its parts, with room in the middle for the number that matters. Upload your data, pick your categories, and publish an interactive donut chart you can embed anywhere — free.
Donut Chart makerChange over time
Charts that show how values change across time.
Relationships
Charts that show how two or more measures move together.
Scatter Plot
Plot two variables against each other and see whether they actually move together. Upload a spreadsheet, pick your X and Y columns, and publish an interactive scatter plot you can embed anywhere — free.
Scatter Plot makerRelationshipsBubble Chart
Three variables, one chart: position for two of them, bubble size for the third. Upload your data, map the columns, and publish an interactive bubble chart you can embed anywhere — free.
Bubble Chart makerRelationshipsSankey Diagram
Trace where a quantity comes from and where it ends up, stage by stage. Upload a source, target and value column, and publish an interactive Sankey diagram you can embed anywhere — free.
Sankey Diagram makerMaps and places
Charts that show how a value varies across geography.
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