Briefle words · Data & charts
Stacked area chart
A chart that draws each series as a band stacked on the previous one, so the top edge shows the total and the band widths show the parts.
Say it to an AI
Show how total monthly streaming minutes and their composition by device changed over the last twelve months. Use a stacked area chart with TV at the bottom and each band labeled at its right edge with the device and its September value; separate lines would lose the total.
How an expert would brief the stronger version of “Streaming by device”.
See it
Try it as a puzzle →Audience report in the content dashboard of a video-streaming service.
Why: B piles TV, Mobile, Web and Tablet into colored bands whose top edge rises to 389 in September.
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