Matplotlib Histogram Plot – Tutorial and Examples

Introduction

Matplotlib is one of the most widely used data visualization libraries in Python. From simple to complex visualizations, it’s the go-to library for most.

In this tutorial, we’ll take a look at how to plot a histogram plot in Matplotlib. Histogram plots are a great way to visualize distributions of data – In a histogram, each bar groups numbers into ranges. Taller bars show that more data falls in that range.

A histogram displays the shape and spread of continuous sample data.

Import Data

We’ll be using the Netflix Shows dataset and visualizing the distributions from there.

Let’s import Pandas and load in the dataset:

import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv('netflix_titles.csv')

Plot a Histogram Plot in Matplotlib

Now, with the dataset loaded in, let’s import Matplotlib’s PyPlot module and visualize the distribution of release_years of

 

 

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