They are popular because they are popular, which is a circular argument that suits a pie chart. But there are some serious downsides to using the humble pie.

However, Professor Adrian Barnett, a statistician at the Queensland University of Technology, and researcher Victor Ogwoma argue that ``pie charts should not be used to display data'' and explain why.

The Graph Makeover Contest makes it clear that there are multiple ways to plot a data set with no one way being best. This post shows alternatives to a pair of donut charts.

Arrow charts and slope charts are alternatives to multiple pie charts when the data consist of the values or the percentage breakdown of several categories for two time periods.

Pie charts and bar graphs may look like something out of 3rd grade math, but for business users, going from raw data to a chart that’s both useful and good looking is more complicated.

Wondering how to make a graph in Google Sheets? Open your spreadsheet and get your data ready. It’s time for a crash course on chart creation in Google Sheets.