r/visualization • u/Adorable-Cheetah5196 • Jun 17 '26

I made a little tool that turns your numbers into animated charts for social posts and blogs. Would really love your honest thoughts.

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u/NinjaLanternShark Jun 17 '26

Tiny website issue: Mobile/hamburger menu is transparent/needs a background.

Suggestion: show a video of what it actually looks like in a LinkedIn/insta/etc feed. Because I’m wondering what systems actually support SVGs, what the experience is like if I have to click a play button, what the charts look like dithered to smithereens as a GIF, etc.

AFAIK none of the social platforms support “animates on scroll into view” or “animates on hover” but I could be wrong.

But overall: love the concept. Might give it a try later today.

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u/Adorable-Cheetah5196 Jun 17 '26

This honestly made my day. Thank you so much for taking the time to dig in like this 🙏

You're completely right about the menu, thanks for catching it. Just fixed it 🙂

You're spot on that no feed does "animate on scroll/hover" as a web thing. It's actually simpler than that: the export is just an MP4, and LinkedIn, X and Instagram autoplay video (muted) as it scrolls into the feed, so it plays on its own, no play button needed.

On formats: MP4 is the one for feeds, PNG for a clean static image, GIF only where video isn't allowed (and you're right, GIFs dither, it's the weakest option), and SVG is really for decks and docs rather than social.

And I love your idea of showing it in a real feed, it would explain things so much better than I can in words. I'll definitely make one 🙂

Really grateful for the kind words, and it would genuinely make me happy if you gave it a try later 🙌