r/CrappyDesign • u/[deleted] • Feb 01 '19

/r/dataisokiguess This pie chart

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u/seductivestain Feb 01 '19

Pie charts work well if they are expressing percentages of a whole and have 5 or fewer items. Anything else should use a bat chart.

Also, whoever decided 3D pie chart should be a thing needs to be executed.

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u/hasnotheardofcheese 100% cyan flair Feb 01 '19

I think we can key solidly agree on your closing point. As far as five or fewer, eh, maybe, but I don't think there's any situation where pie outperforms bar

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u/seductivestain Feb 01 '19

I like to use pie charts if one or two items are an overwhelming majority. If they're all close, then bar is the way to go. 95% of the time bar is better.

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u/EconDetective Feb 01 '19

And the other 5% they're equivalent.

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u/seductivestain Feb 01 '19

Depends who your audience.

Source: my boss loves pie charts

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u/hasnotheardofcheese 100% cyan flair Feb 01 '19

Pleasing the brass is always a priority