Bar Charts
1. SIMPLE BARS
What I like? → Vertical lines separating years → Years at top → Highlighting 2023 with a different colour
What I like? → Totals on the right → Labelling of data just above the bar → 50% horizontal line that breaks things up → $1B highlights
What I like? → Good differentiation in colour to show positive and negative change → Showing the absolute value in addition to the % change
What I like? → Simplicity → Highlighting 2024 using colour
What I like? → Clear contrast in summer month colours → Showing averages across months → Showing 2 years which to add detail → No axis clutter
What I like? → Use of data label as a coloured bar → Gradient in colour
What I like? → The use of averages across quarters → Transparent layer
What I like? → The use of annotation and removing of the data to make a point
What I like? → Categorisation of cities into tiers → Matching colours of the bars and labels → Horizontal lines between tiers
What I like? → Showing of 3 different time series in the same chart → Different colours for each series
What I like? a) Long charts suited for mobile viewership b) Ranking numbers on the bars c) Subtle colour progression from dark to light in bars
What I like? → Different colours for different stages → Clear YoY % change at the bottom → Matching data label colours at the top
https://sherwood.news/world/five-major-themes-to-watch-in-2025/
2. STACKED BARS
What I like? → Showing the details as well + averages → Annotation guiding the reader through the takeaways → Colour contrast and clear labels
What I like? → Good labelling at the top → Density of information
What I like? → The slanting bars → Clear takeaway at the top
What I like? → Simplicity → Showing totals in addition to individual bar count → Vertical lines seperating the years
3. BAR CHART GRID
What I like? → The slanting bars → Clear takeaway at the top
What I like? a) Multiple charts in one graphic b) Clear highlighting of Revolut c) Sorting order mixes things up
What I like? → The use of colour gradient to match values (reducing cognitive load) → Horizontal lines to break up the visualization (make it more digestable) → Showing all the different series together with consistent x-axis length
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