For example: ggplot(bos_high_temps, aes(x = Day, y = HighTemp)) + geom_col() Sharon Machlis Bar chart in ggplot using defaults. There are ways around having to write a lot of code to customize ggplot.

Racing bar charts can be a useful way to visualize comparative data over time. There are a number of ways to create them in R, including combining ggplot with gganimate or using echarts4r.