How To Create Interactive Infographics Html5

Infographics are visual elements that take complex information and make it easy to understand. They usually consist of charts, images, and contain little text. Infographics take data-rich concepts and turn them into a visualized story. These stories are rich in images, charts, and varied fonts and colors. They engage viewers well beyond a standard text-heavy report or article while sharing your unique brand identity with customers.

Infogram offers teams and individuals the ability to create high quality and visually stunning infographics in minutes. No design or coding experience is required; we have templates, maps, charts, icons, and professional images to make the process as easy as possible.

This article covers the basics of where to use interactive infographics, the types of infographics Infogram offers, how to get started, and frequently asked questions. Don't worry, we're handling the complicated technical pieces, allowing you to focus on creating engaging, exciting, and educational content that will delight your customers.

The most popular types of infographics

Infographics effectively share your brand's story, raise awareness about a topic, make an argument, explain a process, or highlight trends. There are many types of infographics to create that suits your audience and company's needs. Here are the 12 most popular types.

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Browse all infographic templates

Ready to make your own interactive infographic? Infogram has over 200 customizable templates. We recommend browsing this selection for inspiration; you'll be amazed by the options and places you can take your content.

Ocean Sand

Timeline Dark Infographic

Flow Dark

Step by Step Charts

Infographic Modern

Rainbow Timeline

Flow Light

Neon Maps

Busy Charts

Note Board

Timeline Infographic

Flowchart Plan

Double Comparison

Photography

Long Resume

Report

Get inspired by infographic examples

Trying to find an inspiration for creative new ideas? Check out a wonderful collection of impressive infographics created by Infogram users.

Frequently asked questions

When to use infographics?

Infographics offer a better way to:

1. Communicate the story you're telling. Infographics are the perfect addition to any report, presentation, social media post, marketing campaign, or blog post. They give you a unique opportunity to impress your audience, leaving them with a memorable piece of visual content.

Infogram's drag-and-drop editor, interactive charts, and beautiful designs are guaranteed to set you up for success. Learn how to use storytelling best practices to create powerful infographics and drive engagement.

2. Make your content easy to understand. Forget large chunks of text or data to draw your viewers in. Use an infographic to simply and effectively share your story.

3. Create content to quickly grab your viewer's attention. Infogram helps you make data visualizations faster by simplifying the content creation process. No need to go back and forth with designers; Infogram's templates cut your workload down significantly.

Do you need to finish a project even faster? Just pick one of our 140 ready-to-use templates designed for all your needs.

4. Increase brand awareness and drive traffic. Use compelling visualizations to get more social shares and traffic from the web. Simplify communication with your customers using infographics and charts.

Infographics are a great way to engage your social following and attract new fans. Learn how Infogram boosted social media engagement by 155% with charts.

5. Create viral content with compelling images and graphics. Find the images you need to make an infographic your audience will remember. Upload your own images or choose from more than 1 million high-quality stock photographs and over 500,000+ icons and flags.

Embed live charts and infographics on any website using our responsive embeds that are optimized to fit any screen. You can also download them as high-quality images that are perfect for print.

Have you created an awesome infographic and need to share it with the world? Learn how to share and promote your infographic online with Infogram.

How to make an infographic?

It's just 5 easy steps:

1. Log in to Infogram and choose an infographic template (or start from scratch).

2. Add charts, images, and icons.

3. Upload or copy and paste your data.

4. Customize your brand's look/feel with labels, colors, fonts, and graphics.

5. Download your infographic, or embed it on your website.

How to create a responsive project?

1. Click on Responsive web and mobile layouts while in the library.

2. Select one of the free or pro themes (get access to pro themes by subscribing to the Pro plan or above) or start off with any of the available charts and maps.

3. Enter a project name, as this will make it easier for you to find it in your library. You can rename the project at any time.

To understand how to format data for it to be correctly visualized, read the articles about Adding data to a chart and Adding and editing map data.

How to remove Infogram logo and add your own branding?

Adding a logo to your content means your brand will be recognized anywhere youshare or embed it. The Infogram logo will automatically appear at the bottom of all projects created with our Basic and Pro plans. However, with the Business, Team, and Enterprise plans, you can disable Infogram branding and upload your own logo, if necessary.

To do that:

1. Go to your Account Settings

2. Choose Infographic settings

3. Upload your logo there. The optimal dimensions are 50px (height) x 185 px (width). All new projects you create will contain this logo in the bottom right corner of the canvas.

You can also upload a logo to each of your projects individually:

1. Open the Footer tab from the settings panel on your right and click Enable footer (if it isn't already enabled)

2. Enable the Custom logo option.

3. Choose theTheme logo if you want to use the Infogram logo or the company logo included in your custom theme.

To upload a different logo, choose the Upload custom logo option. Here you can upload an image file (.png, .jpg, .svg) that does not exceed 10MB.

Pro tip: When uploading a custom logo, you can add a custom link that will open in a new tab when a viewer will click your logo.

4. Use the Alignment option to choose the location of the Logo.

How to add images to your project?

A picture is worth a thousand words! Make your infographic or data visualization stand out with beautiful images. Infogram supports JPG, PNG, and even animated SVG files!

To upload an image to the project:

1. Click the Add graphics button in the leftsidebar.

2. Browse the vast and free-to-use (CC) image, icon, flag, GIF, and sticker library or click on My uploads tab at the top to upload a photo.

3. Click Upload and choose a file from your computer, or alternatively drag and drop the image file from your computer right into Infogram's editor. The file will automatically be uploaded to the graphics gallery.

How to add an image to the background of several pages at once?

1. Click out of any selected objects.

2. Click Add background image on the settings panel on the right. Choose an image from the media library or upload your own (up to 10 MB in size).

3. Now you can adjust the image transparency by using the slider or change the image by clicking Change image.

4. To remove the background image simply click the X button next to Change image.

For other ways how you can change your project's background, please read the article about Changing the background.

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