Waterfall Chart
Marketing ROI Breakdown
Marketing spend attribution waterfall showing channel performance and ROI.
Output
Python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
from matplotlib.patches import Patch
categories = ['Marketing\nSpend', 'Paid\nSearch', 'Social\nMedia', 'Content\nMarketing',
'Email\nCampaigns', 'Events &\nSponsors', 'Attributed\nRevenue']
values = [0, 85, 62, 48, 95, 35, 0]
initial = 150
running_total = 0
bottoms, heights, colors = [], [], []
palette = ['#27D3F5', '#4927F5', '#F5B027', '#6CF527', '#F527B0']
for i, (cat, val) in enumerate(zip(categories, values)):
if 'Marketing\nSpend' in cat:
bottoms.append(0)
heights.append(initial)
colors.append('#F5276C')
elif 'Attributed' in cat:
bottoms.append(0)
heights.append(running_total)
colors.append('#6CF527')
else:
bottoms.append(running_total)
heights.append(val)
colors.append(palette[(i-1) % len(palette)])
running_total += val
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(12, 8), facecolor='#ffffff')
ax.set_facecolor('#ffffff')
x = np.arange(len(categories))
bars = ax.bar(x, heights, bottom=bottoms, color=colors, width=0.6, edgecolor='#e5e7eb', linewidth=1)
for i, (bar, val, bot, height) in enumerate(zip(bars, values, bottoms, heights)):
y_pos = bot + height / 2
if 'Marketing\nSpend' in categories[i]:
label = f"${height}K"
ax.text(bar.get_x() + bar.get_width()/2, y_pos, label, ha='center', va='center',
fontsize=11, fontweight='bold', color='#374151')
elif 'Attributed' in categories[i]:
label = f"${height}K"
ax.text(bar.get_x() + bar.get_width()/2, y_pos, label, ha='center', va='center',
fontsize=11, fontweight='bold', color='#0a0a0f')
else:
label = f"${val}K"
ax.text(bar.get_x() + bar.get_width()/2, y_pos, label, ha='center', va='center',
fontsize=10, fontweight='bold', color='#374151')
ax.set_xlim(-0.6, len(categories) - 0.4)
ax.set_ylim(0, max(running_total, initial) * 1.15)
ax.set_xticks(x)
ax.set_xticklabels(categories, fontsize=9, color='#374151')
ax.set_ylabel('Amount ($ Thousands)', fontsize=12, color='#374151', fontweight='500')
ax.set_title('Marketing Channel Attribution & ROI', fontsize=16, color='#374151', fontweight='bold', pad=20)
ax.tick_params(axis='y', colors='#e2e8f0', labelsize=10)
ax.yaxis.grid(True, linestyle='--', alpha=0.3, color='#e5e7eb')
ax.set_axisbelow(True)
for spine in ax.spines.values():
spine.set_color('#334155')
roi = ((running_total - initial) / initial) * 100
ax.annotate(f'Marketing ROI: {roi:.0f}% | ROAS: {running_total/initial:.1f}x', xy=(0.98, 0.95), xycoords='axes fraction',
fontsize=11, color='#6CF527', ha='right', fontweight='bold',
bbox=dict(boxstyle='round,pad=0.4', facecolor='white', edgecolor='#6CF527', alpha=0.9))
# Add spend reference line
ax.axhline(y=initial, color='#F5276C', linestyle='--', linewidth=1.5, alpha=0.5)
ax.text(len(categories) - 0.5, initial + 5, 'Spend', color='#F5276C', fontsize=9, ha='right')
legend_elements = [Patch(facecolor='#F5276C', label='Marketing Spend'), Patch(facecolor='#27D3F5', label='Channel Revenue'),
Patch(facecolor='#6CF527', label='Total Revenue')]
ax.legend(handles=legend_elements, loc='upper left', bbox_to_anchor=(0, -0.1), ncol=3, fontsize=9,
facecolor='white', edgecolor='#e5e7eb', labelcolor='#374151')
plt.tight_layout()
plt.subplots_adjust(bottom=0.15)
plt.show()
Library
Matplotlib
Category
Financial
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