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11 amazing pie charts, in honor of Pi Day

Today is Pi Day, the date that aligns with the first three digits of π, 3.14. Hurray!

How best to celebrate Pi Day? With some pie charts, of course. Here are our favorites.

This is a delicious classic: a pie chart made out of pie

And then there is the more informative pie chart about pie. So helpful!

If there were a prize for “most informative pie chart about pies,” Modern Farmer would win in a landslide. Go over here to see more details on each seasonal pie, and reveal in the magazine’s pie chart mastery.

And don’t forget that all sorts of pies — even pizza pies — are fantastic for the pie chart genre

This is one of many charts from Businessweek’s excellent piece on the surprisingly powerful pizza lobby, showing how each major pizza chain donates to political parties. Definitely go see the other ones here.

Some pie charts are great for reliving beloved childhood memories

This one too

Why do we even bother with music really when pie charts can convey information so much better?

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(Blog CDN)

Wouldn’t it be more exciting to get pie-chart-rolled than Rick-rolled?

This is the most honest pie chart of them all

And this, arguably, is the most dishonest

Then there is this pi chart, which honestly just turns the concept of a pie chart on its head

Yes, that was overwhelming. Let’s regroup with a more typical pie chart.

The geniuses over Vulture should get a Pulitzer for having the good sense to chart the movie Life of Pi in a pie chart.

All right. Happy Pi Day! Celebrate in the best way most of us know how: spending most of the day forgetting that it’s even Pi Day at all.

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