Bar Graph Maker
Vertical or horizontal bars, value labels, and an axis that always starts at zero. Download a PNG or SVG, free, no sign-up.
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Paste from a spreadsheet or CSV
Two columns: label, then value. Copy cells straight from Excel or Google Sheets, or paste CSV. A header row is detected and skipped. You can also paste straight into any row of the table.
Style
How to make a bar graph
Enter a label and a value on each row, or paste two columns from a spreadsheet. Choose Vertical for a column chart or Horizontal when your labels are long, such as names or survey answers. The value axis always starts at zero, so bar lengths are honest; negative values extend below (or left of) the zero line.
Sort bars largest first to make a ranking obvious, or keep them in the order entered for things with a natural order, like months. Use one colour for all bars unless the colours mean something; a different colour on every bar makes readers look for a pattern that isn't there.
Bar graph vs pie chart
Use a bar graph when you want people to compare values with each other, when there are more than five or six categories, when some values are negative, or when survey answers add up to more than 100% because people could choose several. Use a pie chart only to show how one whole divides into a few parts.