Feature Request: Custom sorting options for charts

[HaynesPostHog]

Feature request

Is your feature request related to a problem?

Currently, bar charts in PostHog insights automatically sort bars by their values (dependent axis). This makes it difficult to analyze data where the natural ordering of the independent axis is more meaningful, such as when examining distributions across numeric ranges or categorical data with inherent ordering.

Describe the solution you'd like

allow users to:

Sort by independent axis (ascending/descending) Sort by dependent axis (current default behavior) Custom sort order when applicable

Use Cases:

Analyzing distributions across numeric properties (screen widths, ages, scores, etc.) Creating proper histograms where x-axis ordering is critical Examining categorical data with natural ordering (sizes: S, M, L, XL) Time-based categorical analysis (months, days of week)

Describe alternatives you've considered

Additional context

From: https://posthoghelp.zendesk.com/agent/tickets/32542

Debug info

Kind: feedback

Target area: analytics

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