Charts

Lollipop Chart

A simple, yet elegant alternative to the classic bar chart.

What is a lollipop chart?

A lollipop chart is a stylized version of the bar chart, replacing the rectangular bars with a line (the "stick") and circle (the "lollipop head"). The length of the stick and circle position represent the value of interest, similar to the length of a bar.

The lollipop design offers a cleaner, less visually cluttered appearance than the traditional bar chart. This is advantageous when comparing a large number of categories, such as datasets generated by high-throughput screening, "omics" related workflows, etc.

You can switch to displaying bars instead of lollipops by changing the style with the design interface
WARNING: Lollipop charts can only show a single point and are unable to visually convey error estimates or the underlying shape of the data. Thus, they are best suited for single-point metrics, datasets with low dispersion, or comparing a large number of categories.
Default vertical lollipop chart
A stylistic variation of the traditional bar chart
Lollipop chart displaying the mean value across different categories in Graphmatik's default style.
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Easily swap directions
Alternate between vertical or horizontal lollipop charts by switching types within the data workspace.
Horizontal lollipop chart comparing 10 groups, ordered from highest to lowest. Groups with positive values are purple (top six), while those with negative values are sky blue (bottom four).
Labeling
Switch to Graphmatik's "ghost" theme, to use data labels instead of axes. Labels reduce visual clutter without compromising clarity.
A labeled lollipop chart presenting GDP per capita in descending order. The United States is prominently highlighted as the third highest at $86,600.

Chart properties

PropDefaultDescription
central tendencymean
mean
The sum of a set of values divided by the number of values in the set.
median
The middle most value of a sorted set of numbers.
themedefault
default
Graphmatik's default chart theme which displays data relative to axes.
ghost
The "ghost" theme removes axes in favor of annotated labels.
stylelollipops
lollipops
Line and dot representation of the data.
bars
Traditional rectangular bar chart.
sortnone
none
The dataset is arranged in insertion order.
ascending
The dataset is arranged from smallest to largest value.
descending
The dataset is arranged from largest to smallest value.

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