Gallery • ddplot

Every chart in ddplot, grouped by what it is for and ordered by how often you are likely to need it. Click a card to see the chart’s guide with live examples, or open its reference page for the full list of arguments.

Time seriesinteractiveshiny

Line chart

You track one or many series over time and want to zoom, compare and annotate.

line_chart()

Time series

Area chart

A single series where the volume under the line matters.

area_chart()

Time seriesinteractive

Stacked area chart

You show a total and how each component contributes over time.

stacked_area_chart()

Time series

Area band

You show a range over time, such as a min/max or an interval.

area_band()

Time seriesinteractive

Streamgraph

Many categories change over time and the overall shape matters more than exact values.

streamgraph()

Time seriesinteractive

Calendar heatmap

You look for daily, weekly or seasonal patterns in a daily series.

calendar_heatmap()

Time seriesanimated

Animated line chart

You present a single series and want it to draw itself on click.

anim_line_chart()

Comparisons

Bar chart

You compare a value across a handful of categories.

bar_chart()

Comparisons

Horizontal bar chart

You have many categories or long labels.

horz_bar_chart()

Comparisons

Lollipop chart

You want a lighter alternative to a bar chart.

lollipop_chart()

Comparisons

Horizontal lollipop

A lollipop chart with many categories or long labels.

horz_lollipop()

Comparisonsinteractive

Dumbbell chart

You show the gap between two values for each category.

dumbbell_chart()

Comparisonsinteractive

Slope chart

You compare two points in time and want to show who rose and who fell.

slope_chart()

Comparisonsinteractive

Bump chart

You follow how rankings change over several periods.

bump_chart()

Comparisonsinteractive

Waterfall chart

You explain how a starting value becomes a final value.

waterfall_chart()

Comparisonsinteractive

Radar chart

You compare a few items across several variables.

radar_chart()

Comparisonsinteractive

Radial bar chart

You show progress of a few items towards a goal.

radial_bar_chart()

Comparisonsanimated

Bar chart race

You animate a ranking through time for a presentation.

bar_chart_race()

Distributions

Histogram

You look at the distribution of a single numeric variable.

histogram()

Distributionsinteractive

Violin plot

You compare distributions across groups, with quartiles.

violin_plot()

Distributionsinteractive

Beeswarm plot

You want to show every observation, not only a summary.

beeswarm_plot()

Distributionsinteractive

Ridgeline plot

You compare the distributions of many groups.

ridgeline_plot()

Distributionsanimated

Animated histogram

You present a distribution and want the bars to grow on click.

animated_histogram()

Relationships

Scatter plot

You look at the relationship between two numeric variables.

scatter_plot()

Relationshipsinteractive

Hexbin plot

A scatter plot has too many points to read.

hexbin_plot()

Relationshipsinteractive

Chord diagram

You show flows between categories, such as migration or trade.

chord_diagram()

Part-to-whole

Pie and donut chart

You split a whole into a few parts.

pie_chart()

Part-to-wholeinteractive

Treemap

You split a whole into many parts, optionally nested.

treemap_chart()

Part-to-wholeinteractive

Waffle chart

You show shares as a grid of 100 squares.

waffle_chart()

Part-to-wholeinteractive

Sunburst chart

You explore a hierarchy with several levels.

sunburst_chart()

Part-to-wholeinteractive

Mosaic chart

You show how two categorical variables combine.

mosaic_chart()

Part-to-wholeinteractive

Rose chart

You show a cyclical breakdown, such as months, Nightingale-style.

rose_chart()

Part-to-whole

Parliament chart

You show seats won by each party.

parliament_chart()

KPIs

Gauge

You show one value against warning and danger thresholds.

gauge_chart()

KPIs

Bullet chart

You show one value against a target and qualitative ranges.

bullet_chart()

KPIsanimated

Liquid fill

You show a single percentage in an eye-catching way.

liquid_chart()

KPIsanimated

Pulse grid

You want the hottest cells of a matrix to stand out.

pulse_grid()

Playful

Heart fill

You show a level from 0 to 1 as a filling heart.

heart_fill()

Playful

Glass fill

You show a level from 0 to 1 as a filling glass.

glass_fill()

Playful

Plant growth

You show progress as a growing plant.

plant_growth()

Playfulanimated

Flame

You show an intensity, such as an error count, as a flame.

flame()

Playfulanimated

Flower

You want a decorative, optionally rotating, flower.

flower()