diff --git a/src/charts.ts b/src/charts.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85913c4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/charts.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+import { ExcalidrawElement } from "./element/types";
+import { newElement, newTextElement } from "./element";
+import { AppState } from "./types";
+import { t } from "./i18n";
+
+interface Spreadsheet {
+  yAxisLabel: string | null;
+  labels: string[] | null;
+  values: number[];
+}
+
+type ParseSpreadsheetResult =
+  | {
+      type: "not a spreadsheet";
+    }
+  | { type: "spreadsheet"; spreadsheet: Spreadsheet }
+  | {
+      type: "malformed spreadsheet";
+      error: string;
+    };
+
+function tryParseNumber(s: string): number | null {
+  const match = /^[$€£¥₩]?([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)$/.exec(s);
+  if (!match) {
+    return null;
+  }
+  return parseFloat(match[1]);
+}
+
+function isNumericColumn(lines: string[][], columnIndex: number) {
+  return lines
+    .slice(1)
+    .every((line) => tryParseNumber(line[columnIndex]) !== null);
+}
+
+function tryParseCells(cells: string[][]): ParseSpreadsheetResult {
+  const numCols = cells[0].length;
+
+  if (numCols > 2) {
+    return { type: "malformed spreadsheet", error: t("charts.tooManyColumns") };
+  }
+
+  if (numCols === 1) {
+    if (!isNumericColumn(cells, 0)) {
+      return { type: "not a spreadsheet" };
+    }
+
+    const hasHeader = tryParseNumber(cells[0][0]) === null;
+    const values = (hasHeader ? cells.slice(1) : cells).map((line) =>
+      tryParseNumber(line[0]),
+    );
+
+    if (values.length < 2) {
+      return { type: "not a spreadsheet" };
+    }
+
+    return {
+      type: "spreadsheet",
+      spreadsheet: {
+        yAxisLabel: hasHeader ? cells[0][0] : null,
+        labels: null,
+        values: values as number[],
+      },
+    };
+  }
+
+  const valueColumnIndex = isNumericColumn(cells, 0) ? 0 : 1;
+
+  if (!isNumericColumn(cells, valueColumnIndex)) {
+    return {
+      type: "malformed spreadsheet",
+      error: t("charts.noNumericColumn"),
+    };
+  }
+
+  const labelColumnIndex = (valueColumnIndex + 1) % 2;
+  const hasHeader = tryParseNumber(cells[0][valueColumnIndex]) === null;
+  const rows = hasHeader ? cells.slice(1) : cells;
+
+  if (rows.length < 2) {
+    return { type: "not a spreadsheet" };
+  }
+
+  return {
+    type: "spreadsheet",
+    spreadsheet: {
+      yAxisLabel: hasHeader ? cells[0][valueColumnIndex] : null,
+      labels: rows.map((row) => row[labelColumnIndex]),
+      values: rows.map((row) => tryParseNumber(row[valueColumnIndex])!),
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+function transposeCells(cells: string[][]) {
+  const nextCells: string[][] = [];
+  for (let col = 0; col < cells[0].length; col++) {
+    const nextCellRow: string[] = [];
+    for (let row = 0; row < cells.length; row++) {
+      nextCellRow.push(cells[row][col]);
+    }
+    nextCells.push(nextCellRow);
+  }
+
+  return nextCells;
+}
+
+export function tryParseSpreadsheet(text: string): ParseSpreadsheetResult {
+  // copy/paste from excel, in-browser excel, and google sheets is tsv
+  // for now we only accept 2 columns with an optional header
+  const lines = text
+    .trim()
+    .split("\n")
+    .map((line) => line.trim().split("\t"));
+
+  if (lines.length === 0) {
+    return { type: "not a spreadsheet" };
+  }
+
+  const numColsFirstLine = lines[0].length;
+  const isASpreadsheet = lines.every(
+    (line) => line.length === numColsFirstLine,
+  );
+
