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Pie Chart Maker

Split a total into its parts and let one share do the talking. Upload your spreadsheet, pick your categories, and publish an interactive pie chart you can embed anywhere — free.

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Un Pie Chart interactivo, hecho con PlotSet

No es una captura: es un gráfico interactivo real, incrustado igual que lo estaría el tuyo.

Ejemplo: Desktop browser market share

¿Qué es un Pie Chart?

A pie chart divides a circle into slices whose angles are proportional to each category's share of a single total. It is the most recognised chart in the world and the most criticised, and both facts come from the same place: people read angles quickly but not precisely. That makes a pie excellent at landing one big proportion and poor at supporting a careful comparison of six similar ones.

Cuándo usar un Pie Chart

  • One slice is the story

    "Two thirds of our traffic comes from one channel" reads instantly as a circle. If a single dominant share is the message, a pie communicates it faster than any bar chart.

  • You have a handful of categories

    Two to five slices is the workable range. The reader compares a small number of clearly different shares, which angles handle perfectly well.

  • The parts genuinely make a whole

    Budget by department, revenue by product, votes by party. The categories must be mutually exclusive and add up to 100% of something real.

  • Your audience expects one

    In a board pack or a press release, a pie is the familiar shape for a share breakdown. Familiarity is a real advantage when the point is simple.

Cuándo no usar un Pie Chart

  • The shares are close together

    Nobody can reliably tell a 24% slice from a 27% one by angle. If the ranking of similar values matters, use a bar chart where the lengths sit on a shared baseline.

  • You have more than about six categories

    Thin slices cannot be labelled or compared. Group the small ones into an explicit "Other" and name it, or switch to a sorted bar chart.

  • You are comparing two or more totals

    A row of pies asks the reader to compare angles across separate circles, which nobody does accurately. Use a stacked or grouped bar chart instead.

  • The values are not parts of one whole

    Rates, averages, indices and overlapping categories do not sum to anything. A pie built from them invents a total that does not exist.

Cómo crear un Pie Chart

De una hoja de cálculo a un gráfico publicado, paso a paso.

01

Start from the pie chart template

Open the PlotSet pie chart template. It loads with sample data bound so you can see the two-column shape it expects before uploading your own.

02

Prepare a label column and a value column

One row per category: the name in the first column, the number in the second. Roll the long tail into a single "Other" row before you upload rather than after.

03

Upload or connect your data

Import a CSV or Excel file, paste from a spreadsheet, or connect a Google Sheet so the chart can be refreshed when the numbers change.

04

Sort the slices and show the percentages

Order slices largest to smallest so the eye has a path to follow, and put the percentage on each slice. Labels do the precision work that angles cannot.

05

Publish, embed or export

Publish for a live interactive embed with hover tooltips, or export a PNG, SVG or PDF for a deck or report.

Empieza con la plantilla de Pie Chart, que ya trae datos de ejemplo, y sustitúyelos por los tuyos.

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Las partes de un Pie Chart

Circle
The whole. Its full 360 degrees represent 100% of the total being broken down, which is why the categories must actually sum to that total.
Slice (sector)
One category. Its angle is proportional to that category's share, and angle is the only thing encoding the value.
Data labels
Percentages or values on or beside each slice. Treat them as mandatory rather than decorative: they carry the precision the angles cannot.
Start angle and order
Convention is to begin at twelve o'clock with the largest slice and continue clockwise by size, so the reader always knows where to start.
Legend
The colour key. With five or fewer slices, labelling them directly beats a legend because it removes the back-and-forth lookup.
"Other" slice
A deliberate bucket for the long tail. An explicit, named group is more honest than eight slivers nobody can read.

Errores comunes con un Pie Chart

Too many slices

Once a slice falls below a few percent it cannot be labelled or compared. Group them, and say what the group contains.

Slices that do not total 100%

A circle claims completeness. If your categories overlap or leave a gap, the chart misrepresents the shape of the data.

3D and exploded pies

Tilting a pie distorts the angles it depends on, making front slices look bigger than they are. It adds nothing and costs accuracy.

Using a pie to show change

Two pies side by side are a poor way to show a shift over time. A stacked bar or a line chart shows the movement directly.

Pie Chart: preguntas frecuentes

Showing how a single total divides into parts. Each slice's angle is proportional to that category's share, which makes it good for landing one dominant proportion.

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