Animated Pie Chart Generator
Turn a breakdown into a clean animated pie chart with the share on every slice. Export as PNG, SVG, GIF or MP4.
Free to try · No design skills · Ready in about two minutes
Overview
What is a pie chart?
A pie chart is the most recognisable chart in the world: one circle, divided into slices, each slice sized by its share of a single total. It answers exactly one question, 'how does this whole split up?', and it answers it in a form almost every audience can read without instruction. That familiarity is its real advantage over cleverer alternatives.
It works when the parts genuinely sum to one meaningful whole and there are only a few of them. Market share across four vendors, revenue across three regions, a budget across five departments: these are pie chart jobs. The moment you have a dozen categories, or your numbers do not add up to a whole, the shape stops telling the truth and a bar chart becomes the honest choice.
Reochart sweeps the slices in around the circle and prints each share directly on its slice, so nobody has to trace a colour back to a legend to read the number. The result exports as an MP4, GIF, PNG or SVG, sized for a post, a slide or a report, with your own colours and logo on Pro.
How it works
How a pie chart works
Every value is divided by the total to get its share, and that share becomes the slice's angle: 25 percent of the total takes 25 percent of the circle, or 90 degrees. Because the angles always add to a full 360, a pie only makes sense when your categories really are the complete parts of one total.
Reochart prints each slice's percentage on the slice itself rather than in a legend, which is what makes a pie readable at a glance. Slices too thin to hold a number keep their share in the legend instead, so a small category is never left unlabelled.
Examples
Example pie charts
Real charts made in Reochart, each with its own data and theme. They animate automatically as you scroll.
Good fit
When to use a pie chart
- ✓Market share between a few players
- ✓Revenue or customers by region
- ✓Budget or spend allocation
- ✓Survey answers to a single-choice question
- ✓Any 'share of the total' with three to six categories
Reach for something else
When not to use a pie chart
- ✕You need to compare slices precisely, use a bar chart, we read length far better than angle.
- ✕You have more than about six categories, thin slices become unreadable confetti.
- ✕Your values do not add up to a single meaningful whole.
- ✕You want to show the same split changing over time, use stacked bars.
- ✕Two slices are nearly equal and which one is bigger is the point, bars settle it, a pie won't.
Compare
Pie chart vs other charts
Pie vs the alternatives.
| Chart type | Best for | Avoid when |
|---|---|---|
| Pie | A familiar split of one whole, few slices | Precise comparison or many categories |
| Donut | The same split, with a total in the centre | You want the simplest, most familiar shape |
| Bar / column | Comparing category values exactly | Emphasising share of a total |
| Stacked bar | Composition across categories or time | A single one-off split |
Your data
What data you need
One row per slice: a label and a value. Raw counts or percentages both work, Reochart converts each value to its share of the total. Paste from a sheet or import a CSV. 3 to 6 slices reads best.
| Label | Value |
|---|---|
| North America | 44 |
| Europe | 28 |
| APAC | 18 |
| LATAM | 6 |
Step by step
How to make a pie chart
Drop your numbers in, or import a CSV.
Choose the chart, theme and animation speed.
Tune colours, labels and add your brand.
Download MP4, GIF, PNG or SVG.
Best practices
Get it right
- ✓Keep to 3-6 slices so every share is legible.
- ✓Order slices largest to smallest so the eye reads them in order.
- ✓Group a long tail of tiny categories into a single 'Other'.
- ✓Use it only when the values sum to a meaningful whole.
- ✕Use a pie to compare two similar values precisely, bars do that properly.
- ✕Explode, tilt or 3D the slices, it distorts the areas people are judging.
- ✕Split one pie into eight or more slices.
- ✕Use a pie for numbers that are not parts of the same total.
Watch out
Common mistakes to avoid
Past about six, slices get too thin to label or tell apart. Keep the big categories and roll the rest into 'Other'.
Tilting a pie changes the apparent area of every slice, so the front slices look bigger than they are. Keep it flat.
A pie implies the parts make 100 percent of something. If your numbers don't, it quietly misleads.
If the story is 'A beat B by two points', a pie hides it. Angles are the hardest encoding to read precisely, use a bar chart.
Why Reochart
Built for sharing, not just charting
- ✓No design skills required
- ✓Animated MP4 and GIF exports
- ✓PNG and scalable SVG too
- ✓Your brand colours and logo (Pro)
- ✓Paste from a sheet or import a CSV
- ✓Presentation and feed ready in minutes
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is a pie chart?
A pie chart is a circular chart divided into slices, where each slice's angle is proportional to that category's share of a single total. All slices together represent 100 percent of the whole, so the chart is inherently a part-to-whole visualisation — it answers the question "what fraction of the total does each piece represent?" rather than "how large is each piece in absolute terms?" Pie charts work best with a small number of distinct slices — typically three to six — where the differences are large enough to see. When slices become similar in size or the count grows beyond six or seven, a bar chart is easier to read because humans judge length more accurately than angle. The main advantage of a pie over a donut chart is familiarity: most audiences can read a pie without any explanation.
Pie chart or donut chart?
They encode the same thing. A pie is the more familiar shape and gives you room to print each share on its slice; a donut's hole lets you park a total or label in the centre. Pick the pie when you want the most instantly readable version, the donut when the total matters as much as the split.
How many slices should a pie chart have?
Three to six. Below three there is barely a split to show, and past six the slices get too thin to label or distinguish. If you have a long tail of small categories, group them into a single 'Other' slice.
Do the values need to be percentages?
No. Enter raw numbers, revenue, headcount, votes, and Reochart works out each slice's share of the total for you. You can enter percentages directly if you already have them.
When should I not use a pie chart?
When you need to compare values precisely, when you have many categories, or when your numbers are not parts of one whole. In all three cases a bar chart communicates better.
Can I make an animated pie chart?
Yes. Slices sweep in around the circle and each share fades onto its slice, then you export it as an animated MP4 or GIF, or as a static PNG or SVG.
Can I export as SVG?
Yes. Pro exports a crisp, scalable SVG vector, alongside MP4, GIF and PNG. Every export renders at 1080p.
Is Reochart free?
Yes. The free plan lets you make every chart type except the animated bar chart race, and export an animated MP4 with a small watermark, no card needed. Pro adds the bar chart race, removes the watermark, and adds GIF and SVG, your brand colours and logo, longer videos and CSV import.
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