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How to create radar chart/spider chart in Excel?

Author: Sun Last Modified: 2024-08-02

There are various charts in Excel, and every type of chart has its own superiority. However, for better and more quickly to analyze the benefit and stability of a department, I think the radar chart can be a good choice. Now this tutorial will talk about creating a radar chart which is also named spider chart in Excel.

Create radar chart in Excel

Create radar chart in Excel

It is easy to create a simple radar chart in Excel.

1. Select the data range you need to show in the chart. See screenshot:

a screenshot of the source data

2. Click Insert > Other Charts > Radar, and select the radar chart type you like, here I select Radar with Markers. See screenshot:

a screenshot of choosing a radar chart type

Tip: In Excel 2013, click Insert > Insert Stock, Surface or Radar Chart > Radar. See screenshot:

a screenshot of choosing a radar chart type in Excel 2013

Now the radar chart is created with the axis labels.

a screenshot showing a radar chart is created with axis labels

If you just want to view the benefit or stability of the each department, you can delete the axis labels for clearly viewing.

3. Right click at the axis, and select Format Axis from the context menu. See screenshot:

a screenshot of opening the Format Axis dialog

4. In the Format Axis dialog, select None in Axis labels drop down list, and close this dialog. See screenshot:

a screenshot showing change the Axis labels to None

Tip: In Excel 2013, click on LABELS to expand its option in the Format Axis pane, then select None in the Label Position list. See screenshot:

a screenshot showing change the Axis labels to None in Excel 2013

Now you can see the radar chart as show below:

a screenshot showing the final radar chart

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