Show parts of a whole with interactive pie charts
Pie and donut charts are perfect for showing how responses, categories, or resources break down — whether you’re visualizing survey results, budget allocation, energy use, or market share.
With Flourish, you can go beyond the basics. Create animated, interactive charts, display multiple pies in a grid, or even size your pies to reflect total values — all with no code required.
Create your own pie chart
USE CASES
When to use pie and donut charts
Pie charts work best when you’re showing part-to-whole relationships with a clear, limited number of categories
Show proportions clearly
Highlight how a few values contribute to a whole – like a budget, population, or result breakdown.
Make quick comparisons
Pie charts are best for single, focused insights — or compare multiple distributions using a grid of charts.
FEATURES
Everything you need to create online pie charts
Powerful features that make data visualization easy and beautiful
No coding required
Build interactive pie and donut graphs without writing a single line of code.
Scale pies based on data
Size each pie to reflect total values, to compare both proportions and magnitude.
Grid of charts
Use small multiples to compare distributions across various categories.
Multi-step narratives
Guide your audience through the data with Flourish stories or scrollytelling.
Interactive elements
Add filters, popups, and time sliders so users can explore your data in context.
Custom styling
Adjust colors, labels, fonts and layout to make your visualizations on brand.
Pie charts
Show how values contribute to a whole – ideal for simple part-to-whole comparisons.
Grid of charts
Compare proportions across categories or regions using multiple pies side by side.
RESOURCES
Data visualization resources
Tips, guides, and resources to make your interactive pie and donut charts even more effective
Stories and scrollytelling
Build multi-step explainers with multiple charts and captions
Learn more →Frequently asked questions
Pie charts work best when you need to show how a small set of values add up to a whole — like survey results, budget breakdowns, or category shares. They’re great for simple insights with limited categories.
They work the same way: both show part-to-whole relationships. A pie chart fills the full circle, while a donut chart has a blank center – often used for cleaner design or to add central labels (with annotations).
For best readability, stick to five to seven slices. Any more than that and the chart becomes hard to interpret — in those cases, a bar chart may be more effective. Luckily, the Flourish Line, Bar, Pie template lets you switch between chart types with a single click.
Flourish makes it easy to do more than just a static pie. You can animate change over time, compare multiple series, highlight key points with annotations, and even build multi-step stories — all without coding.
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 (including pie and donut charts), 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.
