Are the templates free to use?
Yes, for anything, including commercial videos. Charts made from them are yours. Keep the World Bank credit in the source line if you keep their data.
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Animated chart templates
Twenty-two ready-made chart videos, each with sample data already moving. Open one, paste your own numbers over it, and export a video for YouTube, a presentation or a vertical feed.
Every template below is a complete animated chart: a chart type, a look, timing and a sample dataset, either real World Bank figures (CC BY 4.0) or made-up numbers labelled as sample data. Pick one and the studio opens with it playing; replace the data with Paste data or Open a file, and the design stays while your numbers take over.
Templates are a starting point, not a cage. Switch the chart type, the format (16:9, 9:16, 1:1 or 4:5), the theme or the pace at any time, and export as Video (MP4), GIF, Transparent video (WebM), Image (PNG) or Vector image (SVG). Nothing is uploaded and nothing is watermarked.
The template gallery
Each picture below is the template’s last frame, drawn by the same engine as the video. Pick one, and the studio opens with its sample data already playing; swap in your numbers whenever you like. Every template exports as an MP4, GIF, transparent WebM, PNG or SVG, in 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 or 4:5.
Races, bubbles and rankings
Items overtake each other as the years tick by, or spread out by three measures at once. The classics for YouTube history videos and “who leads” stories.
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Population race
The 24 most populous countries, 1960–2023
Bar race · 16:9 widescreen · World Bank data
Use the Population race template -
Biggest economies
GDP of 20 economies, 1980–2023
Bar race · 16:9 widescreen · World Bank data
Use the Biggest economies template -
Wealth and health
A bubble race of 30 countries, 1990–2022
Bubbles · 16:9 widescreen · World Bank data
Use the Wealth and health template -
Product bubbles
Price, rating and sales of ten products
Bubbles · 16:9 widescreen · Sample data
Use the Product bubbles template -
Economy treemap
Shares of GDP, morphing over time
Treemap · 16:9 widescreen · World Bank data
Use the Economy treemap template
Lines and trends
Lines that draw themselves from left to right, with labels riding the latest value.
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Getting online
Share of people using the internet
Line · 16:9 widescreen · World Bank data
Use the Getting online template -
Life expectancy
Seven countries, 1960–2022, as lines
Line · 16:9 widescreen · World Bank data
Use the Life expectancy template -
Monthly temperature
A two-line graph with a dot for every month
Line · 16:9 widescreen · Sample data
Use the Monthly temperature template -
Social followers
A line race of followers by platform
Line · 9:16 vertical · Sample data
Use the Social followers template -
Sales by channel
A stacked area of three channels
Area · 16:9 widescreen · Sample data
Use the Sales by channel template
Bars and columns
Columns that rise together or one by one, grouped side by side or stacked into totals.
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Monthly sales
Columns that rise one by one
Bars · 16:9 widescreen · Sample data
Use the Monthly sales template -
Revenue growth
Stacked quarterly revenue by product
Bars · 16:9 widescreen · Sample data
Use the Revenue growth template -
Class survey
A double bar graph of two year groups
Bars · 16:9 widescreen · Sample data
Use the Class survey template -
Project hours
Stacked (segmented) horizontal bars
Bars · 16:9 widescreen · Sample data
Use the Project hours template
Shares and parts of a whole
Pies, donuts, waffles and progress bars for budgets, survey answers and targets.
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Market share
A donut that morphs year by year
Pie · 16:9 widescreen · Sample data
Use the Market share template -
Budget pie
A pie chart with automatic percentages
Pie · 1:1 square · Sample data
Use the Budget pie template -
Budget waffle
100 squares, filled share by share
Waffle · 1:1 square · Sample data
Use the Budget waffle template -
Renewables progress
Progress bars toward 100 %
Progress · 16:9 widescreen · World Bank data
Use the Renewables progress template -
Cities vs countryside
A head-to-head that flips in 2007
A vs B · 4:5 portrait · World Bank data
Use the Cities vs countryside template
Counters and overlays
Big numbers that count up, with a sparkline; the overlay version has a transparent background for laying over footage.
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Subscriber counter
A milestone counter with a sparkline
Counter · 9:16 vertical · Sample data
Use the Subscriber counter template -
World population
A counter from 3 to 8 billion
Counter · 16:9 widescreen · World Bank data
Use the World population template -
Counter overlay
A transparent counter to lay over footage
Counter · 16:9 widescreen · World Bank data
Use the Counter overlay template
How to use a template
Choose a template
Pick one from the gallery and select Use the … template, or use Samples in the studio’s Data step at any time.
Replace the data
In Data, use Paste data, Open a file or Edit data. The template’s title and source are cleared so they don’t describe the wrong numbers.
Make it yours
Change the Look, colours, Title and your logo in Style, and the pace in Timing.
Export
In Export, choose the file type and Format, then export and download.
Templates for YouTube, TikTok and presentations
Any template exports in any format, but some start in the shape their job needs.
- YouTube and presentations (16:9): Population race (the bar chart race guide explains its data layout), Biggest economies, Getting online, Life expectancy, Revenue growth and Product bubbles.
- TikTok, Reels and Shorts (9:16): Social followers and Subscriber counter, with Keep clear of app buttons to keep titles away from the apps’ own controls. See animated charts for social media.
- Feeds (1:1 and 4:5): Budget pie, Budget waffle and Cities vs countryside, the last two made for an infographic video.
- Overlays for video editors: Counter overlay has a transparent background; export Transparent video (WebM), as described on the transparent chart page.
What makes these templates different
Most “animated chart templates” are motion graphics with numbers typed into them: change the data and you redo the animation. These are driven by the data. Paste a longer table and the race gets longer; paste new values and the bars, axes and labels rescale and move on their own, with overtakes, counting numbers and labels that dodge each other worked out for every frame.
If you’re choosing between a template and building in another app, the overview of how to create animated charts compares this approach with PowerPoint, Excel, Canva and After Effects.
Template questions
Can I use my own data in a template?
Yes; that’s the point. Paste or open your table in the Data step and the template redraws with it.
Can I change a template’s chart type?
Yes. Pick any chart in the Chart step; the data and the look carry over.
Do the templates work for vertical video?
Yes. Choose 9:16 under Format in Export (or the format button in the studio’s top bar) for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.
Is the sample data real?
Templates marked “World Bank data” use real World Development Indicators figures. The others use made-up numbers and say “Sample data” in their source line.