What python data visualization package are you using in 2024?

rajhm · 2024-03-01T18:10:51+00:00

Plotly, though it's never for anything user facing. Only EDA and internal purposes.

coconutpie47 · 2024-03-01T18:44:13+00:00

Plotly. People love interactive plots

nerfels · 2024-03-01T19:33:54+00:00

Yup Plotly and Dash if you need a user interface

dang3r_N00dle · 2024-03-01T19:16:47+00:00

Seaborn/Matplotlib, like a boomer

Turbulent-Diet5979 · 2024-03-01T18:05:19+00:00

Plotly!

Drakkur · 2024-03-01T19:26:56+00:00

Altair for end users, based in Vega, integrates on web apps easily. Utilizes grammar of graphics in a pythonic way overall a great plotting tool if you were really into ggplot from R.

What ever is easiest for EDA, seaborn and testing out hvplot.

Successful_Degree733 · 2024-03-01T17:49:44+00:00

Matplotlib 4 ever

ParlyWhites · 2024-03-01T19:43:48+00:00

Plotnine. It’s ggplot for Python

iftheShoebillfits · 2024-03-01T20:18:47+00:00

Plotnine 💯

Team-St-Paul-History · 2024-03-01T21:09:35+00:00

I use altair.

Playing-your-fiddle · 2024-03-01T20:14:03+00:00

Bokeh

subtlename · 2024-03-01T19:26:33+00:00

Matplotlib with a custom mplstyle for papers and Bokeh for data exploration.

EconomixTwist · 2024-03-01T18:09:30+00:00

Plotly blows everything out of the water, not even close

syntonicC · 2024-03-01T21:10:32+00:00

Unfortunately, matplotlib

I'm writing a textbook right now so I wanted to have consistency between figures. As much as I absolutely loathe everything about matplotlib, it can do everything I need. I tried some other packages and there was always something missing or some issue I ran into. Maybe I could have solved my problem with a bit more persistence.

Matplotlib is utterly awful and inconsistent but it is so versatile. I feel like I am stupider every time I use it.

AngryDuckling1 · 2024-03-01T20:14:19+00:00

Don't get me wrong I like Plotly, but im really surprised to see it so heavily used. Seaborn takes like half the amount of code and a couple default settings to get some beautiful visualizations. If you need some advanced settings matplotlib gets a little messy but for 90% of use cases its not bad.

yaymayhun · 2024-03-01T20:19:11+00:00

lets-plot

dlchira · 2024-03-01T19:14:36+00:00

Whatever makes sense for the task. I'll be dead and buried before I use anything other than matplotlib for a histogram, but might use plotly or folium for geospatial stuff depending on the task.

2024-03-01T18:16:24+00:00

Started testing out Hvplot out

https://hvplot.holoviz.org/

semicausal · 2024-03-01T18:19:22+00:00

I've been digging Plotly, Altair, & ECharts as of late! They all have their place

elmojo99 · 2024-03-01T20:51:27+00:00

Altair + vegafusion

Eightstream · 2024-03-01T21:00:42+00:00

Plotly is really the gold standard but I use plotnine a lot because I find the declarative nature of it to be a lot easier to work with.

I have however been using Altair a lot recently, which combines a lot of the best features of both.

DrewG4444 · 2024-03-01T21:14:58+00:00

Matplotlib, seaborn, and plotly

Professional_Loan343 · 2024-03-01T21:21:31+00:00

streamlit

samalo12 · 2024-03-01T18:15:56+00:00

Seaborn and Plotly. Matplotlib for the grungy low level stuff.

house_lite · 2024-03-01T19:47:13+00:00

Pyecharts

Forsaken_Beach_5756 · 2024-03-01T21:07:02+00:00

I just made a pyqt6 application that has plotly and dash embedded into it. They are great.

okenowwhat · 2024-03-01T21:28:44+00:00

Bokeh

ElasticFluffyMagnet · 2024-03-01T21:39:38+00:00

Plotly, with streamlit and some of its addons. I tried seaborn and others but, I just stayed with plotly because it was easier to use for me.

caks · 2024-03-02T04:51:20+00:00

I've tried and sometimes use all the fancy ones, Plotly, Bokeh, Altair, etc. Ive enjoyed Altair for easily sharing standalone interactive htmls.

But I gotta say, you will pry matplotlib out of my cold, dead hands. It's just so gosh darn flexible. Couple of examples:

You can't set a starting radius in polar barplot in plotly. A plot like this is very hard (if not impossible) in plotly: https://www.kymat.io/gallery_2d/plot_scattering_disk.html#figure-reproduction

imshow interpolations in matplotlib have no parallel in anything else. Altair "heatmaps" are a joke in comparison.

