{"id":73701,"date":"2023-07-13T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/venngage.com\/blog\/?p=73701"},"modified":"2025-09-17T02:23:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T06:23:13","slug":"bar-charts-vs-histograms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/venngage.com\/blog\/bar-charts-vs-histograms\/","title":{"rendered":"Bar Charts Vs Histograms: A Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Whether at school or work, I’m you’ve used bar charts or histograms to present complex data in an easy-to-understand format. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These charts are loved for their simplicity, clarity, and are widely used to share financial or sales analysis, market research, or ensure quality control. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And though they may look really <\/em>similar, bar graphs and histograms actually have different use cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So how can you determine when to use one over the other?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this post, I’ll go over what a bar chart and histogram are and then do a breakdown of bar charts vs histograms or histogram vs bar graph to help you understand the similarities and differences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before I move on, remember that making a bar chart is incredibly easy with Venngage’s Bar Graph Maker<\/a> or check out our bar chart templates<\/a> to make one in minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s get started!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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