⚡ Charting in South Africa

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

South Africa is an African country with a population of over 60 million people.

According to our data, charting libraries are detected on 4.3% of websites from South Africa.

Statistics based on 19K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Easy Pie Chart, which dominates the market with a substantial 65.2% share.
It is followed by Chart.js with 27.9% and Google Charts with 2.3%.

Easy Pie Chart 65.2%
Chart.js 27.9%
Google Charts 2.3%
amCharts 2.2%
Morris.js 1.7%
Highcharts 1.7%
CanvasJS 1.6%
D3.js 1.4%
Mermaid 0.8%
ApexCharts 0.7%
Chartist 0.3%
C3.js 0.3%
Flourish 0.2%
NVD3 0.1%
Plotly.js 0.1%

🚀 Highlights

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

1. Easy Pie Chart ^(-1)
3. Google Charts ^(-1)
4. amCharts ^(-2)
5. Morris.js ^(-2)
7. CanvasJS ^(-2)
11. Chartist ^(-4)
12. C3.js ^(-8)
13. Flourish ^(-3)
14. NVD3 ^(-10)
15. Plotly.js ^(-3)

✨ Best Charting Libraries

Below is a more detailed list of 17 charting libraries used on sites from South Africa, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Easy Pie Chart Westport, Connecticut, United States A lightweight JavaScript library for rendering animated pie charts and circular progress indicators using the HTML5 canvas element. FreeOpen source	65.2%
2	Chart.js An open-source JavaScript library for data visualization that renders charts in HTML5 canvas. FreeOpen source	27.9%
3	Google Charts Mountain View, California, United States A free JavaScript library for creating interactive data visualizations using HTML5 and SVG. Free	2.3%
4	amCharts Neringa, Lithuania A JavaScript data visualization suite that provides libraries for interactive charts, gauges, stock charts, Gantt charts, and vector maps for web applications. FreeOpen source$80+/seat/year	2.2%
5	Morris.js An open-source JavaScript charting library for drawing simple line, bar, area, and donut charts with minimal configuration. FreeOpen source	1.7%
6	Highcharts Vik i Sogn, Norway A commercial JavaScript charting framework based on SVG, with optional WebGL for high-volume rendering. Free$176+/seat/year	1.7%
7	CanvasJS Claymont, Delaware, United States A commercial JavaScript charting library for creating interactive data visualizations in web and mobile applications. Free$299+	1.6%
8	D3.js San Francisco, California, United States An open-source, low-level JavaScript toolbox for data visualization. FreeOpen source	1.4%
9	Mermaid San Francisco, California, United States An open-source JavaScript diagramming and charting library that renders Markdown-inspired text definitions into dynamically generated diagrams and visualizations. FreeOpen source$10+/user/month	0.8%
10	ApexCharts Cranbury, New Jersey, United States An open-source JavaScript charting library for building interactive data visualizations in web applications with a declarative API and responsive SVG rendering. FreeOpen source$199+/developer/year	0.7%
11	Chartist Zurich, Switzerland A simple, responsive, SVG-based charting library. FreeOpen source	0.3%
12	C3.js A reusable chart library built on top of D3.js. FreeOpen source	0.3%
13	Flourish Sydney, Australia A data visualization platform that allows anyone to turn their data into stunning charts, maps, and interactive stories. Free$$$	0.2%
14	NVD3 Oaks, Pennsylvania, United States An open-source, reusable charting library based on D3.js. FreeOpen source	0.1%
15	Plotly.js Montreal, Quebec, Canada An open-source JavaScript charting library for interactive and scientific data visualizations with a declarative API and more than 40 chart types. FreeOpen source	0.1%
16	Flot A JavaScript plotting library for jQuery with a focus on ease of use, attractive appearance, and interactive features. FreeOpen source	0.1%
17	jQuery Sparklines San Jose, CA, United States A jQuery plugin for generating small sparkline charts directly in the browser. FreeOpen source	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 19,917 websites from South Africa.
We currently track the presence of 27 charting libraries across the web.
Of these, 17 were detected on websites from South Africa.
Statistics were last calculated on September 14, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.