add_subplot(*args, **kwargs)[source]
 
Add an Axes to the figure as part of a subplot arrangement. Call signatures: add_subplot(nrows, ncols, index, **kwargs)
add_subplot(pos, **kwargs)
add_subplot(ax)
add_subplot()
  Parameters 
 
*argsint, (int, int, index), or SubplotSpec, default: (1, 1, 1)


The position of the subplot described by one of  Three integers (nrows, ncols, index). The subplot will take the index position on a grid with nrows rows and ncols columns. index starts at 1 in the upper left corner and increases to the right. index can also be a two-tuple specifying the (first, last) indices (1-based, and including last) of the subplot, e.g., fig.add_subplot(3, 1, (1, 2)) makes a subplot that spans the upper 2/3 of the figure. A 3-digit integer. The digits are interpreted as if given separately as three single-digit integers, i.e. fig.add_subplot(235) is the same as fig.add_subplot(2, 3, 5). Note that this can only be used if there are no more than 9 subplots. A SubplotSpec.  In rare circumstances, add_subplot may be called with a single argument, a subplot Axes instance already created in the present figure but not in the figure's list of Axes.  
projection{None, 'aitoff', 'hammer', 'lambert', 'mollweide', 'polar', 'rectilinear', str}, optional


The projection type of the subplot (Axes). str is the name of a custom projection, see projections. The default None results in a 'rectilinear' projection.  
polarbool, default: False


If True, equivalent to projection='polar'.  
axes_classsubclass type of Axes, optional


The axes.Axes subclass that is instantiated. This parameter is incompatible with projection and polar. See axisartist for examples.  
sharex, shareyAxes, optional


Share the x or y axis with sharex and/or sharey. The axis will have the same limits, ticks, and scale as the axis of the shared axes.  
labelstr


A label for the returned Axes.    Returns 
 
axes.SubplotBase, or another subclass of Axes


The Axes of the subplot. The returned Axes base class depends on the projection used. It is Axes if rectilinear projection is used and projections.polar.PolarAxes if polar projection is used. The returned Axes is then a subplot subclass of the base class.    Other Parameters 
 **kwargs

This method also takes the keyword arguments for the returned Axes base class; except for the figure argument. The keyword arguments for the rectilinear base class Axes can be found in the following table but there might also be other keyword arguments if another projection is used.   
Property Description   
adjustable {'box', 'datalim'}  
agg_filter a filter function, which takes a (m, n, 3) float array and a dpi value, and returns a (m, n, 3) array  
alpha scalar or None  
anchor (float, float) or {'C', 'SW', 'S', 'SE', 'E', 'NE', ...}  
animated bool  
aspect {'auto', 'equal'} or float  
autoscale_on bool  
autoscalex_on bool  
autoscaley_on bool  
axes_locator Callable[[Axes, Renderer], Bbox]  
axisbelow bool or 'line'  
box_aspect float or None  
clip_box Bbox  
clip_on bool  
clip_path Patch or (Path, Transform) or None  
facecolor or fc color  
figure Figure  
frame_on bool  
gid str  
in_layout bool  
label object  
navigate bool  
navigate_mode unknown  
path_effects AbstractPathEffect  
picker None or bool or float or callable  
position [left, bottom, width, height] or Bbox  
prop_cycle unknown  
rasterization_zorder float or None  
rasterized bool  
sketch_params (scale: float, length: float, randomness: float)  
snap bool or None  
title str  
transform Transform  
url str  
visible bool  
xbound unknown  
xlabel str  
xlim (bottom: float, top: float)  
xmargin float greater than -0.5  
xscale {"linear", "log", "symlog", "logit", ...} or ScaleBase  
xticklabels unknown  
xticks unknown  
ybound unknown  
ylabel str  
ylim (bottom: float, top: float)  
ymargin float greater than -0.5  
yscale {"linear", "log", "symlog", "logit", ...} or ScaleBase  
yticklabels unknown  
yticks unknown  
zorder float        See also  Figure.add_axes
pyplot.subplot
pyplot.axes
Figure.subplots
pyplot.subplots
  Examples fig = plt.figure()

fig.add_subplot(231)
ax1 = fig.add_subplot(2, 3, 1)  # equivalent but more general

fig.add_subplot(232, frameon=False)  # subplot with no frame
fig.add_subplot(233, projection='polar')  # polar subplot
fig.add_subplot(234, sharex=ax1)  # subplot sharing x-axis with ax1
fig.add_subplot(235, facecolor="red")  # red subplot

ax1.remove()  # delete ax1 from the figure
fig.add_subplot(ax1)  # add ax1 back to the figure