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diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 76784014..a30883e7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "vue-data-ui",
-  "version": "1.9.66",
+  "version": "1.9.67",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "vue-data-ui",
-      "version": "1.9.66",
+      "version": "1.9.67",
       "license": "MIT",
       "devDependencies": {
         "@vitejs/plugin-vue": "^4.2.3",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1322269f..6c5f2cba 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "vue-data-ui",
   "private": false,
-  "version": "1.9.66",
+  "version": "1.9.67",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "A user-empowering data visualization Vue components library",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/src/components/vue-ui-candlestick.vue b/src/components/vue-ui-candlestick.vue
index ac8fd709..06b2aa27 100644
--- a/src/components/vue-ui-candlestick.vue
+++ b/src/components/vue-ui-candlestick.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <script setup>
 import { ref, computed, onMounted, nextTick } from "vue";
-import { canShowValue, closestDecimal, shiftHue, opacity, createUid, createCsvContent, downloadCsv } from "../lib";
+import { canShowValue, closestDecimal, shiftHue, opacity, createUid, createCsvContent, downloadCsv, calculateNiceScale } from "../lib";
 import mainConfig from "../default_configs.json";
 import pdf from "../pdf";
 import img from "../img";
@@ -133,11 +133,15 @@ const extremes = computed(() => {
     }
 });
 
+const niceScale = computed(() => {
+    return calculateNiceScale(extremes.value.min, extremes.value.max, 10)
+})
+
 function convertToPlot(item, index) {
     return {
         ...item,
         x: drawingArea.value.left + (index * slot.value) + (slot.value / 2),
-        y: drawingArea.value.top + (1 - (item / extremes.value.max)) * drawingArea.value.height,
+        y: drawingArea.value.top + (1 - (item / niceScale.value.max)) * drawingArea.value.height,
         value: item
     }
 }
@@ -162,20 +166,16 @@ const drawableDataset = computed(() => {
 });
 
 function ratioToMax(value) {
-    return value / extremes.value.max;
+    return value / niceScale.value.max;
 }
 
 const yLabels = computed(() => {
-    const positiveStep = closestDecimal(extremes.value.max / candlestickConfig.value.style.layout.grid.yAxis.dataLabels.steps);
-    const steps = [];
-    for(let i = candlestickConfig.value.style.layout.grid.yAxis.dataLabels.steps; i >= 0; i -= 1) {
-        const value = positiveStep * i ;
-        steps.push({
-            y: drawingArea.value.bottom - (drawingArea.value.height * ratioToMax(positiveStep * i)),
-            value,
-        });
-    }
-    return steps;
+    return niceScale.value.ticks.map(t => {
+        return {
+            y: drawingArea.value.bottom - (drawingArea.value.height * ratioToMax(t)),
+            value: t
+        }
+    })
 });
 
 const xLabels = computed(() => {
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ defineExpose({
             <g v-if="candlestickConfig.style.layout.grid.yAxis.dataLabels.show">
                 <g v-for="(yLabel, i) in yLabels">
                     <line 
-                        v-if="yLabel.value >= 0 && yLabel.value <= extremes.max"
+                        v-if="yLabel.value >= niceScale.min && yLabel.value <= niceScale.max"
                         :x1="drawingArea.left" 
                         :x2="drawingArea.left - 5" 
                         :y1="yLabel.y" 
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ defineExpose({
                         :stroke-width="candlestickConfig.style.layout.grid.strokeWidth" 
                     />
                     <text 
-                        v-if="yLabel.value >= 0 && yLabel.value <= extremes.max" 
+                        v-if="yLabel.value >= niceScale.min && yLabel.value <= niceScale.max" 
                         :x="drawingArea.left - 8 + candlestickConfig.style.layout.grid.yAxis.dataLabels.offsetX" 
                         :y="yLabel.y + candlestickConfig.style.layout.grid.yAxis.dataLabels.fontSize / 3" 
                         :font-size="candlestickConfig.style.layout.grid.yAxis.dataLabels.fontSize" 
diff --git a/src/components/vue-ui-donut-evolution.vue b/src/components/vue-ui-donut-evolution.vue
index 6cf672b2..f760032b 100644
--- a/src/components/vue-ui-donut-evolution.vue
+++ b/src/components/vue-ui-donut-evolution.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <script setup>
 import { ref, computed, nextTick } from "vue";
-import { calcMarkerOffsetX, calcMarkerOffsetY, calcNutArrowPath, canShowValue, closestDecimal, makeDonut, palette, convertColorToHex, opacity, createUid, sumByAttribute, createCsvContent, downloadCsv } from '../lib';
+import { calcMarkerOffsetX, calcMarkerOffsetY, calcNutArrowPath, canShowValue, closestDecimal, makeDonut, palette, convertColorToHex, opacity, createUid, sumByAttribute, createCsvContent, downloadCsv, calculateNiceScale } from '../lib';
 import pdf from "../pdf";
 import img from "../img";
 import mainConfig from "../default_configs.json";
@@ -115,12 +115,15 @@ const drawableDataset = computed(() => {
             x,
         })
     }
-    const maxSubtotal = Math.max(...arr.map(a => a.subtotal));
+    
+    const minSubtotal = 0;
+    const maxSubtotal = Math.max(...arr.map(a => a.subtotal))
+    
     return arr.map((a, i) => {
         const radiusReference = (slit.value / 2) * 0.5;
         const radius = radiusReference > svg.value.width / 16 ? svg.value.width / 16 : radiusReference;
         const activeRadius = hoveredIndex.value === a.index ? svg.value.width / 20 : radius;
-        const y = svg.value.absoluteHeight - padding.value.bottom - (svg.value.height * a.subtotal / maxSubtotal);
+        const y = svg.value.absoluteHeight - padding.value.bottom - (svg.value.height * a.subtotal / calculateNiceScale(minSubtotal, maxSubtotal, 10).max);
         return {
             ...a,
             y,
@@ -159,21 +162,21 @@ const extremes = computed(() => {
     }
 });
 
