Recreating a stacked bar chart
February 26, 2025This week I recreated a stacked bar chart from Bloomberg on WNBA revenues in the United States. Jennah Haque and Vanessa Perdomo participated in its creation.
Warning: Data may be inaccurate compared to the source.Recreation
Highlights
Another stacked bar chart for the challenge, at least that's what I think. I'm not convinced about this chart being considered a stacked bar, but that's how I considered it in the end. I always enjoy recreating Bloomberg visualizations, they always have something creative or unique about them.
- I can already say that I feel very comfortable creating curved arrows with SVG. I remember that in the first recreation I had, it was quite a challenge, but now I find it very easy. Like everything, it is a matter of reading the documentation and trying to understand it.
- I know we will always have a thousand and one ways to achieve the same result, but I would love to know which is the “right” one. Although it looks like only one chart, there are really three: one with the white bars and the black border, then the one with the pattern, and finally the one with the orange bars. That's what worked for me.