[shriracha]

Author of the article here! Yes you're completely right. I think they also have other underrated properties, like they fit neatly in a square which can be helpful for laying out a dashboard. And for some reason, in my experience, people just like them.

But when done poorly, they can be a mess. Like any other chart.

[datadrivenangel]

People also like misusing them: My favorite pie chart to hate on is a pair/sequence of pie charts showing proportions over time: Pie chart for 2020, 2021, 2022,2023, etc... 100% scaled stacked barchart is an option in every tool I've ever seen that can make a pie chart...