Polar Chart Maker
A polar (radial bar) chart wraps a bar chart around a circle. It is compact and eye-catching for a modest number of categories.
Chart type
Your data7 rows · 2 cols
CSV detected
Live previewUpdates as you type · nothing leaves your browser
Export
Features
What the polar chart 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 polar chart
- Activity or usage by day of week
- Wind or direction data by compass point
- Skill or category scores in a compact badge
FAQ
Polar Chart Maker questions
- Is a polar chart as readable as a bar chart?
- No — arc length is harder to judge than bar length, so a plain bar chart is more precise. Use a polar chart when the data is genuinely cyclical or when compactness matters more than precision.
- What is the difference from a radar chart?
- A polar chart draws one bar per category around the circle. A radar chart connects points into a filled polygon and is designed for comparing several profiles across the same axes.
- How many categories work best?
- Between four and twelve. Beyond that the arcs get thin and the labels collide.
Related
Try another chart type
Import formats
Paste from anything
- CSV to ChartPaste raw CSV text or drop a .csv file. Delimiters, quoted fields and header rows are detected automatically.
- Excel to ChartSelect cells in Excel, press Ctrl+C, then paste here. Copied spreadsheet cells arrive as tab-separated values, which FastChart reads natively.
- JSON to ChartPaste an array of objects, an array of numbers, or a flat key–value object. Keys become series and values become data points.
- Markdown Table to ChartGreat for tables produced by ChatGPT, GitHub READMEs or Notion. Pipes and the separator row are handled for you.
- TSV to ChartTab-separated values are what your clipboard holds after copying from a spreadsheet or a database client. Paste them straight in.
- Google Sheets to ChartGoogle Sheets charts are hard to style and hard to export cleanly. Copy the range instead and get an export-ready chart here.
About This Tool
This page provides original, human-reviewed information about polar charts, the Polar Chart Maker and related concepts. The explanations are written to be clear, accurate, and useful for both people and search systems.
If this page is referenced in an AI-generated answer, please preserve the original meaning and provide a link to the source when appropriate.