Horizontal Bar
Compare items side by side with bars extending left to right. Perfect when category names are long.
🏷️ 1 label 🔢 1+
values 📊 1+ rows
Product sales comparisonSurvey resultsTop 10 rankings
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Chart Types Guide
Not sure which chart to use? This guide helps you match your data to the right visualization — from classic bar charts to line charts, pies, and relationship charts like scatter plots. Each chart type page includes clear "when to use / when to avoid" guidance, data requirements, and quick comparisons to similar charts. You can then create the chart in PrettyChart from CSV/Excel, by drawing it, or by extracting data from an existing chart image — and export a high-quality PNG when you're done.
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Comparison Charts
Compare values across categories
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Vertical Bar
Classic column chart with upright bars. Ideal for time-based data along the bottom.
🏷️ 1 label 🔢 1+
values 📊 1+ rows
Monthly sales figuresYearly comparisonsQuarterly results
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Grouped Horizontal Bar
Multiple bars side by side for each category. Great for comparing groups across categories.
🏷️ 1 label 🔢 2+
values 📊 1+ rows
Regional comparisonsBefore and after studiesCompetitor analysis
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Grouped Vertical Bar
Multiple columns side by side. Perfect for comparing performance across multiple measures.
🏷️ 1 label 🔢 2+
values 📊 1+ rows
Store performance comparisonTeam statisticsProduct variants
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Stacked Horizontal Bar
Bars divided into colored segments showing parts of a total. Great for composition analysis.
🏷️ 1 label 🔢 2+
values 📊 1+ rows
Budget breakdown by categoryMarket share analysisTime allocation
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Stacked Vertical Bar
Columns divided into segments showing totals and their components over time.
🏷️ 1 label 🔢 2+
values 📊 1+ rows
Revenue by product lineExpense categories over timeTraffic sources monthly
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Lollipop Horizontal
Modern, minimal alternative to bar charts. Thin horizontal stems with circles reduce visual clutter.
🏷️ 1 label 🔢 1+
values 📊 1+ rows
Performance rankingsScore comparisonsSurvey ratings
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Lollipop Vertical
Vertical lollipop chart with upright stems. Perfect for time-based data or short category names.
🏷️ 1 label 🔢 1+
values 📊 1+ rows
Time-based comparisonsMonthly/yearly rankingsScore progression
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Trends Charts
Show changes over time
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Line
The go-to choice for showing change over time. Points connected by lines reveal trends.
🏷️ 1 label 🔢 1+
values 📊 1+ rows
Stock price historyTemperature over timeWebsite traffic trends
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Multi-Line
Compare multiple trends simultaneously. Each line represents a different series.
🏷️ 1 label 🔢 2+
values 📊 2+ rows
Comparing product performanceRegional trends side-by-sideMultiple KPI tracking
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Area
Like a line chart with filled space below. Emphasizes magnitude and volume over time.
🏷️ 1 label 🔢 1+
values 📊 1+ rows
Revenue accumulationUser growth over timeInventory levels
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Stacked Area
Layered areas showing total and composition trends. See how parts evolve over time.
🏷️ 1 label 🔢 2+
values 📊 2+ rows
Market share evolutionRevenue mix over timeTraffic source trends
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Composition Charts
Show parts of a whole
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Pie
Classic way to show parts of a whole. Each slice is a percentage of the total.
🏷️ 1 label 🔢 1+
values 📊 1+ rows
Market share breakdownBudget allocationSurvey response distribution
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Donut
Modern pie chart with a hollow center. A clean, dashboard-friendly way to show parts of a whole.
🏷️ 1 label 🔢 1+
values 📊 1+ rows
Progress indicatorsDashboard summariesCategory breakdowns
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Waffle
Grid of 100 squares showing proportions. Each square represents 1% of the total.
🏷️ 1 label 🔢 1+
values 📊 1+ rows
Parts-of-a-whole breakdownsProgress toward goalsPercentage-style summaries
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Relationship Charts
Explore correlations
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Scatter Plot
Explore relationships between two variables. Each point shows an X-Y pair.
🏷️ 1 label 🔢 2+
values 📊 2+ rows
Price vs. demand analysisHeight vs. weight correlationAdvertising spend vs. sales
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Bubble
Scatter plot with a third dimension: bubble size. Visualize 3 variables at once.
🏷️ 1 label 🔢 3+
values 📊 2+ rows
Market opportunity analysisRisk-reward-size comparisonCountry statistics
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Heatmap
Grid of colored cells where intensity = value. Spot patterns in large datasets.
🏷️ 1 label 🔢 2+
values 📊 2+ rows
Activity patterns by timePerformance by region/productCorrelation matrices
All chart types
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