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Benefits & pitfalls

Benefits & pitfalls: bubble chart

Using area or volume to represent data can distort data values, and exaggerate differences between values. For example, if the radius of the circle is used to represent data values, the area of the circle will quadruple if the data values double. There is also an issue of 'perceptual scaling' - the tendency of people to underestimate areas.

How to create your own

Create your own: bubble chart

Bubble charts can be created in a range of standard data applications such as Excel.

Bubble chart of UK public spending by government department

Total UK government public spending, by department. The area of the circles represents the total spend, and the colours are used to distinguish the different departments

Average rating: 8.9 (35 votes)

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Bubble map

Location of high-tech companies and size of workforce.

Average rating: 7 (4 votes)

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Adjacent bubble charts comparing popular topics

An interactive exploration of how current topics across American politicians on Twitter compares to those across American news outlets on Twitter.

Average rating: 6 (4 votes)

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Comparative bubble chart

Bubble map comparing landmass and population to measure population density. The outer bubble depicts area(sq km) and the inner bubble depicts population. The larger the inner bubble relative to the outer bubble, the higher the level of population density.

Average rating: 4 (1 votes)

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Stacked bubbles

These bubbles visualise the expectations of people to see a woman as President of the United States.

Average rating: 3 (1 votes)

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