Area chart example

Stacked Area Chart Example

A stacked area chart adds each series on top of the previous one at every category. This example shows total traffic growing across months while keeping organic, paid, and referral contributions visible as separate colored bands.

Traffic by acquisition channelStacked monthly sessions show total volume and channel mixOrganicPaidReferral05,00010,00015,000JanFebMarAprMayJunSource: Sample data

Example data

This is the data used by the live preview. Open the example in Vizvero to replace any cell, add series when the chart supports them, change chart settings, and export the result.

MonthOrganicPaidReferral
Jan4,1002,4001,500
Feb4,5502,7501,700
Mar4,4002,6501,650
Apr5,1003,2002,100
May5,7003,6502,350
Jun6,2004,0502,650

How to structure the data

  • 01Use one ordered category column plus two or more non-negative numeric series.
  • 02Keep the series order stable so each colored band stays easy to follow from left to right.
  • 03Vizvero currently enables Stacked layout only when the selected series contain no negative values.

What this example shows

Stack additive series to show total magnitude over time while preserving each series contribution.

Stacked area chart vs stacked area graph

Stacked area chart and stacked area graph refer to the same cumulative filled-series layout. Each band begins where the series below it ends.

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