Paste verified numbers
Paste the figures you have checked and describe the comparison or trend to show.
Animated Chart Maker
Turn your verified numbers into animated charts for an explainer video. Create bar races, line reveals, and KPI counters without building a motion-design timeline.
Examples
Animated charts made with TapVid
Real output generated from data, no manual animation.
The workflow
How it works
AI builds your chart
TapVid picks a chart type and animates it: bars grow, lines draw on, and counters count up.
Refine and export
Change colors, units, labels, or pacing by prompt, then export an MP4.
Overview
What is an animated chart maker?
An animated chart maker turns verified numbers into a chart that moves. Instead of a static image you drop into a slide, you get a data visualization video: bars that grow into place, lines that draw themselves on, and counters that tick up. Paste the figures or describe the chart you need, and TapVid builds the animation, so work that normally needs After Effects or a motion designer happens in one pass.
Numbers are easier to feel when they move. A quarter-over-quarter jump lands harder as an animated bar than as a row in a table, and a ranking is clearer as a bar chart race than as a static list. The problem has always been production: animating a chart by hand is slow and technical, which is why most teams screenshot a spreadsheet and move on. TapVid generates the motion for you and keeps the data editable.
Because every chart is built from your own data, the result matches your report instead of a template. You choose the chart type, the colors, and the pacing, and you can change a value or a label by prompt and re-render, so a last-minute data fix does not mean rebuilding the video.
In practice
From data in to an animated chart out
Start with verified numbers and a clear message
Paste the values you have already checked and describe the comparison or trend the viewer needs to understand. You start from approved data, not a blank motion-design timeline.
- Verified, pasted numbers
- Automatic chart-type suggestion
AI animates the chart for you
Pick bar race, line reveal, KPI counter, or pie and donut, and TapVid animates it: bars grow, lines draw on, and numbers count up, paced like a data story rather than a flat slide.
- Bar races, line reveals, KPI counters
- Animation generated, not screen-recorded
Restyle by prompt, then export
Change colors, units, labels, or pacing by describing it, then export an MP4 to drop into a deck, a reel, or a report. Fix a number and re-render in seconds.
- Edit labels and colors by prompt
- Export MP4 to use anywhere
Why TapVid
Why make animated charts with TapVid
Generated from your data, not hand-animated
Give it verified numbers and a clear chart brief, and it produces the animation. No After Effects, no data-viz library, no keyframing.
Edit the data, not the video
Change a value, a label, or a unit by describing it and re-render. A data correction takes seconds instead of a full redo.
Chart types that fit the story
Bar races, line reveals, KPI counters, and pie or donut charts, chosen automatically or picked from the style row.
Built to drop into a video
Export an MP4 that plays in a deck, a reel, or a report, not just an embed that only lives on a web page.
On-brand colors and pacing
Steer the colors, units, and timing with a prompt and keep a consistent look across a set of charts.
Minutes instead of a motion designer
Turn a chart that used to take a specialist hours into something you finish in an afternoon.
What you can create
What you can make with the animated chart maker
One generator covers the data videos teams reach for most, from a single animated KPI to a full bar chart race.
Earnings and quarterly updates
Turn revenue, growth, and margin numbers into animated bars and counters for a board deck or an investor update.
Investor and research data
Make market sizes, comparisons, and trends move so a research point reads in seconds instead of a dense table.
Social data hooks
Open a post or a reel with a stat that animates on screen, the kind of hook that stops the scroll.
Bar chart races
Rank anything over time, from market share to follower counts, as a bar chart race that plays out on its own.
KPI dashboard videos
Turn the metrics that matter into counters and reveals for an all-hands recap or a weekly update.
Survey and poll results
Animate percentages and breakdowns from a survey into pie, donut, and bar charts people actually watch.
Compare workflows
Animated charts vs. static chart tools and screen recordings
Static tools embed a chart on a web page; a screen recorder just captures whatever is already on screen. TapVid generates the animated chart as an editable video from your data, so you can fix a number and re-render in seconds.
| Static chart tools (Flourish) | Screen recording (CapCut) | TapVid | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Output | Web embed | Screen recording | Editable MP4 |
| Animation | Static image | Only what you record | Generated for you |
| Change the data | Re-embed | Re-record | By prompt, re-render |
| Restyle colors & labels | Manual | No | By prompt |
| Skills needed | Chart setup | Video editing | None |
| Use in a deck or reel | Screenshot it | Yes | Yes, as MP4 |
Use cases
What teams build with it
Finance & reporting
Animated earnings, KPI, and quarterly-update charts for board decks and investor updates.
Research & analytics
Turn market data, trends, and comparisons into data videos that make a finding obvious.
Marketing & social
Stat hooks, bar chart races, and survey results that stop the scroll and get shared.
Questions & answers
Frequently Asked Questions
- No. Paste the verified numbers and describe the comparison or trend you want to show. TapVid turns that brief into an animated chart, so you do not build the motion by hand.
- You can generate bar chart races, animated bar and column charts, line reveals, KPI and counter animations, and pie or donut charts. TapVid picks a fitting type automatically, or you can choose one from the style picker.
- A data visualization video is a chart that moves: bars grow, lines draw on, and numbers count up over time, instead of sitting still on a slide. It turns a report or a spreadsheet into something a viewer watches and remembers, and it plays anywhere a video does.
- You can export a finished MP4 to publish or drop into a deck, a reel, or a report. Transparent-background export for overlaying an animated chart on top of other footage is on the roadmap; check the current export options in the app.
- Flourish makes charts you embed on a web page, not a video you can drop into a deck or a reel. Screen-recording a chart in a tool like CapCut captures whatever is on screen but cannot generate the animation or change the data. TapVid generates the animated chart as an editable video, so you change the numbers, labels, colors, and pacing by prompt and re-render.
- Yes. Update a value, a label, a unit, or a color by describing the change, and TapVid re-renders the animation. You are editing the chart, not re-cutting a video, so a data correction takes seconds instead of a redo.
- Most animated charts run 10 to 30 seconds, long enough for the animation to land and short enough for social or a slide. You can ask for a tighter cut or a longer, multi-chart sequence.
- No. You do not need After Effects, a data-viz library, or animation experience. You give TapVid the numbers, pick a look, and refine it in plain language.
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Plans & credits
Simple, credit-based pricing
3 credits = 1 second, so you only pay for what actually renders. Start free, upgrade anytime.
Pro
$49/mo
2,000 credits / mo
Max
$99/mo
6,000 credits / mo
Ultra
$199/mo
14,000 credits / mo