Chord Diagram Maker

A chord diagram arranges entities around a circle and connects them with ribbons whose width shows the volume flowing in each direction.

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Your data8 rows · 3 cols
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North — 550NorthSouth — 540SouthEast — 400EastWest — 150WestNorth → South — 320East → North — 190West → North — 150South → East — 260
Chord diagram of To, Trips by From — 8 data points.
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Features

What the chord diagram maker gives you

  • Paste CSV, Excel cells, TSV, JSON or a Markdown table
  • Live preview — every edit renders instantly, no Generate button
  • Export 2x PNG, vector SVG, PDF or copy the image
  • Transparent background and five business colour palettes
  • No signup, no watermark, nothing uploaded to a server

Use cases

When to use a chord diagram

  • Migration or commuting between regions
  • Trade volume between countries
  • Transfers between teams or accounts

FAQ

Chord Diagram Maker questions

How is a chord diagram different from a Sankey?
A Sankey flows left to right and cannot contain cycles. A chord diagram is circular and handles two-way relationships, so A to B and B to A both appear.
What does the arc size around the edge mean?
Each arc is sized by that entity total across all its connections, so the busiest entities occupy the most of the circle.
How many entities can I show?
Up to roughly a dozen. Past that the ribbons overlap heavily and a heatmap of the same matrix is easier to read.

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