[RyanHamilton]

80% of the time people should display a table, 15% a time-series or line chart. The other 5% is probably wrong. Anyone that asks for pie charts, 3d charts,... isn't a real data user ;)

[richardw]

I once added a speedometer for production rate compared to avg over previous X weeks, as a widget demo. It ended up on every exec’s dashboard and on a big screen.

I’m not sure what they were trying to manage, but it was purdy and looked dashboardy.

[otabdeveloper4]

Pie charts and 3D charts are used by real data users to lie to customers. (Customers love that shit.)

[escapedmoose]

What would you recommend for demographics analysis if not a pie chart?

[greazy]

There are plenty of options. Treemap, waffle chart, a bar plot.

There's nothing special about demographic data.

[syndicatedjelly]

Unless you're displaying amount of a pie or pizza that's been consumed so far, don't use a pie chart