The stacked bar chart is no better. Yes, it doesn't have the same distortion of making green look smaller towards the right, but it is very hard to see the slow growth.
Yes, it's better, but using "better" stacked bar charts is not the advice I want people taking away from an otherwise valid complaint about stacked area charts. Volume is a [colorful] distraction.
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The stacked bar chart is no better. Yes, it doesn't have the same distortion of making green look smaller towards the right, but it is very hard to see the slow growth.
Just use a normal line chart.
It's not perfect, but it's definitely better.
Yes, it's better, but using "better" stacked bar charts is not the advice I want people taking away from an otherwise valid complaint about stacked area charts. Volume is a [colorful] distraction.