Use infographic charts to highlight progress, impact, and more
Tell your audience a great story about progress, status, and impact. Use Infographic charts to transform data into clear, easy-to-read visuals.
How Infographic charts work
Use these chart types to:
- Track completion or progress visually
- Communicate live status (e.g., "in progress", "complete")
- Highlight key impact (e.g., "9 out of 10 people recommend this")
Note: Infographic charts are designed for quick understanding and are not intended for deep data analysis
Here’s how each chart type typically works:
Infographic Charts Type | What It Does | Example Use Case |
|---|---|---|
Radial Progress | A bold circular chart with a thick stroke that highlights how much of a goal is completed. | Show “75% of goal completed” in a project tracker. |
Progress Bar | A horizontal bar that fills from left to right to show task or goal completion. | Show onboarding progress with a “Step 3 of 5 completed” bar in a welcome email. |
Progress Ring | A thin, minimalist circular chart that communicates progress in a clean, modern style. | Display “80% KPI target” in a business dashboard layout. |
Progress Dial | A gauge-style chart that reflects live performance levels or status | Show “Customer satisfaction score: 90%” in a feedback dashboard. |
Pictogram | Uses icons to represent proportions or counts. | Illustrate “7 out of 10 users prefer mobile editing” with person icons. |
Add infographic charts
This is the first step in adding infographic charts. Afterwards, you customise your chart.
- Create or open an existing design.
- From the editor side panel, select Charts. If it's not there, select the Apps tab first, then Charts.
- Scroll and select Infographic charts.
- Choose among the available options.
Customise your chart
After adding an infographic chart, you can personalize it to show high-impact snapshots of progress, status, or value.
Customise progress bar, progress ring, and radial progress charts
- Select the chart to open the toolbar, then select Edit.
- In the Chart Panel, adjust the Percentage slider to reflect your desired progress value.
- Use the Line Weight slider to control the thickness of the bar or ring.
- Toggle Percentage Label on or off to show or hide the numeric progress.
- Toggle Rounded Endpoints on or off to customise the shape of the chart ends.
Customise progress dial charts
- Click on the chart to open the toolbar, then select Edit.
- In the Chart Panel, adjust the Percentage slider to reflect your desired progress value.
- Use the Line Weight slider to control the thickness of the bar or ring.
Customise pictogram charts
- Select the chart to open the toolbar,
- In the Chart Panel, select your preferred icon to represent each unit of data.
- Use the Total items slider to set how many icons appear in the chart.
- Use the Fill items slider to show the number of filled or completed icons.
- To modify the spacing between icons, use the Spacing slider to enhance readability.
Change chart colours
- Click on the chart to open the toolbar.
- On the editor toolbar, select the colour tile you'd like to edit. The Colour panel will open on the side.
- To use a colour on your chart, click on a colour tile from the options. Hover over a colour to see its display name.
- If the colour you're looking for isn't available, click Add a new colour (the rainbow colour tile).
- To pick a colour from your design, click the Pick a colour (eyedropper) button and select any colour on the canvas.
- To replace a colour across the current page or the entire pages, select Current page or All pages.
- If your Team admin or Brand designer has already added the chart style to your team’s Brand Kit, choose from your brand colours. For detailed steps, check out Create on-brand charts.
Infographic charts use two colours by design—one to represent the filled value and one for the remaining or unfilled value. Use high-contrast colours to improve clarity and emphasize progress or comparisons.
Looking for advanced charts? You can use the Flourish App. Check out Add advanced charts via Flourish to learn more.
Not sure where to start? Check out Get started with Canva Charts.
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