Briefle words · Data & charts
Pie chart
A circle divided into slices whose angles show each category's share of the total; it works only with a few, clearly different shares.
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: A's circle has eleven wedges, several thinner than the legend swatches; B's has three.
More ways experts use it
Chart of exit-survey reasons for Q3, seven answers summing to 100%. Use a horizontal bar chart with sorted bars, largest first, full reason text on the left and the percentage at the end of each bar; a pie chart can't carry seven long labels or separate 9% from 7%.
Churn reasons chart · Data & charts
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