Stacked Area Chart

Place multiple categories on top of each other for a sense of distribution and overall change. Watch out for large counts eclipsing the small ones.

Tutorials and Guides

How to Make a Custom Stacked Area Chart in R

You could use a package, but then you couldn't customize every single element, and where's the fun in that?

How to Visualize Proportions in R

There are many ways to show parts of a whole. Here are quick one-liners for the more common ones.

How to Make an Interactive Stacked Area Chart

Stacked area charts let you see categorical data over time. Interaction allows you to focus on specific categories without losing sight of the big picture.

How to Make Stacked Area Charts in R

From the basic area chart, to the stacked version, to the streamgraph, the geometry is similar. Once you know how to do one, you can do them all.

Examples

NameGrapher to explore past baby name trends

NameGrapher is an interactive chart that lets you explore historical trends for baby…

Reducing the risk of nuclear war

For Our World in Data, Max Roser discusses the risk and possible destruction…

Television Genres Over Time

Here's how the distribution of genres has changed since 1945 up to present.

How Men and Women Spend Their Days

Using an oldie but goodie visualization format to look at time use between different groups.

Black mortality gap

Anna Flagg, for NYT’s The Upshot, used dots arranged as a stacked area…

Weather Strip, an app that shows the forecast as a time series

Weather Strip is a new weather app by visualization researcher Robin Stewart. It…

Evolution of coronavirus strains

Reuters looked at how seven main strains of the virus evolved around the…

Timeline of the President’s taxes

The New York Times got a hold of the President’s tax records for…

Shifts in Job Distribution

In the 1950s, almost half of all employed people were either in farming or manufacturing. As you can imagine, work changed a bit over the years.

Cost of College

We know that more education usually equals more income, but as the cost of education continues to rise, the challenge to earn a college degree also increases.

Where athletes in professional sports come from

Sports are growing more international with respect to the athletes. Gregor Aisch, Kevin…

Percentage of People Who Married, Given Your Age

Or, given your age, the percentage of fish left in the sea. Here's a chart.

Given your income, most beneficial tax breaks

With the release of the Republican proposed tax plan, Reuben Fischer-Baum and Kevin…

Most Female and Male Occupations Since 1950

The shifting majorities of the sexes in the workplace.

Shifting national budget

The Washington Post looks at the shifting national budget over the past 40…

Visa restrictions and possible impact on innovation

The Washington Post talked to three experts on the American workforce and innovation…

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