Pyramid Diagram Template

About the Pyramid Diagram Template

The pyramid is a profoundly symbolic shape. If you’ve ever heard of a pyramid scheme, the food pyramid, or Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, you know what we mean. All of those are examples of a pyramid diagram: an evergreen tool for illustrating hierarchies. Our version of the pyramid template captures that power to help you illustrate important points. A pyramid diagram is a great way to convey hierarchical relationships or processes that build toward an end goal.

What is a pyramid diagram?

A pyramid diagram, also called a triangle diagram or triangle chart, helps you depict how multiple concepts build on each other in sequence. The sequence can be anything: many inputs narrowing down to a single result, a list of steps one individual must take in order, or the philosophical underpinnings of a well-known concept.

Its format is simple. Take a triangle and divide it into sections with horizontal lines. The pyramid is normally read from the largest segment to the smallest — each section should depend on the sections below it.

How to create your own pyramid chart template

Miro is the perfect graph maker, and with the pyramid template, you can whip up a pyramid diagram with blinding speed.

Start by selecting the pyramid diagram template, then follow these steps:

Step 1: Decide on a topic for your pyramid diagram.

The best topics involve a hierarchical structure, processes that gradually narrow down a field of many inputs or seemingly simple concepts with more complex underlying factors.

Step 2: Pick your stages.

You don’t want your diagram to become too complicated, so try to limit it to a maximum of six stages.

Step 3: Place the stages in order.

Use triangles and trapezoids from our shapes library to create the levels of your pyramid. The pyramid can be upright or inverted, as long as the largest segment corresponds to the broadest concept and the smallest segment to the narrowest.

Step 4: Label and color-code the stages.

Tag each segment with a relevant label. You may want to visually distinguish each stage by giving it a unique color. Rainbow is always fun!

Step 5: Add any additional elements necessary to understand the chart.

For example, you can pull rectangles from the shapes library to post background information beside each pyramid level.

Step 6: Share your pyramid diagram with your team.

Miro lets team members collaborate, working together to create the perfect graph. It works for fully remote or hybrid collaborating teams.

Benefits of using a pyramid template

The biggest benefit of pyramid diagrams is that they’re easy to draw and even easier to understand. When looking at a pyramid, you can usually intuitively grasp what it’s trying to say. One great use of a pyramid diagram is to show how a seemingly simple concept has vast and diverse underpinnings.

For example, a marketing professional could use one to show how their product’s appeal to a certain customer segment is based directly on their customer-centric marketing strategy, their strong UX work, and, finally, on their mission statement.

It’s also an extremely useful template for education.

Common use case of a successful pyramid chart template

The sales funnel is one of the best applications for a pyramid chart. Let’s walk through what that could look like.

The largest segment of a sales funnel pyramid chart could correspond to the stage that involves the largest number of customers. Your potential customer base starts with your total addressable market then narrows to the customers in that market who have heard of your product.

A certain percentage of those customers will research your product after learning about it. A smaller percentage of them will decide that they want one. An even smaller percentage — the smallest segment of the pyramid — will act on that desire and actually buy one.

The diagram could also contain an even smaller segment for the percentage of people who become loyal repeat customers.