Briefle words · Data & charts
Part-to-whole
A comparison of how much each part contributes to a total, where the parts add up to 100%.
Say it to an AI
Part-to-whole view of September visits by traffic source, answering 'how much comes from search'. A pie chart with just three slices, Search, Social and an Other category grouping the nine small sources in grey, with the shares in the legend and a one-line note on what Other contains.
How an expert would brief the stronger version of “Traffic sources pie”.
See it
Try it as a puzzle →Audience overview in the analytics dashboard of an online news magazine.
Why: Both charts split September's visits so the percentages sum to 100; B keeps that story to three parts.
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