Horizontal bar chart of top streaming services with data column containing growth rates for each

Top Streaming Services

Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Spotify have the most subscribers among the streaming services. Video services are more popular than audio, as shown in this horizontal bar chart with data column. While most of the largest services are based in the US, several are based in Europe and Asia, including Spotify, Tencent, and Alt Balaji. Many streaming services have experienced rapid growth. Two of the top video services were introduced last year, Disney+ and Apple TV+. Data were gathered by Visual Capitalist.

Top Streaming Services in a Horizontal Bar Chart with Data Column

Horizontal bar chart of top streaming services with data column containing growth rates for each. 

How I Made this Horizontal Bar Chart with Data Column

The streaming services subscriber and growth data is presented below:

Horizontal bar chart of top streaming services with data column containing growth rates for each.

Here's how I made the horizontal bar chart with data column:

  • copy the data from Visual Capitalist into Excel
  • rearrange the data as above using a PivotTable as an intermediate step
  • create a horizontal stacked bar chart in PowerPoint
  • use the Switch Bars and Series button to treat spreadsheet columns as series and rows as bars
  • use Bars and Series dialog to indicate that % growth should appear as a data column
  • show bar totals formatted as M
  • adjust internal chart margins to provide more room for data column and bar labels
  • move bar labels to left and then move data column into space between bar labels and bar
  • add legend, move to bottom and adjust series colors
  • add axis title, hide rest of y axis and x axis line

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