A bump chart shows relative position, or rank, but not a value.

 

This bump chart used streaming data from multiple social media sources to show trending topics in the internet-of-things arena in real time.

  • Project Type: Data Visualization
  • Goals and Constraints: Show at a glance which IoT topics are trending.
  • Solution: Use a bump chart to show rank, but not the detail of value.
  • Skills Used: D3.js, JavaScript, design, real-time data streams