+  if (!isASpreadsheet) {
+    return { type: "not a spreadsheet" };
+  }
+
+  const result = tryParseCells(lines);
+  if (result.type !== "spreadsheet") {
+    const transposedResults = tryParseCells(transposeCells(lines));
+    if (transposedResults.type === "spreadsheet") {
+      return transposedResults;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+const BAR_WIDTH = 32;
+const BAR_SPACING = 12;
+const BAR_HEIGHT = 192;
+const LABEL_SPACING = 3 * BAR_SPACING;
+const Y_AXIS_LABEL_SPACING = LABEL_SPACING;
+const ANGLE = 5.87;
+
+export function renderSpreadsheet(
+  appState: AppState,
+  spreadsheet: Spreadsheet,
+  x: number,
+  y: number,
+): ExcalidrawElement[] {
+  const max = Math.max(...spreadsheet.values);
+  const min = Math.min(0, ...spreadsheet.values);
+  const range = max - min;
+
+  const minYLabel = newTextElement({
+    x: x,
+    y: y + BAR_HEIGHT,
+    strokeColor: appState.currentItemStrokeColor,
+    backgroundColor: appState.currentItemBackgroundColor,
+    fillStyle: appState.currentItemFillStyle,
+    strokeWidth: appState.currentItemStrokeWidth,
+    strokeStyle: appState.currentItemStrokeStyle,
+    roughness: appState.currentItemRoughness,
+    opacity: appState.currentItemOpacity,
+    text: min.toLocaleString(),
+    fontSize: 16,
+    fontFamily: appState.currentItemFontFamily,
+    textAlign: appState.currentItemTextAlign,
+  });
+
+  const maxYLabel = newTextElement({
+    x: x,
+    y: y,
+    strokeColor: appState.currentItemStrokeColor,
+    backgroundColor: appState.currentItemBackgroundColor,
+    fillStyle: appState.currentItemFillStyle,
+    strokeWidth: appState.currentItemStrokeWidth,
+    strokeStyle: appState.currentItemStrokeStyle,
+    roughness: appState.currentItemRoughness,
+    opacity: appState.currentItemOpacity,
+    text: max.toLocaleString(),
+    fontSize: 16,
+    fontFamily: appState.currentItemFontFamily,
+    textAlign: appState.currentItemTextAlign,
+  });
+
+  const bars = spreadsheet.values.map((value, i) => {
+    const valueBarHeight = value - min;
+    const percentBarHeight = valueBarHeight / range;
+    const barHeight = percentBarHeight * BAR_HEIGHT;
+    const barX = i * (BAR_WIDTH + BAR_SPACING) + LABEL_SPACING;
+    const barY = BAR_HEIGHT - barHeight;
+    return newElement({
+      type: "rectangle",
+      x: barX + x,
+      y: barY + y,
+      width: BAR_WIDTH,
+      height: barHeight,
+      strokeColor: appState.currentItemStrokeColor,
+      backgroundColor: appState.currentItemBackgroundColor,
+      fillStyle: appState.currentItemFillStyle,
+      strokeWidth: appState.currentItemStrokeWidth,
+      strokeStyle: appState.currentItemStrokeStyle,
+      roughness: appState.currentItemRoughness,
+      opacity: appState.currentItemOpacity,
+    });
+  });
+
+  const xLabels =
+    spreadsheet.labels?.map((label, i) => {
+      const labelX =
+        i * (BAR_WIDTH + BAR_SPACING) + LABEL_SPACING + BAR_SPACING;
+      const labelY = BAR_HEIGHT + BAR_SPACING;
+      return newTextElement({
+        text: label.length > 8 ? `${label.slice(0, 5)}...` : label,
+        x: x + labelX,
+        y: y + labelY,
+        strokeColor: appState.currentItemStrokeColor,
+        backgroundColor: appState.currentItemBackgroundColor,
+        fillStyle: appState.currentItemFillStyle,
+        strokeWidth: appState.currentItemStrokeWidth,
+        strokeStyle: appState.currentItemStrokeStyle,
+        roughness: appState.currentItemRoughness,
+        opacity: appState.currentItemOpacity,
+        fontSize: 16,
+        fontFamily: appState.currentItemFontFamily,
