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Chart types

Start by identifying the purpose of the visualization and then choose the appropriate chart type.

Chart types
  • Comparisons
  • Trends
  • Part-to-whole
  • Correlations
  • Connections
  • Geospatial: overlays
  • Comparisons
  • Trends
  • Part-to-whole
  • Correlations
  • Connections
  • Geospatial: overlays

Comparisons

Simple bar

Simple bar chart pictogram

Grouped bar

Grouped bar chart example

Floating bar

Floating bar chart example

Lollipop

Lollipop chart example

Bubble

Bubble chart example pictogram

Radar

Radar chart example pictogram

Wordcloud

Wordcloud chart example pictogram

Trends

Line

Line chart example pictogram

Area

Area chart example pictogram

Boxplot

Boxplot chart example pictogram

Histogram

Histogram chart example pictogram

Stream

Stream chart example pictogram

Part-to-whole

Donut

Donut chart example pictogram

Pie

Pie chart example pictogram

Stacked bar

Stacked bar chart example pictogram

Bullet

Bullet chart example pictogram

Stacked area

Stacked area chart example pictogram

Meter

Meter chart example pictogram

Gauge

Gauge chart example pictogram

Tree map

Tree map chart example pictogram

Circle pack

Circle pack chart example pictogram

Correlations

Scatter

Scatter chart example pictogram

Heat map

Heat map chart example pictogram

Parallel coordinates

Design only
Parallel coordinates chart example pictogram

Connections

Alluvial diagram

Alluvial diagram chart example pictogram

Network diagram

Network diagram chart example pictogram

Tree diagram

Tree diagram chart example pictogram

Geospatial: overlays

Choropleth map

Design only
Choropleth map example pictogram

Proportional symbol

Design only
Proportional symbol chart example pictogram

Connection map

Design only
Connection map chart example pictogram
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