Why Sorting and Customizing Bar Plots Matters? Most bar charts need two upgrades to be useful: (1) put the categories in a meaningful order (ascending/descending), and (2) add polish (value labels, colors, readable axes, or horizontal layout for long names). This tutorial shows … [Read more...] about Matplotlib Bar Plot in Python: Sort (Asc/Desc), Add Labels, Colors, Currency Axis & Horizontal Bars