100% stacked column chart Q1Q2Q3Q40%25%50%75%100%CherriesPlumsPeachesPearsApples Stretch every stacked column to the same height and only shares remain. Each column answers “what fraction?” instead of “how many?” Say so in the title, because a shrinking share is easy to misread as a shrinking amount. Karsten compared three kinds of stacked bar chart and preferred this one: “The only one of the three which stands out as absolutely simple and clear is the relative compound bar-chart, which consists of nothing more than a series of 100% bars” (Karl G. Karsten, Charts and Graphs, 1923, p. 116). Also called: percent stacked column chart, relative bar-chart Variations: Pie chart—bend the bar into a circle. From: Stacked column chart Data as of 02:44 UTC on 21 Oct 2026 made withdbt Charts