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Quadrant Chart

A quadrant chart divides a space into four sections using two axes, placing items in the quadrant that best describes their position. The axes can represent any two dimensions you want to compare — effort versus impact, urgency versus importance, cost versus value.

Quadrant charts are popular for prioritisation exercises, strategic planning, and any situation where you want to compare items across two dimensions at once.

quadrantChart
    title Blog Post Priority Matrix
    x-axis Low Effort --> High Effort
    y-axis Low Impact --> High Impact
    quadrant-1 Plan carefully
    quadrant-2 Do first
    quadrant-3 Fill gaps
    quadrant-4 Reconsider

    Recipe roundup: [0.20, 0.75]
    Book review: [0.09, 0.50]
    Annual travel guide: [0.70, 0.85]
    Social media tips: [0.45, 0.65]
    Sponsored post: [0.75, 0.30]
    Comment replies: [0.15, 0.20]
    Video tutorial: [0.80, 0.70]

Items in the top-left quadrant ('Do first') offer high impact for relatively little effort — the sweet spot for busy writers. Items in the bottom-right ('Reconsider') consume lots of effort for little return.

Syntax
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```mermaid
quadrantChart
    title Blog Post Priority Matrix
    x-axis Low Effort --> High Effort
    y-axis Low Impact --> High Impact
    quadrant-1 Plan carefully
    quadrant-2 Do first
    quadrant-3 Fill gaps
    quadrant-4 Reconsider

    Recipe roundup: [0.20, 0.75]
    Book review: [0.09, 0.50]
    Annual travel guide: [0.70, 0.85]
    Social media tips: [0.45, 0.65]
    Sponsored post: [0.75, 0.30]
    Comment replies: [0.15, 0.20]
    Video tutorial: [0.80, 0.70]
```

For more quadrant chart syntax see the quadrant chart documentation at mermaid.js.org

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