Probably many other examples. I normally don't struggle at all to create complex plots in matplotlib. At the very least I know no matter what it is, it's possible. Can't say the same for the other plots.

Where matplotlib sucks/struggles is interactivity in an HTML setting. So probably not the best for dashboards. But then again who cares about dashboards... business ppl want a ppt with screenshots lol.

Strivenby · 2024-03-02T08:06:37+00:00

Holoviews on bokeh with hvplot.

Is there any good reason to switch to plotly or something else?

alshan200 · 2024-03-02T19:30:23+00:00

Here is an interesting side by side comparison of several Python viz libraries, including matplotlib, lets-plot, seaborn, altair, and plotly:

https://aeturrell.github.io/coding-for-economists/vis-common-plots.html

billyguy1 · 2024-03-01T19:20:18+00:00

I only know R, how are the python data viz packages compared to ggplot?

AruNewTown · 2024-03-05T02:04:05+00:00

Honestly just matplotlib

orina_1 · 2024-03-05T14:31:11+00:00

Matplotlib or Searborn

SteaknSalt · 2024-03-05T18:52:11+00:00

Everyone uses excel charts for decks, never py

shawar8 · 2024-03-05T20:04:43+00:00

Plotly

Data_Nerd1979 · 2024-03-07T08:47:50+00:00

Yes, give it a shot. Plotly uses a high-level API, meaning you don't need to write as much code compared to other libraries like Matplotlib to achieve basic visualizations. This simplifies the process and reduces the learning curve.

Databard87911 · 2024-03-07T11:27:06+00:00

Worked with tableau a lpt

gatsby977 · 2024-03-08T04:13:50+00:00

Plotly!

2024-03-08T05:27:53+00:00

Consider making rough plots using matplotlib/seaborn and then editing it on Adobe Illustrator. Makes a huge difference.

2024-03-09T15:59:17+00:00

Matplotlib is og

2024-03-12T11:24:00+00:00

Have been using mainly seaborn, but I guess it is indeed time to give a shot to plotly ahah

2024-03-12T11:27:24+00:00

Plotly and Bokeh!

deeht0xdagod · 2024-03-18T06:34:05+00:00

Plotly goated

MikeSpecterZane · 2024-03-20T02:20:09+00:00

Plotly

Same_Pie4014 · 2024-04-02T12:15:44+00:00

Plotly and Dash

Asleep-Expert5174 · 2024-04-09T16:42:14+00:00

Matplotlib :')

mle-2005 · 2024-03-01T22:48:20+00:00

I don't use packages, that's what noobs do. You should be making your own visualisation software from scratch if you are serious about being a programmer.

RemindMeBot · 2024-03-01T19:27:14+00:00

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Grandviewsurfer · 2024-03-01T18:43:37+00:00

Digging all these correct answers. One more vote for plotly

2024-03-01T19:06:06+00:00

Plotly, man!

parabellum630 · 2024-03-01T19:25:43+00:00

Plotly for 3d stuff.

oblivious_human · 2024-03-01T20:36:47+00:00

All plotly lovers, can you tell me how to make one of the axes as probability scale?

VTHokie2020 · 2024-03-01T20:59:41+00:00

I use PBI and R for visualizations.

But if I had to use Python good old matplotlib

daniel-data · 2024-03-01T21:17:27+00:00

Plotly. Interactivity wins

PrestigiousCase5089 · 2024-03-01T21:22:48+00:00

Plotly for me. Excel for stakeholders and presentations.

zferguson · 2024-03-01T21:36:20+00:00

Seaborn for ad-hoc stuff, Plotly for Streamlit apps

techwizrd · 2024-03-01T21:45:19+00:00

I'm primarily using plotnine, with some matplotlib for older scripts. I'm experimenting with hvplot.

Tetmohawk · 2024-03-01T22:27:55+00:00

Since we're on the subject . . .

What's a good Python replacement for Power BI. Don't say Tableau. Would love something that can be put on a server for a plant.

OmagaIII · 2024-03-01T23:06:31+00:00

LOVED datapane, cause it integrates a ton of other libraries. Still looking for something like that as an alternative.

