Animated Scatter Plots charts can be valuable in several scenarios from showcasing changes over time,  breaking complex information into digestible parts, storytelling, illustrating relationships between multiple variables,  to user interaction and exploration by gaining deeper insights. It can significantly enhance the understanding and engagement of an audience.

In this scenario, it shows the per capital income patterns , life expectancy and population, highlighting the changes over a long period of time. With each region showing a different colour. This offers a dynamic way to represent multidimensional data, making it easier to observe patterns , trends that might not be immediately apparent in static visualisations.

Other Potential Use Cases:

• Stock Market Analysis: illustrating the movement of stock prices to trading volume over time to identify trends, patterns, anomalies in the market.
• Marketing and Consumer Behaviour: Showing correlations between advertising, spending and sales figures over months or years, indicating the impact of marketing efforts on consumer behaviour.
• Economic Trends: Displaying changes in economic indicators like GDP growth versus unemployment rates over several years. The animation can reveal correlations or trends that evolve over time.