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This guide helps you choose the visualization type that best fits your data. This list isn't exhaustive: it just gives you visualization types you should consider.  

Do you have videos or images you want to share? 

  • Video
  • Image
  • Multimedia

Do you want to compare groups or categories?

  • Line Chart
  • Area Chart
  • Column Chart
  • Bar Chart
  • Motion Chart
  • Parallel
  • Stream
  • Tree Map

Do you want to display simple statistics or a single value?

  • Table
  • Gauge Chart  

Does your data show trends over time?

  • Annotated Timeline
  • Timeline
  • Candlestick Chart
  • Motion Chart
  • Scatter Plot
  • Stream

 Does your data have a continuous component? 

  • Scatter Plot
  • Line Chart
  • Motion Chart
  • Stream 

Is your data spatial? 

  • Geo Chart
  • Map 
  • Subway  

Is your data hierarchical? 

  • Bubble
  • Organization Chart
  • Tree Map 
  • Tree

Do you want to show links between individuals or things?

  • Chord
  • Network 
  • Subway  

Do you have text data? 

  • Word Cloud

 

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