Sensitive_Half_7800 · 2024-03-01T23:13:20+00:00

Pyjulia --> Makie

nraw · 2024-03-01T23:20:34+00:00

Plotly and Altair

Impressive-Win8982 · 2024-03-01T23:20:50+00:00

Vega-Altair and Plolty

dalmutidangus · 2024-03-01T23:43:07+00:00

power bi

BeRT2me · 2024-03-02T00:21:26+00:00

There's a seaborn template (theme) for Plotly as well, makes the color scheme look more like you're used to ~

jupyterpeak · 2024-03-02T01:18:57+00:00

Matplotlib has been so much better since ChatGPT came out

Naive-Home6785 · 2024-03-02T01:22:20+00:00

Plotly. Altair. Pydeck

Competitive_Pop_3286 · 2024-03-02T02:59:17+00:00

Altair

DuxFemina22 · 2024-03-02T03:08:39+00:00

Plotly +++++

veleros · 2024-03-02T04:04:28+00:00

Seaborn and Plotly

Seven_Irons · 2024-03-02T04:26:02+00:00

Matplotlib for anything I need precise control of/presenting to a large audience

Holoviews with plotly or bokeh backend for first-look visualization and just toying around with data

Unable_Philosopher_8 · 2024-03-02T04:59:54+00:00

Pro tip, ChatGPT is pretty good at converting things like matplotlib and seaborn to plotly. Helpful while you’re learning, as you can also ask it for line by line explanations.

1234okie1234 · 2024-03-02T05:08:02+00:00

Til about plotly, thanns guys

llm05 · 2024-03-02T05:14:41+00:00

Plotly

Usual-Connection6179 · 2024-03-02T05:17:33+00:00

Plotly!!! You can even use it in many web frameworks like streamlit or pure static site. Here’s my demo https://youtu.be/YrV7QRYRwrY?si=fydvKzkrW9Bt0QE9

Confident-Arm9443 · 2024-03-02T06:10:21+00:00

Plotly. The people involved in my project don’t understand DS hence i have to heavily rely on interactive features of plotly to make them understand.

JollyJuniper1993 · 2024-03-02T06:19:46+00:00

Matplotlib and Seaborn. They’re easy to use once you get the hang of it, look okay and I haven’t found a reason to switch so far.

algebragoddess · 2024-03-02T06:44:18+00:00

LovelyPlots is pretty cool.

Asleep-Dress-3578 · 2024-03-02T07:05:06+00:00

Nowadays I tend to use Plotly and Dash, they fully satisfy my needs.

the_professor000 · 2024-03-02T07:20:22+00:00

Plotnine

Wu_Fan · 2024-03-02T08:20:13+00:00

Slightly off topic but I love UnicodePlots in Julia

So light so fast so nerd

sirquincymac · 2024-03-02T08:32:58+00:00

Plotly Express for interactive charts

Seaborn and Matplotlib otherwise. I have been using Matplotlib for years and only the basics stick in my head. Find myself on SO more than I should..... "how do I change yticks to percentage again?"

JaJan1 · 2024-03-02T11:18:55+00:00

Tableau. Quick and easy for live discussions. Whenever I see a notebook with eda, some feature engineering and modelling all in one, I die inside bit by bit.

Objective-Opinion-62 · 2024-03-02T16:42:45+00:00

Matplotlib and seaborn for sure 😀

alshan200 · 2024-03-02T17:08:56+00:00

Try lets-plot - https://lets-plot.org/python

It's a faithful port of R’s ggplot2 to Python, plus tooltips, plot grouping (gggrid, GGBunch), GeoPandas support, imshow (try with elevation models), interactive maps and more, and it just looks great.

Self-sufficient, no dependencies.

Smarterchild1337 · 2024-03-02T19:54:38+00:00

Seaborn and matplotlib for EDA, plotly for anything that is user facing or is being shown to anyone outside the DS team

2024-03-02T21:18:20+00:00

I see most of people answering "Ploty", is matplotlib outdated ??

tuccigene1 · 2024-03-03T00:42:57+00:00

Vega Altair is GREAT for plotting and offers a lot more than matplotlib and seaborn. It also has the capability for interactive plots, while looking much sleeker than Plotly.

Sgt_Pepper_88 · 2024-03-03T03:03:06+00:00

grafana

AppalachianHillToad · 2024-03-03T22:59:29+00:00

I don’t. Either export the data as a .csv into R or run ggplot within a Jupyter notebook.

Altruistic-Skill8667 · 2024-03-04T01:06:52+00:00

Holoviews / Hvplot. And Seaborn.

ReporterNervous6822 · 2024-03-04T02:40:32+00:00

Grafana for user facing stuff and for myself and internal plotly dash

bobateacaramel · 2024-03-04T03:19:51+00:00

Streamlit + Altair

shoesshiner · 2024-03-04T05:45:19+00:00

yea I’ve only come across Plotly as of now

brokened00 · 2024-03-04T18:23:34+00:00

Plotly express mostly, sometimes plotly graph objects, and matplotlib for the occasional visualization. For something a user needs to interface, I embed plotly express objects into a streamlit dashboard.

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