Pie charts are used to show percentages of the whole, and Line charts excel with data trends. The remaining chart designs include Area, Stock, Surface, Combo, Pareto, Histogram, and Sunburst.

Now compare those pie charts to these bar graphs. They show the same information, but the bar graphs let us see much more precisely both the changes and how big the different categories are.

The Graph Makeover Contest makes it clear that there are multiple ways to plot a data set with no one way being best. This post shows alternatives to a pair of donut charts.

Arrow charts and slope charts are alternatives to multiple pie charts when the data consist of the values or the percentage breakdown of several categories for two time periods.

Pie charts are unique among the types of graphs Excel can make because they only work with limited sets of data. Unlike bar charts and line charts, two or more pie charts do not combine easily ...

The developers at Digital Dreams don't hold degrees in mathematics or business, nor are they big statistics nerds, but their first Vita game, Metrico, takes place entirely on a landscape of bar ...

A Chart is a graphical representation of data, such as a pie chart, bar graph, line graph, etc. Charts can make the information interesting, appealing, and easy to read for your audience. A ...

Excel displays percentages of a whole using pie charts, also known as wedge charts of circle graphs. Businesses tend to rely on such charts. The diagrams appear cluttered when graphing many items ...

How to create your own Netflix pie chart Look back over your viewing history on Netflix with this Chrome extension. Photo: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images.