--- title: Create a Racing Bar Chart in Python | daily.dev description: Learn how to create a racing bar chart in Python using the bar-chart-race library. The chart displays the progress of multiple categories over time and can be... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/create-a-racing-bar-chart-in-python-iohjcfaws twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Create a Racing Bar Chart in Python | daily.dev og:description: Learn how to create a racing bar chart in Python using the bar-chart-race library. The chart displays the progress of multiple categories over time and can be... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/create-a-racing-bar-chart-in-python-iohjcfaws og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/IoHJCFAwS.png og:image:alt: Create a Racing Bar Chart in Python og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create a Racing Bar Chart in Python **[Daily Dose of Data Science \| Avi Chawla \| Substack](https://daily.dev/sources/dailydoseofds)** · 3 min read · 9 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Learn how to create a racing bar chart in Python using the bar-chart-race library. The chart displays the progress of multiple categories over time and can be generated with just a few lines of code. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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