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Horizontal Bar Chart Maker — Free Ranked Bar Charts

In short: the Horizontal Bar Chart Maker lays bars sideways — the best format for rankings and long category names — with each value printed at the end of its bar.

Top scorers, product rankings, survey results with wordy answers: horizontal bars keep every label readable and the ranking obvious. Sort your rows before you start for a true leaderboard.

Private by design: everything in this tool happens 100% in your browser with JavaScript. Your data, photos and designs are never uploaded to a server, never stored and never seen by us - close the tab and everything is gone.

How to use the Horizontal Bar Chart Maker

  1. Type your labels and numbers into the grid, or paste CSV into the box below the chart and press Apply CSV.
  2. Adjust the title, legend and per-series colours until the chart reads clearly at a glance.
  3. Press Download chart as PNG and drop the image into your document, slides or post. Use Copy my data as CSV to save your figures for later.

How it works

Bar lengths are proportional to value against a rounded maximum, labels sit in a clear left gutter, and values print at the bar ends so the chart reads without an axis hunt. The chart is drawn by hand on an HTML canvas by Loona’s shared chart engine — no chart library and no server. Everything is computed locally, so your numbers never leave your device.

Worked example

A sports page ranks five teams by matches won. The horizontal chart fits a phone screen perfectly and becomes the match-day post.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I rank the bars?

Enter rows in the order you want them shown — top row first. Sorting your data before pasting gives a ranked leaderboard.

When are horizontal bars better?

When labels are long, categories are many, or the output is tall and narrow (like a phone screen).

Can I use two series?

Yes — a second series draws a second bar per row. Values shown at the ends are from the first series.

Is my data private?

Completely — drawn in your browser only.

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Embed this tool on your website — free

Add this tool to your own website or blog — it is completely free, needs no sign-up, and always shows the latest version. Copy the code below and paste it into your page where you want the tool to appear. Keeping the small “Powered by Loona Automation” credit line under the embed helps keep this tool free — but you are free to style or remove it; the tool works either way.