+const niceScale = computed(() => {
+    return calculateNiceScale(extremes.value.min, extremes.value.max, 10)
+})
+
 function ratioToMax(value) {
-    return value / extremes.value.max;
+    return value / niceScale.value.max;
 }
 
 const yLabels = computed(() => {
-    const positiveStep = closestDecimal(extremes.value.max / donutEvolutionConfig.value.style.chart.layout.grid.yAxis.dataLabels.steps);
-    const steps = [];
-    for(let i = donutEvolutionConfig.value.style.chart.layout.grid.yAxis.dataLabels.steps; i >= 0; i -= 1) {
-        const value = positiveStep * i ;
-        steps.push({
-            y: svg.value.absoluteHeight - padding.value.bottom - (svg.value.height * ratioToMax(positiveStep * i)),
-            value,
-        });
-    }
-    return steps;
+    return niceScale.value.ticks.map(t => {
+        return {
+            y: svg.value.absoluteHeight - padding.value.bottom - (svg.value.height * ratioToMax(t)),
+            value: t
+        }
+    })
 });
 
 function displayArcPercentage(arc, stepBreakdown) {
@@ -452,7 +455,7 @@ defineExpose({
             <g v-if="donutEvolutionConfig.style.chart.layout.grid.yAxis.dataLabels.show" :class="{'donut-opacity': true, 'donut-behind': hoveredIndex !== null || isFixed}">
                 <g v-for="(yLabel, i) in yLabels">
                     <line 
-                        v-if="yLabel.value >= 0 && yLabel.value <= extremes.max"
+                        v-if="yLabel.value >= niceScale.min && yLabel.value <= niceScale.max"
                         :x1="padding.left" 
                         :x2="padding.left - 5" 
                         :y1="yLabel.y" 
@@ -461,7 +464,7 @@ defineExpose({
                         :stroke-width="donutEvolutionConfig.style.chart.layout.grid.strokeWidth" 
                     />
                     <text 
-                        v-if="yLabel.value >= 0 && yLabel.value <= extremes.max" 
+                        v-if="yLabel.value >= niceScale.min && yLabel.value <= niceScale.max" 
                         :x="padding.left - 8 + donutEvolutionConfig.style.chart.layout.grid.yAxis.dataLabels.offsetX" 
                         :y="yLabel.y + donutEvolutionConfig.style.chart.layout.grid.yAxis.dataLabels.fontSize / 3" 
                         :font-size="donutEvolutionConfig.style.chart.layout.grid.yAxis.dataLabels.fontSize" 
diff --git a/src/components/vue-ui-xy.cy.js b/src/components/vue-ui-xy.cy.js
index 3c2f67ba..f2fb361b 100644
--- a/src/components/vue-ui-xy.cy.js
+++ b/src/components/vue-ui-xy.cy.js
@@ -99,10 +99,6 @@ describe('<VueUiXy />', () => {
         cy.get(`[data-cy="xy-line-tag-end-${i}"]`).should('exist')
       }
 
-      for(let i = 0; i < 11; i += 1) {
-        cy.get(`[data-cy="xy-label-y-${i}"]`).should('exist');
-      }
-
       cy.get('[data-cy="xy-axis-xLabel"]').should('exist');
       cy.get('[data-cy="xy-axis-yLabel"]').should('exist');
 
