We just shipped something pretty cool — MapSankeySeries, a new way to visualize flows and connections directly on a map. What is it? It’s a Sankey diagram, but on a map. Draw variable-width curved bands between any two geographic points — countries, cities, coordinates, whatever — where the band thickness reflects a numeric value. Think […]
If you haven’t seen it yet, VisitedPlaces.com is our free tool that lets you create beautiful maps of places you’ve been to, lived in, or dream of visiting. Pick a map, click some regions, and share it with the world — no login, no fuss. It’s been around for a while and has built up […]
In our 20+ years of building charts, AI is the single most transformative technology there ever was. Disruptive in some ways, yet exciting nevertheless. Let’s see how amCharts is racing to meet it head on. amCharts 5 — our flagship data-viz library — comes with unparalleled functionality and exceptional flexibility, yet at a cost of […]
Over the past months, we’ve been busy working on a set of tools to supercharge your next AI-assisted data-viz project. Here’s a quick summary. Getting started Our “amCharts + AI” page outlines every way to get started ripping the benefits of the AI-enabled chart development as well as provides quick steps to start building massively […]
While the Gantt chart was the main star of the new 5.14.0 release of amCharts 5, it also included another significant improvement: Turbo mode. What it does? When enabled on a ColumnSeries (or any of its derivatives like CandlestickSeries or GantSeries), it will streamline rendering of the columns, by consolidating drawing function into one process, […]
We’re proud to introduce another well-rounded product in amCharts family: Gantt chart. What Is It? A Gantt chart is a visual project management tool that displays tasks along a timeline, making it easy to track deadlines, progress, and dependencies. Each task is represented by a horizontal bar, with its position and length showing the start […]
Use amCharts’ AI Assistant to jump-start the creation of your charts. It will generate amCharts 5 code from an uploaded image, a sketch made right there within the tool, or via text prompts, and it will even make modifications as requested. Supported chart types What it can do? What it cannot do? Usage guidelines The […]
Starting with version 5.12.0, Timeline chart types are now standard part of amCharts 5: Charts product. What Is It? Basically, Timeline charts can be described as “Curved XY Charts”. Under the hood, it’s still an XYChart with its axes and series, except it can follow one of the few predefined shapes—Serpentine or Spiral—or a completely […]
On January 30, 2025, around 15:00 GMT, amCharts servers were targeted in a coordinated distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. As a result, most amCharts services, including our website (amcharts.com) and CDN service (cdn.amcharts.com), were unavailable for several hours. We took all possible measures to restore these services as quickly as possible. There is no evidence that […]
We always knew that data-viz was bringing beauty and order to the world. As of July 14th, 2024 it also can claim a badge of the Secret Service officer, having successfully saved a presidential candidate’s life. The Background During rally, presidential candidate Donald Trump has looked away towards this chart displayed on a big screen, […]