Market Share — Pie Chart Example

A pie chart is only honest when the parts genuinely add up to one whole. Market share is the textbook case: every point of share belongs to someone.

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Pie chart of Share (%) by Vendor — 5 data points.
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Reading the chart

What this example shows

  • Five slices is close to the practical limit. Past six, labels collide and a bar chart or treemap reads better.
  • The two leaders hold nearly two thirds of the market, which the eye picks up faster from a pie than from a table.
  • Rolling the long tail into "Everyone else" keeps the chart readable and still sums to exactly 100%.

The data

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Vendor,Share (%)
Vendor A,38
Vendor B,26
Vendor C,17
Vendor D,11
Everyone else,8

Illustrative shares summing to 100%. Replace with your own before publishing.