Chart type · Comparison
Pictogram
How to read it
Each icon stands for a fixed number of units and the filled icons are the value. Read the key before the icons.
Best for
“63 out of 100 people…” — making a proportion concrete.
When not to use it
The value needs more than one part-icon to be accurate. Only the last icon is part-filled, so 2.7 of 10 reads fine and a 14-way split across a dozen icons does not.
The common mistake
Scaling one large icon instead of repeating a small one. Doubling an icon's height quadruples its area, and the value reads four times too big.
Example data
Not everyone online yet
Share of the world's population with internet access
63
63 out of every 100 people worldwide use the internet.
The sample dataset this format ships with, drawn the way the site draws every clip's numbers — hover, sort or step through it. Figures as given by its source line: Illustrative example data.
Examples
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