Track change over time with animated line charts
Line charts are one of the clearest ways to show how values change over time. Whether you're tracking growth, spotting dips, or comparing trends across categories, line charts help your audience follow the story from beginning to end.
With Flourish, creating interactive, animated line charts is easy and code-free. Add filters, time sliders, split your data into a grid of charts, or even build multi-step stories to guide viewers through the data.
USE CASES
Turn time-based data into compelling stories
Line charts are perfect for showing movement, context, and change — and with Flourish, they go far beyond the basics
Show change over time
From financial performance to public opinion, help your audience see what’s rising, falling, or holding.
Compare multiple series
Plot several categories highlight differences, patterns, or shifts across regions, groups or products.
Forecast what’s ahead
Project future values using custom axes, dashed lines and annotations to make your predictions clear.
FEATURES
Everything you need to create online line charts
Powerful features that make data visualization easy and beautiful
No coding required
Build interactive line charts in minutes, without writing a single line of code.
Interactive elements
Add filters, popups, and legends so viewers can explore and understand your data.
Responsive design
Charts automatically adapt to any screen size for a smooth viewing experience.
Switch chart types
Move between area, line, column, pie or bump charts with a single click.
Small multiples
Create a grid of line charts to compare groups side by side and spot patterns at a glance.
Custom styling
Adjust colors, opacity, and axes to make your chart clear and on brand.
RESOURCES
Data visualization resources
Tips, guides, and resources to make your interactive line charts even more effective
Frequently asked questions
Line charts are ideal for showing how things change over time — whether it’s growth, decline, fluctuations, or projections. They’re great for spotting trends, comparing categories, or highlighting patterns in time-based data.
Use wide format for multi-series charts, with one column for time and others for each category. For small multiples or filters, long format works best. Choose a starting point and check the Data tab for a ready-to-follow structure. Read more on our help doc.
Flourish makes it easy to do more than just draw a line. You can animate change over time, compare multiple series, highlight key points with annotations, and even build multi-step stories — all without coding. Whether you're visualizing performance, forecasting trends, or showing what changed and why, Flourish gives you the tools to turn your timeline into a narrative.
Flourish offers a free plan that’s perfect for exploring interactive data storytelling. You’ll get access to the full range of visualization types available in Flourish (50+ templates), unlimited projects, full privacy for your unpublished work, plus helpful support resources.
If you’re an individual creating presentations and reports, our Presenter plan might be the right fit. It includes access to the Flourish app within Canva, along with image and SVG export options for your visualizations.
And if you’re ready to create fully branded visuals without attribution, collaborate across teams, connect your systems via API, and unlock advanced storytelling features like scrollytelling, our premium plans are designed for you. Reach out to our team to find the best option for your business.
Once you publish your Flourish visualization, you’ll get a responsive embed code you can paste anywhere HTML is supported – from WordPress and Medium to custom CMS platforms. Your chart will look great on any screen size, no extra setup needed.
Every project also comes with a unique URL, so you can easily share your work on social media or link to it directly.
