Bubble charts in Google Slides

A scatter chart with size-scaled points for a third variable.

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How to make a bubble chart in Google Slides.

A bubble chart is a scatter chart with a third dimension: bubble size encodes a value alongside the X and Y position, so you can compare three variables at once, such as market size, growth and revenue. Google Slides has no scatter chart, let alone a bubble variant, so this is usually faked with manually resized shapes.

  1. 1

    Insert a ChartKit bubble chart

    Pick Bubble from the chart menu; X and Y position each point and a third value scales bubble size automatically.

  2. 2

    Enter the three values and style it

    Type X, Y and size in the grid. Bubbles scale and colour automatically. Apply your palette and edit it live on the slide.

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