{"id":52366,"date":"2021-10-13T14:54:16","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T18:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/venngage.com\/blog\/?p=52366"},"modified":"2025-02-17T11:21:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T16:21:50","slug":"types-of-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venngage.com\/blog\/types-of-charts\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Types of Charts and How Businesses Use Them"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Charts can help businesses in a number of ways. They can help leaders, colleagues, clients, and customers better understand data, insights and ideas. They can make it easier for these people to remember what matters and take actions that help them achieve their goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are dozens and dozens of chart types, but which one should you use? The short answer is that it depends on the purpose, on what you want to communicate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because some types of charts are more familiar to most people than others are, it is wise to use one that others will be able to understand easily and quickly. In this article, I will draw from my experience as an information designer and share the most common types of charts and when to use each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you’ve learned how to choose the best types of graphs for your business communication needs, you can use Venngage’s Chart Maker<\/a> to create charts, graphs and start incorporating data visualization into your design\u2014no experience required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n