Chart Types

Creating clear and effective charts is a crucial skill for presenting data visually. Here's a list of chart types -

  1. Arc Diagram
  2. Area Graph
  3. Arrow Chart: Displays the range and direction of change between two values.
  4. Bar Chart: A standard chart for comparisons, rankings
  5. Box & Whisker Plot
  6. Brainstorm
  7. Bubble Chart: Compares a value against a target and ranges using a "bar-in-a-bar" design.
  8. Bubble Map
  9. Bullet Graph
  10. Calendar
  11. Candlestick Chart
  12. Chord Diagram
  13. Choropleth Map
  14. Circle Packing
  15. Column chart: The vertical version of a bar chart.
  16. Connection Map
  17. Density Plot
  18. Donut Chart: Similar to a pie chart, but with a central space for additional information.
  19. Dot Map
  20. Dot Matrix Chart
  21. Error Bars
  22. Flow Chart
  23. Flow Map
  24. Gantt Chart
  25. Gauge Chart
  26. Grouped Bar/Column Chart (Clustered Bar/Column Chart): Bars or columns from the same category are placed together in a group.
  27. Heatmap: Shows data variations using colour, hue, or intensity.
  28. Histogram
  29. Icon Chart: Compares variables using different icon types and data-driven colouring.
  30. Icon array: A chart similar to a waffle chart but uses icons instead of squares.
  31. Illustration Diagram
  32. Kagi Chart
  33. Line Graph
  34. Marimekko Chart
  35. Multi-set Bar Chart
  36. Network Diagram
  37. Nightingale Rose Chart: A combination of a stacked bar chart and a pie chart.
  38. Non-ribbon Chord Diagram
  39. Open-high-low-close Chart
  40. Parallel Coordinates Plot
  41. Parallel Sets
  42. Pictogram Chart
  43. Pie Chart: A circular representation of part-to-whole relationships.
  44. Point & Figure Chart
  45. Population Pyramid
  46. Proportional Area Chart
  47. Radar Chart
  48. Radial Bar Chart
  49. Radial Column Chart
  50. Range Plot: Shows the range between two values for various categories.
  51. Sankey Diagram
  52. Scatterplot
  53. Semicircle donut chart: A stylish alternative to a gauge.
  54. Span Chart
  55. Spiral Plot
  56. Stacked Area Graph
  57. Stacked Bar Graph: Bars are stacked on top of each other to represent a total value.
  58. Stacked column chart: Shows part-to-whole relationships within columns.
  59. Stem & Leaf Plot
  60. Stream Graph
  61. Sunburst Diagram
  62. Tally Chart
  63. Timeline
  64. Timetable
  65. Tree Diagram
  66. Treemap: Visualises hierarchical structures compactly.
  67. Venn Diagram
  68. Violin Plot
  69. Waffle Chart: A grid of squares representing percentages.
  70. Word Cloud
Check these learning resources to understand when, where & how to use these charts.

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