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# Rank spokespeople and competitors over time

## Use the Narrative Map’s bump chart with smart filters to see which spokespeople — or competitors — are leading the conversation, and how their ranking shifts over time. It makes a ready-made visual for your reports.

> This works best over a longer date range — a month or a quarter — where more of your top people or brands come through and you can see how they move.

#### Switch to the bump chart

1. Open the **Narrative Map**.
2. Select the **bump chart** visualisation. It ranks tags across your selected period.

The bump chart ranks tags over your selected period

 

![](https://help.carma.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-21-2026-04-34-34-6893-PM.png?width=557&height=302&name=image-png-Sep-21-2026-04-34-34-6893-PM.png)

 

#### Filter to spokespeople

1. Open the **smart filters**.
2. Under entity categories, select **Spokespeople** only.
3. The chart now shows when each person started appearing in the coverage and how their ranking has moved across the period.

Use smart filters to show spokespeople only

 

![](https://help.carma.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-21-2026-04-35-50-6078-PM.png?width=487&height=351&name=image-png-Sep-21-2026-04-35-50-6078-PM.png)

 

Track each spokesperson’s ranking over time

 

![](https://help.carma.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Sep-21-2026-04-36-26-6953-PM.png?width=536&height=290&name=image-png-Sep-21-2026-04-36-26-6953-PM.png)

 

#### Do the same for competitors

The same approach works for competitors, or any other tag type — filter to the type you care about to see the leaders and how they rank over time.

 

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