Stream Graph

Smartphone OS Market Share Stream

Stream graph showing mobile operating system market share evolution.

Output
Smartphone OS Market Share Stream
Python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

COLORS = {
    'layers': ['#3DDC84', '#007AFF', '#FF6600', '#00BCF2'],
    'background': '#ffffff',
    'text': '#1f2937',
    'grid': '#e5e7eb',
}

np.random.seed(2626)
years = np.arange(2010, 2025)
n = len(years)

android = 20 + 3.5 * (years - 2010) + np.random.normal(0, 2, n)
android = np.clip(android, 0, 75)
ios = 15 + 1.2 * (years - 2010) + np.random.normal(0, 1.5, n)
ios = np.clip(ios, 0, 28)
windows = 5 + 3 * np.exp(-((years - 2014)**2) / 8) + np.random.normal(0, 1, n)
others = 60 - 3 * (years - 2010) + np.random.normal(0, 2, n)
others = np.clip(others, 2, 60)

data = [np.clip(d, 1, None) for d in [android, ios, windows, others]]

fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(14, 6), facecolor=COLORS['background'])
ax.set_facecolor(COLORS['background'])

ax.stackplot(years, *data, colors=COLORS['layers'], alpha=0.85, baseline='sym',
             labels=['Android', 'iOS', 'Windows Phone', 'Others'])

ax.axhline(0, color=COLORS['grid'], linewidth=0.5)
ax.set_xlim(2010, 2024)

ax.set_title('Smartphone OS Market Share', color=COLORS['text'], fontsize=14, fontweight='bold', pad=15)
ax.set_xlabel('Year', color=COLORS['text'], fontsize=11)
ax.set_ylabel('Market Share (%)', color=COLORS['text'], fontsize=11)

ax.legend(loc='upper center', bbox_to_anchor=(0.5, -0.12), frameon=False, fontsize=9, ncol=4)

for spine in ax.spines.values():
    spine.set_color(COLORS['grid'])
ax.tick_params(colors=COLORS['text'], labelsize=9)

plt.tight_layout()
plt.subplots_adjust(bottom=0.18)
plt.show()
Library

Matplotlib

Category

Time Series

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