Quantitative charts

You can use column charts to compare categories or to show how values change over time. For example, you can compare quarterly revenue from online and in-store sales.

To learn more, see Column and bar charts.

You can use bar charts to show differences in data across categories. For example, you can compare the number of units sold for each product in a catalog.

To learn more, see Column and bar charts.

Waterfall charts show how an initial value changes as you add or subtract a series of values. For example, you can use a waterfall chart to show how revenue, expenses, and other financial components contribute to net profit.

To learn more, see Waterfall charts.

Use a line chart to examine trends or continuous data over time. For example, you can track temperature data over the course of a year.

A line chart that's rotated 90° is called a profile chart.

To learn more, see Line and profile charts.

Use a pie chart or doughnut chart to show data as slices that represent proportions of a whole. For example, you can show the breakdown of household energy consumption.

To learn more, see Pie and doughnut charts.

Use a scatter chart to determine the extent to which one variable affects or relates to another. For example, you can show the relationship between temperature and ice cream sales.

To learn more, see Scatter charts.

Use a bubble chart to display the relationship among three variables. For example, you can show the relationship between revenue, profit, and market share across different products.

To learn more, see Bubble charts.

Use an area chart to track data series over time and show how series contribute to total values. For example, you can show website traffic by source over time.

To learn more, see Area charts.

A Mekko chart is a stacked column chart in which column width represents the relative size of a category. For example, you can use a Mekko chart to show the popularity of different extracurricular activities in different areas, as well as the sample size in each area.

To learn more, see Mekko charts.