The pie chart is easily the worst way to convey information ever developed in the history of data visualization. Sure, there are other more cumbersome ways to articulate data. But none have the ...

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 ...

Choosing the right type of chart helps you display discrete data more effectively. Discrete data consists of whole numbers that are counted rather than measured. For example, when you track items ...

Maybe instead of trying to build a better mousetrap, enterprise companies should think about ways to upgrade the pie chart ... how that data gets presented. Traditionally, presentation hasn ...

We've talked about certain mediums — like pie charts and infographics — that are fundamentally flawed, but it's always important to look at specific examples of charts gone wrong. As a ...

Pie charts also do badly when there are lots of categories. For example, this chart from a study on data sources used for COVID data visualisation shows hundreds of categories in one pie.

I was particularly taken with this example of how sometimes you want lots of pie charts: Exactly as Tufte would tell you, this is not a very good way to convey precise information about the black ...