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Stacking order
The bottom-to-top sequence of series in a stacked chart; the series readers care most about belongs on the baseline where it is easiest to read.
Say it to an AI
Stacked bars of quarterly revenue by stream with totals above each bar and a vertical legend to the right. Set the legend order to match the stacking order read top to bottom (Merch, Sponsorships, Ads, Subscriptions), not alphabetical, so each entry lines up with its segment.
How an expert would brief the stronger version of “Revenue streams stack”.
See it
Try it as a puzzle →Quarterly revenue-mix chart in the finance section of a media company's internal dashboard.
Why: Subscriptions, the largest stream, sits on the baseline in both charts, with Ads, Sponsorships and Merch stacked above it.
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