⚡ Charting in Japan

Charting libraries and tools help developers create interactive charts, graphs, and data visualizations for websites and applications.

Japan is an East Asian country with a population of around 125 million people.

According to our data, charting libraries are detected on 0.6% of websites from Japan.

Statistics based on 160K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top charting libraries in Japan in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Chart.js with an impressive share of 48.9%, followed by Easy Pie Chart with 29.3% and D3.js with 6.9%.

Chart.js 48.9%
Easy Pie Chart 29.3%
D3.js 6.9%
Google Charts 6.5%
Highcharts 4%
C3.js 1.8%
jqPlot 1.5%
Mermaid 1.5%
Chartist 1.3%
amCharts 1.2%
Morris.js 1%
Flot 0.9%
Apache ECharts 0.8%
ApexCharts 0.8%
jQuery Sparklines 0.6%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top libraries that are more popular in Japan than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

1. Chart.js ^(-1)
6. C3.js ^(-8)
7. jqPlot ^(-13)
9. Chartist ^(-6)
12. Flot ^(-1)
16. Diagrams.net ^(-3)
18. NVD3 ^(-4)
20. FusionCharts ^(-1)

✨ Best Charting Libraries

Below is a more detailed list of 22 charting libraries used on sites from Japan, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Chart.js An open-source JavaScript library for data visualization that renders charts in Canvas. FreeOpen source	48.9%
2	Easy Pie Chart A lightweight library for drawing simple, animated and retina optimized pie charts.	29.3%
3	D3.js San Francisco, California, United States An open-source, low-level JavaScript toolbox for data visualization. FreeOpen source	6.9%
4	Google Charts Mountain View, California, United States A free JavaScript library for creating interactive data visualizations using HTML and SVG. Free	6.5%
5	Highcharts Vik i Sogn, Norway A commercial JavaScript charting framework based on SVG, with optional WebGL for high-volume rendering. Free$176+/seat/year	4%
6	C3.js A reusable chart library built on top of D3.js. FreeOpen source	1.8%
7	jqPlot A jQuery plugin to generate pure client-side JavaScript charts in your web pages. FreeOpen source	1.5%
8	Mermaid JavaScript-based diagramming and charting tool that renders Markdown-inspired text definitions to create and modify diagrams dynamically. FreeOpen source	1.5%
9	Chartist A simple, responsive, SVG-based charting library. FreeOpen source	1.3%
10	amCharts Neringa, Lithuania A commercial set of data visualization libraries offering different types of charts and interactive maps. $80+/seat/year	1.2%
11	Morris.js An open-source JavaScript charting library with simple drawing line, bar, area, and donut charts. FreeOpen source	1%
12	Flot A JavaScript plotting library for jQuery with a focus on ease of use, attractive appearance, and interactive features. FreeOpen source	0.9%
13	Apache ECharts Wilmington, Delaware, United States An open-source JavaScript charting and data visualization library used to build interactive charts in web applications. FreeOpen source	0.8%
14	ApexCharts An open source JavaScript charting library for interactive data visualizations with 16 chart types, simple API, and 100+ ready-to-use samples. FreeOpen source	0.8%
15	jQuery Sparklines A jQuery plugin for generating small sparkline charts directly in the browser. FreeOpen source	0.6%
16	Diagrams.net Northampton, United Kingdom Production-grade deployment of Draw.io, a browser-based diagramming/whiteboarding visualization application. Free$1.70/month	0.6%
17	CanvasJS A commercial charting library with over 30 chart types. $299+/seat	0.4%
18	NVD3 An open-source, reusable charting library based on D3.js. FreeOpen source	0.1%
19	Flourish Sydney, Australia A data visualization platform that allows anyone to turn their data into stunning charts, maps, and interactive stories. Free$$$	0.1%
20	FusionCharts Austin, Texas, United States A paid JavaScript charting library that provides over 100 chart types and 2,000 maps. $439+/year	0.1%
21	Plotly.js Montreal, Quebec, Canada A high-level, declarative charting library that ships with over 40 chart types, including 3D charts, statistical graphs, and SVG maps. FreeOpen source	0.1%
⏳	Google Drawings Mountain View, California, United States A cloud-based diagramming and illustration tool that allows users to create simple vector graphics, diagrams, and visual content directly in a web browser. Free$7+/user/month	0.1%

👉 See Also

🌎 Charting in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 160,338 websites from Japan.
We currently track the presence of 26 charting libraries across the web.
Of these, 22 were detected on websites from Japan.
Statistics were last calculated on May 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.