Pie Chart vs Donut Chart
Developers should learn and use pie charts when they need to visualize categorical data where the parts sum to a meaningful whole, such as market share, budget allocation, or survey results, to quickly convey proportions to stakeholders or users meets developers should learn donut charts when building data visualization applications, dashboards, or reports that require clear representation of proportions, such as in business analytics, survey results, or budget allocations. Here's our take.
Pie Chart
Developers should learn and use pie charts when they need to visualize categorical data where the parts sum to a meaningful whole, such as market share, budget allocation, or survey results, to quickly convey proportions to stakeholders or users
Pie Chart
Nice PickDevelopers should learn and use pie charts when they need to visualize categorical data where the parts sum to a meaningful whole, such as market share, budget allocation, or survey results, to quickly convey proportions to stakeholders or users
Pros
- +They are particularly useful in dashboards, reports, and web applications for presenting simple distributions, but should be avoided for complex data with many categories or small differences, where bar charts or other visualizations might be more effective
- +Related to: data-visualization, chart-js
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Donut Chart
Developers should learn donut charts when building data visualization applications, dashboards, or reports that require clear representation of proportions, such as in business analytics, survey results, or budget allocations
Pros
- +They are particularly useful in web and mobile apps where space is limited, as the hollow center can reduce visual clutter compared to pie charts
- +Related to: data-visualization, d3-js
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use Pie Chart if: You want they are particularly useful in dashboards, reports, and web applications for presenting simple distributions, but should be avoided for complex data with many categories or small differences, where bar charts or other visualizations might be more effective and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Donut Chart if: You prioritize they are particularly useful in web and mobile apps where space is limited, as the hollow center can reduce visual clutter compared to pie charts over what Pie Chart offers.
Developers should learn and use pie charts when they need to visualize categorical data where the parts sum to a meaningful whole, such as market share, budget allocation, or survey results, to quickly convey proportions to stakeholders or users
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