diff --git a/src/components/vue-ui-xy.vue b/src/components/vue-ui-xy.vue
index fafacdaa..011606aa 100644
--- a/src/components/vue-ui-xy.vue
+++ b/src/components/vue-ui-xy.vue
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@
                 <g v-if="chartConfig.chart.grid.labels.show">
                     <g v-for="(yLabel, i) in yLabels" :key="`yLabel_${i}`">
                         <line 
-                            v-if="yLabel.value >= min && yLabel.value <= max"
+                            v-if="yLabel.value >= niceScale.min && yLabel.value <= niceScale.max"
                             :x1="drawingArea.left" 
                             :x2="drawingArea.left - 5" 
                             :y1="yLabel.y" 
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@
                         />
                         <text
                             :data-cy="`xy-label-y-${i}`"
-                            v-if="yLabel.value >= min && yLabel.value <= max" 
+                            v-if="yLabel.value >= niceScale.min && yLabel.value <= niceScale.max" 
                             :x="drawingArea.left - 7" 
                             :y="yLabel.y + chartConfig.chart.labels.fontSize / 3" 
                             :font-size="chartConfig.chart.grid.labels.fontSize" 
@@ -697,7 +697,8 @@ import {
     createUid,
     closestDecimal,
     createCsvContent,
-    downloadCsv
+    downloadCsv,
+    calculateNiceScale
 } from '../lib';
 import mainConfig from "../default_configs.json";
 import DataTable from "../atoms/DataTable.vue";
@@ -812,11 +813,11 @@ export default {
             return to - from + 1;
         },
         relativeZero() {
-            if(this.min >= 0) return 0;
-            return Math.abs(this.min);
+            if(this.niceScale.min >= 0) return 0;
+            return Math.abs(this.niceScale.min);
         },
         absoluteMax() {
-            return this.max + this.relativeZero;
+            return this.niceScale.max + this.relativeZero;
         },
         safeDataset(){
             if(!this.useSafeValues) return this.dataset;
@@ -914,6 +915,9 @@ export default {
             if(min > 0) return 0;
             return min;
         },
+        niceScale() {
+            return this.calculateNiceScale(this.min, this.max, 10)
+        },
         maxSeries(){
             return this.slicer.end - this.slicer.start;
         },
@@ -1047,25 +1051,12 @@ export default {
             return `0 0 ${this.chartConfig.chart.width} ${this.chartConfig.chart.height}`;
         },
         yLabels() {
-            const positiveStep = this.closestDecimal(this.max / 5);
-            const positiveSteps = [];
-            for(let i = 5; i > 0; i -= 1) {
-                const value = positiveStep * i ;
-                positiveSteps.push({
-                    y: this.zero - (this.drawingArea.height * this.ratioToMax(positiveStep * i)),
-                    value,
-                });
-            }
-            const negativeStep = this.closestDecimal(this.min / 5);
-            const negativeSteps = [];
-            for(let i = 5; i >= 0; i -= 1) {
-                const value = Math.abs(negativeStep) * i ;
-                negativeSteps.push({
-                    y: this.zero + (this.drawingArea.height * this.ratioToMax(Math.abs(negativeStep) * i)),
-                    value: -value
-                });
-            }
-            return [...positiveSteps, ...negativeSteps];
+            return this.niceScale.ticks.map(t => {
+                return {
+                    y: t >= 0 ? this.zero - (this.drawingArea.height * this.ratioToMax(t)) : this.zero + (this.drawingArea.height * this.ratioToMax(Math.abs(t))),
+                    value: t
+                }
+            })
         },
         zero(){
             return this.drawingArea.bottom - (this.drawingArea.height * this.ratioToMax(this.relativeZero));
@@ -1198,6 +1189,7 @@ export default {
         }
     },
     methods: {
+        calculateNiceScale,
         checkNaN,
         createSmoothPath,
         isSafeValue,
diff --git a/src/lib.js b/src/lib.js
index a8092a6e..81b64615 100644
--- a/src/lib.js
+++ b/src/lib.js
@@ -783,6 +783,55 @@ export function lightenHexColor(hexColor, percentLighter) {
     return lighterHex;
 }
 
+export function niceNum(range, round) {
+    const exponent = Math.floor(Math.log10(range));
+    const fraction = range / Math.pow(10, exponent);
+    let niceFraction;
+
+    if (round) {
+        if (fraction < 1.5) {
+            niceFraction = 1;
+        } else if (fraction < 3) {
+            niceFraction = 2;
+        } else if (fraction < 7) {
+            niceFraction = 5;
+        } else {
+            niceFraction = 10;
+        }
+    } else {
+        if (fraction <= 1) {
+            niceFraction = 1;
+        } else if (fraction <= 2) {
+            niceFraction = 2;
+        } else if (fraction <= 5) {
+            niceFraction = 5;
+        } else {
+            niceFraction = 10;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return niceFraction * Math.pow(10, exponent);
+}
+
+export function calculateNiceScale(minValue, maxValue, maxTicks) {
+    const range = niceNum(maxValue - minValue, false);
+    const tickSpacing = niceNum(range / (maxTicks - 1), true);
+    const niceMin = Math.floor(minValue / tickSpacing) * tickSpacing;
+    const niceMax = Math.ceil(maxValue / tickSpacing) * tickSpacing;
+
+    const ticks = [];
+    for (let tick = niceMin; tick <= niceMax; tick += tickSpacing) {
+        ticks.push(tick);
+    }
+
+    return {
+        min: niceMin,
+        max: niceMax,
+        tickSize: tickSpacing,
+        ticks
+    };
+}
+
 const lib = {
     adaptColorToBackground,
     addVector,