Venn diagram templates
A venn diagram template is the overlapping circles with the labels already chosen and the regions left empty. Start from the blank venn diagram below, or open one somebody has published and fill the regions with your own pictures or one-liners. Every region is clickable, including the small slice in the middle where all the circles meet.
Start from a blank venn diagram
Start with an empty venn diagram and fill it in yourself, or pick one of the templates below and change it.
Templates from the community
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Publish one as a template and it appears here. Anyone can then open it, change it and publish their own version.
What these templates are, and what they are not
A template here is a set of labelled circles with the regions empty. Somebody picks the two or three things being compared, names them, and publishes the arrangement so other people can fill in what actually belongs in each part.
They are made for the kind of venn diagram people post: labelled circles with a picture or a joke in each region. There is no data import, no counting of set members and no probability anywhere on this site, so if you need a diagram that works out intersections from a data set, a statistics tool is the right thing and this is not it. The circles are drawn, not calculated.
Two circles, three circles, or more
Two circles give three regions: what belongs only to the left, only to the right, and to both. It is the fastest layout to read and the one to use when the point is a single overlap.
Three circles give seven: three on their own, three pairs, and the small slice in the centre where all three meet. That centre is usually the punchline, which is why the three-circle version is the one most templates use.
The editor goes up to seven circles, and there is a blank canvas layout for arranging them yourself when the standard positions are not what you want. A template built with three circles can have more added or removed once you have opened your copy.
What goes in the regions
Each region takes a line of text, a picture, or both. Pictures can sit inside the region or fill it to the edges, which is worth knowing for the centre slice: it is the smallest area and the one people most often try to put a face in.
Keep the circle labels short. A venn diagram is read at a glance or not at all, and long labels are the usual reason one is unreadable at phone size. If a label needs a clause to make sense, the diagram is probably the wrong shape for the idea.
How to use a template
Opening a template gives you your own copy, so the original stays exactly as its author published it.
- Open the template. It loads in the editor as a copy that belongs to you.
- Read the circle labels: they are the whole argument, and they decide what the middle has to be.
- Click each region and fill it with text or a picture. Recolour the circles if you want; the overlaps mix their colours themselves.
- Download the PNG, or publish it to get a page with its own link and a preview image.
Publish a template of your own
The scarce part of a good venn diagram is the pair of circles, not the filling in. Two labels that genuinely overlap in an interesting way can carry dozens of different diagrams, and once you have thought of one it costs nothing to leave it open for other people.
Name the circles, leave the regions empty, and choose "Publish as template" rather than "Publish as chart" in the publish dialog. It appears on this page, and anyone who opens it starts from your labels with the regions blank.
- Venn diagram maker: the editor itself, including diagrams of up to seven circles.
- Community venn diagrams: finished diagrams people have published here.
Common questions
What is a blank venn diagram?
Overlapping circles with nothing written in them. The blank venn diagram at the top of this page opens one in the editor, ready for you to name the circles and fill each region with a picture or a line of text.
How many regions does a three-circle diagram have?
Seven. Three regions belonging to one circle each, three where a pair overlaps, and the slice in the centre common to all three. All seven are clickable and fillable here, including the centre, which plenty of tools leave as decoration.
Can I use one of these for schoolwork?
You can fill in words and print or hand in the exported picture, and for a simple comparison that is often enough. What you will not find is anything that reads a data set, counts members or exports to a document format, so a diagram that has to calculate its intersections needs different software.
Can I add or remove circles after opening a template?
Yes. It is your copy, so the number of circles, their positions, their sizes and their colours are all still yours to change, and the regions recompute as you drag them.
Does using a template change the original?
No. You get your own copy the moment you open it, and anything you publish afterwards is a separate page. The author keeps their version untouched.
Where do the templates on this page come from?
From people using the site. Anyone who picks "Publish as template" when they publish shows up here. Nothing on this page is stock content brought in from somewhere else.
How do I publish a template for other people?
Name the circles, leave every region empty, then choose "Publish as template" in the publish dialog and give it a title. It appears on this page and anyone who opens it gets a blank copy of your arrangement.
Make a venn diagram of your own
Every template here started as somebody's own venn diagram. Open the venn diagram maker to make one from scratch.