seems like the bar chart examples (as a solution to the bad pie charts) isn't representative. if you're talking about a pie chart that is fractal of smaller an

seems like the bar chart examples (as a solution to the bad pie charts) isn't representative. if you're talking about a pie chart that is fractal of smaller and smaller wedges, it seems like you aren't going to achieve much by going to bars. you probably just wanna do a grouping of all the smaller ones; other. my take away is, don't have too many, 5 is the aesthetic max, where 2 or 3 is ideal. personally, stacked bars are only useful if you're showing a trend. otherwise, its a question of density, not format IMHO.