Pie Charts Criticism

Cluster focuses on critiques of pie charts in data visualizations for being hard to read and compare, with strong recommendations to use bar charts instead.

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sogrady Jul 21, 2016 View on HN

Understood. We're always looking for better ways to visualize this data, so we'll bear these comments in mind.

riddley Jan 8, 2024 View on HN

Wouldn't bar charts show that too but without the issues mentioned in the article?

grandmczeb Oct 11, 2018 View on HN

It’s not clear to me what the chart supposed to be showing.

drcube Feb 10, 2012 View on HN

This would be a lot better without pie charts.

seccess Nov 22, 2014 View on HN

My PhD adviser's rule of thumb with pie charts: don't use pie charts.

teej Jul 15, 2010 View on HN

Perhaps I'm missing something, I don't why this chart is supposed to be useful.

erikj Feb 16, 2018 View on HN

I think some charts would communicate the point better than pure text in this case.

p10_user Sep 28, 2019 View on HN

An unusual chart to convey simple information, and requires explanation, is a poor way to visualize your data. Only make a unique visualization if necessary to convey unique data. So, as you said, here just stick with the bar chart!

galactus Aug 7, 2009 View on HN

Pie charts considered harmful:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_chart#Discussion_on_use

thenextcorner Nov 17, 2011 View on HN

That's an awesome chart to visualize