+        textAlign: "center",
+        width: BAR_WIDTH,
+        angle: ANGLE,
+      });
+    }) || [];
+
+  const yAxisLabel = spreadsheet.yAxisLabel
+    ? newTextElement({
+        text: spreadsheet.yAxisLabel,
+        x: x - Y_AXIS_LABEL_SPACING,
+        y: y + BAR_HEIGHT / 2 - 10,
+        strokeColor: appState.currentItemStrokeColor,
+        backgroundColor: appState.currentItemBackgroundColor,
+        fillStyle: appState.currentItemFillStyle,
+        strokeWidth: appState.currentItemStrokeWidth,
+        strokeStyle: appState.currentItemStrokeStyle,
+        roughness: appState.currentItemRoughness,
+        opacity: appState.currentItemOpacity,
+        fontSize: 20,
+        fontFamily: appState.currentItemFontFamily,
+        textAlign: "center",
+        width: BAR_WIDTH,
+        angle: ANGLE,
+      })
+    : null;
+
+  return [...bars, yAxisLabel, minYLabel, maxYLabel, ...xLabels].filter(
+    (element) => element !== null,
+  ) as ExcalidrawElement[];
+}
diff --git a/src/clipboard.ts b/src/clipboard.ts
index 31d11769..3ce3b2c4 100644
--- a/src/clipboard.ts
+++ b/src/clipboard.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
 import { getSelectedElements } from "./scene";
 import { AppState } from "./types";
 import { SVG_EXPORT_TAG } from "./scene/export";
+import { tryParseSpreadsheet, renderSpreadsheet } from "./charts";
 
 let CLIPBOARD = "";
 let PREFER_APP_CLIPBOARD = false;
@@ -65,10 +66,14 @@ export const getAppClipboard = (): {
 };
 
 export const getClipboardContent = async (
+  appState: AppState,
+  cursorX: number,
+  cursorY: number,
   event: ClipboardEvent | null,
 ): Promise<{
   text?: string;
   elements?: readonly ExcalidrawElement[];
+  error?: string;
 }> => {
   try {
     const text = event
@@ -77,6 +82,19 @@ export const getClipboardContent = async (
         (await navigator.clipboard.readText());
 
     if (text && !PREFER_APP_CLIPBOARD && !text.includes(SVG_EXPORT_TAG)) {
+      const result = tryParseSpreadsheet(text);
+      if (result.type === "spreadsheet") {
+        return {
+          elements: renderSpreadsheet(
+            appState,
+            result.spreadsheet,
+            cursorX,
+            cursorY,
+          ),
+        };
+      } else if (result.type === "malformed spreadsheet") {
+        return { error: result.error };
+      }
       return { text };
     }
   } catch (error) {
diff --git a/src/components/App.tsx b/src/components/App.tsx
index 6412b034..a57b59e1 100644
--- a/src/components/App.tsx
+++ b/src/components/App.tsx
@@ -707,8 +707,15 @@ class App extends React.Component<any, AppState> {
       ) {
         return;
       }
-      const data = await getClipboardContent(event);
-      if (data.elements) {
+      const data = await getClipboardContent(
+        this.state,
+        cursorX,
+        cursorY,
+        event,
+      );
+      if (data.error) {
+        alert(data.error);
+      } else if (data.elements) {
         this.addElementsFromPaste(data.elements);
       } else if (data.text) {
         this.addTextFromPaste(data.text);
diff --git a/src/locales/en.json b/src/locales/en.json
index 276fd72d..a4caaea8 100644
--- a/src/locales/en.json
+++ b/src/locales/en.json
@@ -171,5 +171,9 @@
   },
   "encrypted": {
     "tooltip": "Your drawings are end-to-end encrypted so Excalidraw's servers will never see them."
+  },
+  "charts": {
+    "noNumericColumn": "You pasted a spreadsheet without a numeric column.",
+    "tooManyColumns": "You pasted a spreadsheet with more than two columns."
   }
 }