Each Saturday, Opinion columnist Philip Bump makes and breaks down charts explaining the latest in economics, pop culture, politics and more. “Imagine a pie chart ... that to a bar chart.” ...

Pie charts show percentages as a circle ... ideally with an equal number of points on either side of the line. Pictograms are like bar charts, but they use small pictures or icons to show data ...

Creating a chart in Excel is easy, but making it visually appealing takes some effort. With the right tips, anyone can design ...

Stacked bar charts work best when they’re used to show ... as part of a whole (which can more effectively be displayed as a pie chart). It adds another important factor: Time.

Pie charts show percentages as a circle divided ... ideally with an equal number of points on either side of the line. Pictograms are like bar charts, but they use small pictures or icons to ...