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gus_massa
Pie charts are not so bad, but 3D pie chart are absolutely horrific. The 3D version is very misleading because it increase the size of the lower segments a lot.

Most 3D graph are bad anyway. They may look nice and make the presentation more flashy, but they are very bad to present the information.

makmanalp
"Exploded" pie charts that have a small segment separated from the rest are also terrible in the same way!
maxerickson
Gloriously, the article reaches for a simple table when it wants to actually show the numbers.

For the amount of data shown in the pie charts, a table is the way to go. No need to obscure the numbers with a graphic.