What it is
Animated Bar Race transitions a ranked bar chart smoothly across time: top categories climb, fall, and overtake each other with watermark labels for context. Built for screen-recording, demos, and that one slide everyone remembers.
What it does
Smoothly interpolated horizontal bars per time step, with auto-ranking, watermark time labels, customizable color, and play/pause controls.
Why use it
Static rankings are forgettable. A race is memorable, and it’s the only way to *feel* a category overtake another.
Three ways teams use it
Marketing
Channel revenue share by month over a year.
Sports
League standings over a season.
SaaS
Top 10 features by daily usage across the quarter.
Add it in 30 seconds
- Open your Data Studio report and click Add a chart → Community visualizations → Explore more.
- Paste the Viz Studio manifest URL or pick this chart from the Viz Studio gallery card.
- Bind the dimensions and metrics in the data panel. Done.
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