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by throw0101a 991 days ago
"There is no data that can be displayed in a pie chart, that cannot be displayed BETTER in some other type of chart." — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tukey

"Pie charts are completely useless." — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Bertin

"Pie charts subtract from the world's knowledge." — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Tufte , https://www.google.com/search?q=edward+tufte+pie+charts

> Pies and doughnuts fail because:

> Quantity is represented by slices; humans aren’t particularly good at estimating quantity from angles, which is the skill needed.

> Matching the labels and the slices can be hard work.

> Small percentages (which might be important) are tricky to show.

* https://scc.ms.unimelb.edu.au/resources/data-visualisation-a...