Rescroll

Free bar chart race maker

Type or paste your data, up to 8 bars across up to 8 periods, and download the race as a 1080p MP4: bars growing and overtaking, values counting, the year ticking over. Free, no sign-up, no watermark.

How it works

How to make a bar chart race video.

Four steps, about a minute, and nothing to install.

  1. 1

    Enter your data

    Give each bar a name and a value for every period, or paste cells from a spreadsheet into the table. Up to 8 bars and 2 to 8 periods: years, quarters, months, anything up to 10 characters.

  2. 2

    Add a title and units

    Write a title and a short caption saying what's measured. Put a currency sign before the values or a unit such as M or % after them, and choose 0, 1 or 2 decimals.

  3. 3

    Set the pace and the look

    Choose 0.5 to 4 seconds per period, Glide or Pause, and how many bars are on screen. Then mixed colors, a gradient or one color of your own, in one of six looks.

  4. 4

    Download the MP4

    Press Download. The video is rendered in your browser at 1080p and saved to your device. No account, no watermark.

When a bar chart race isn’t enough

The free bar chart race is the starting point.

Here you get a clean race from a table you type in. In Rescroll you describe the graphic you actually want, like “race our five product lines from 2019 to 2025 and land on first place as I say ‘and that's us’”, and attach your data, logo or a screenshot of your style. It's designed from scratch on your own video and timed to the word. Ask for any change in the chat.

Free bar chart race

Rescroll

Up to 8 bars from a table you type or paste

Any chart you can describe, from data you attach

A full-frame clip in one of six looks

Designed from scratch on your own video, placed around you

You line it up with your words in your editor

Timed to the exact word you say

Change it with the settings here

Change anything by asking in the chat

Make it yours in RescrollSee AI motion graphics

Part of the Pro, Ultimate and Scale plans.

Revenue chart. A flat year, then the spike, on “this”.
A million users. The rollover lands on “million”.

Both built in Rescroll from a description.

The basics

What is a bar chart race?

A bar chart race is an animated bar chart in which every bar's value changes over time and the bars re-sort as they go, so you watch one overtake another. A large label shows the year or month, and the values count as the bars grow. It turns a table of numbers over time into something people can watch: apps, channels, cities, teams, products.

This maker takes up to 8 bars and 2 to 8 periods. Between periods each value follows a smooth curve, and when one bar passes another the two glide past each other instead of jumping. You choose how many bars are on screen, and the rest wait below and race in when they climb high enough. In a 9:16 frame the names sit above the bars; in the other shapes, beside them.

Pick the pace for what you want people to notice. Glide makes one smooth run, which suits a story about the movement itself. Pause eases into each period and stops briefly, which gives viewers time to read the numbers. Half a second to a second per period feels like a race; three or four seconds is easier to follow.

What you download

Price
Free. No sign-up, no email, no watermark.
Format
MP4 (H.264), no audio
Resolution
1080p: 1080×1920, 1920×1080, 1080×1080 or 1080×1350
Frame rate
30 or 60 fps
Data
2 to 8 periods and up to 8 bars, values from 0 to 999,999,999,999
Length
A 1-second build, 0.5 to 4 seconds per period, then 1 to 5 seconds on the final period
Bars
3 to 8 on screen; mixed colors, the look's gradient, or one color of your own
Layout
Names above the bars in 9:16 and beside them in 16:9, 1:1 and 4:5; the period under the chart in 9:16 and 4:5
Colors
Six looks, or any text color on any background color
Where it runs
In your browser. Nothing is uploaded.

Questions

Bar chart race video: your questions, answered.

How do I make a bar chart race?

Type your data into the table at the top of this page, or paste it from a spreadsheet: a name for each bar and a value for each period. Add a title, choose the pace and the look, and press Download. You get a 1080p MP4 made in your browser, with no sign-up and no watermark.

Is there a free bar chart race maker with no watermark?

Yes, this one. There's no account, no trial and no watermark, and the video renders on your own device, so there's no queue either.

Can I paste my data from a spreadsheet?

Yes. Select the cells in a spreadsheet such as Excel or Google Sheets, copy them and paste them into any box of the table. They fill the table from that box, right and down, adding bars and periods as needed. Copy a whole table with an empty top-left cell, the periods along the top and the names down the left, and it replaces the data in one go.

How many bars and periods can a bar chart race have?

Up to 8 bars and from 2 to 8 periods. Bars on screen sets how many are shown at once, from 3 to 8; the others wait below the chart and race in when they climb into the top places.

How long is the video?

It's a 1-second build, then your time per period (0.5 to 4 seconds) for each step from one period to the next, then 1 to 5 seconds resting on the final period. The example on this page, 6 periods at 1 second each, runs 8 seconds. The longest possible is 34 seconds.

Can I use months, quarters or other periods instead of years?

Yes. A period's name is any text up to 10 characters: 2025, Q3, May, Week 12, Day 4. When you add a period after one that ends in a number, the next number is filled in for you.

Can the race stop on each year?

Yes. Choose Pause under Pace. The bars ease into each period and rest there for part of the time per period before moving on. Glide runs straight through without stopping.

Can I show money, percentages or units?

Yes. Before values takes up to 5 characters, such as $ or €, and After values the same, such as M, K or %. Decimals sets 0, 1 or 2 places, and every value counts smoothly as its bar grows.

Can I change the bar colors?

Yes. Mixed gives each bar its own color from the look, Gradient runs the look's gradient across the chart, and One color paints every bar in a color you pick. Each bar keeps its color as it moves, so viewers can follow it.

Does it work for vertical video?

Yes. In 9:16 the names sit above the bars, so the bars get the full width, and in 9:16 and 4:5 the period label moves under the chart. In 16:9 and 1:1 the names sit beside the bars and the period sits next to the title.

Is the bar chart race maker free?

Yes. It's free to use and free to download, with no account, no email address and no watermark on the video. There's no limit on how many you make.

What format and resolution is the video?

An MP4 with H.264 video, at 1080p in the shape you choose: 1080×1920 (9:16) for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, 1920×1080 (16:9) for YouTube, 1080×1080 (1:1), or 1080×1350 (4:5) for the Instagram feed. You can export at 30 or 60 frames per second.

Is my video uploaded anywhere?

No. The bar chart race is drawn and encoded on your own device, using your browser's built-in video encoder. Nothing is sent to a server and there's no render queue.

Which browsers does it work in?

It needs a browser that can encode video with the WebCodecs API: current versions of Chrome, Edge and Safari, and Firefox on a computer. If your browser can't, the page tells you before you start.

Can I use the bar chart race in client work, ads or monetized videos?

Yes. The video you download is yours to use in personal and commercial projects, with no attribution needed.

Can I match my brand, add my logo or change the design?

Not in the free maker, which is deliberately simple. That's what Rescroll's AI motion graphics are for: describe the graphic you want in plain English, attach your logo, fonts or a screenshot of your style, and it's designed from scratch on your own video, placed around you and timed to the word you say. Ask for any change in the chat. It's part of the Pro, Ultimate and Scale plans.

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