### For historical market or stock comparisons:

Line charts (and line chart races) are my go-to.

### For scale comparisons:

Market cap, cash reserves, valuations or bubble charts with logos work really well.

### Bar and column charts:

Handle categories like inflation items or tariffs.

### Interactive maps:

Great for geographic datasets like minimum wage laws or GDP.

### Total Return Over Years

|    Year    | Total Return | Our Company | Benchmark |
|------------|--------------|-------------|-----------|
|  2016      | 0%           | $1T         | $4T       |
|  2017      | 200%         |             |           |
|  2018      | 400%         |             |           |
|  2019      | 600%         |             |           |
|  2020      | 800%         |             |           |
|  2021      | 1000%        |             |           |
|  2022      | 1200%        |             |           |
|  2023      | 1400%        |             |           |
|  2024      | 1600%        |             |           |
|  2025      | 1800%        |             |           |

### Cards visualization with links:

1. [Flourish for Newsrooms: bring any data to life with interactive visualizations](/content/solutions/newsrooms/index.html)
2. [Transform data into stories: Scrollytelling & Multi-step sliders](/content/product/data-storytelling/index.html)
3. [A quick guide to creating charts and graphs for social media](/content/blog/social-media-charts-and-graphs/index.html)
4. [How to grab attention with data – my checklist for interactive storytelling](/content/blog/how-interactive-data-visualization-holds-attention/index.html)

| Category                       | Change  |
|--------------------------------|---------|
| IT hardware                    | 224%    |
| Toys                           | 33%     |
| Apparel                        | 79%     |
| New vehicles                   | -72%    |
| All items                      | 1,056%  |
| School fees                    | -93%    |
| Hospital & related services     | 797%    |