Spider Chart | the R Graph Gallery

One group only | fmsb library

The fmsb package allows to build radar chart in R. Next examples explain how to format your data to build a basic version, and what are the available option to customize the chart appearance.

Most basic radar

Start with a basic version, learn how to format your input dataset

Radar chart customizations

How to customize the chart appearance, polygon, net, labels and more.

Several groups

It is totally doable to show several groups on the same spider chart, still using the fmsb package. The examples below will guide you through this process. But keep in mind that displaying more than 2 or 3 groups will result in a cluttered and unreadable figure.

Basic multi-group radar chart

Start with a basic version, learn how to format your input dataset

Customization

Customization option offered by the fmsb package

About axis limits

Learn how to control chart axis limits

Warning

There is a lot of criticism going around spider chart. Before using it in a project, you probably want to learn more about it.

Why it's dangerous