Cumulative revenue
Revenue accumulating through the year.
Filling under the line is only honest when the area means something. Here it does: the shaded region is money collected to date.
Open in the editorArea chart
A line chart with the space under it filled, to emphasize how much volume a trend carries.
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8 area chart examples
Signups over time
New accounts per month, filled to show volume.
An area chart says 'how much', a line says 'which way'. For a volume metric that starts at zero, the filled version reads faster.
Open in the editorStorage growth
Terabytes stored as the product scales.
Infrastructure planning charts are areas because the quantity is a volume you are paying to hold, not a rate.
Open in the editorApp downloads
Installs per month after launch.
The launch spike, the trough, and the recovery. Filled, the trough looks like the lost volume it actually is.
Open in the editorHeating season consumption
Consumption across a heating season.
Metered quantities accumulate under the curve, so the area under this chart is literally the bill.
Open in the editorCash runway
Bank balance shrinking towards the next round.
A shrinking filled area is uncomfortable to look at, which is the correct response to this particular chart.
Open in the editorContent published
Articles shipped per month.
Small integer counts still read well as an area when the point is total output rather than month-to-month variation.
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Millions of requests served per month.
Usage-based pricing lives on this chart. The filled area is what the invoice is calculated from.
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