19 September 2013
Pies charts are fun to use, but it's almost impossible for grown-ups to find a good reason for using them at work. So your first, safe-for-work choice is a bar chart. The boring bar chart. I don’t like bar charts.
So, here are some reasons why I don't like bar charts:
- Have to be sorted.
- Very low data density (inefficient encoding).
- Very sensitive to scale breaks.
- Forces you to use color.
- Feels cluttered.
- Accepts very few data points.
- It's difficult to compare data points in a stacked bar.
- The second axis can be misleading.
Full article: Why I don't like bar charts