diff --git a/web/src/components/ui/charts/BusterChartJS/ChartJSTheme.ts b/web/src/components/ui/charts/BusterChartJS/ChartJSTheme.ts
index a90a756eb..c53e4df6e 100644
--- a/web/src/components/ui/charts/BusterChartJS/ChartJSTheme.ts
+++ b/web/src/components/ui/charts/BusterChartJS/ChartJSTheme.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import {
   scales
 } from 'chart.js';
 import { ChartMountedPlugin } from './core/plugins';
-import CrosshairPlugin from './core/plugins/chartjs-plugin-crosshair';
 import ChartDeferred from 'chartjs-plugin-deferred';
 import ChartJsAnnotationPlugin from 'chartjs-plugin-annotation';
 import ChartDataLabels from 'chartjs-plugin-datalabels';
@@ -70,8 +69,7 @@ ChartJS.register(
   LogarithmicScale,
   TimeScale,
   TimeSeriesScale,
-  ChartDataLabels,
-  CrosshairPlugin
+  ChartDataLabels
 );
 
 ChartJS.defaults.responsive = true;
diff --git a/web/src/components/ui/charts/BusterChartJS/core/animations/barDelayAnimation.ts b/web/src/components/ui/charts/BusterChartJS/core/animations/barDelayAnimation.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3e2e164dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/components/ui/charts/BusterChartJS/core/animations/barDelayAnimation.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { AnimationOptions, AnimationSpec } from 'chart.js';
+
+export const barDelayAnimation = (props?: { dataDelay?: number; datasetDelay?: number }) => {
+  const { dataDelay = 200, datasetDelay = 100 } = props || {};
+  let delayed = false;
+  return {
+    onComplete: () => {
+      delayed = true;
+    },
+    delay: (context) => {
+      let delay = 0;
+      const numberOfDatasets = context.chart.data.datasets.length;
+      const numberOfDataPoints = context.chart.data.datasets[context.datasetIndex].data.length;
+
+      if (context.type === 'data' && context.mode === 'default' && !delayed) {
+        delay = context.dataIndex * dataDelay + context.datasetIndex * datasetDelay;
+        // Ensure the maximum delay is 1000ms
+        delay = Math.min(delay, 1000);
+      }
+      return delay;
+    }
+  } satisfies AnimationOptions<'bar'>['animation'];
+};
diff --git a/web/src/components/ui/charts/BusterChartJS/core/plugins/chartjs-plugin-pie-outlabels/plugin.ts b/web/src/components/ui/charts/BusterChartJS/core/plugins/chartjs-plugin-pie-outlabels/plugin.ts
index ab59247a9..90784c65d 100644
--- a/web/src/components/ui/charts/BusterChartJS/core/plugins/chartjs-plugin-pie-outlabels/plugin.ts
+++ b/web/src/components/ui/charts/BusterChartJS/core/plugins/chartjs-plugin-pie-outlabels/plugin.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
-import { ArcElement, Chart, ChartDataset, ChartMeta, ChartType, Plugin } from 'chart.js';
+import {
+  AnimationSpec,
+  ArcElement,
+  Chart,
+  ChartDataset,
+  ChartMeta,
+  ChartType,
+  Plugin
+} from 'chart.js';
 import OutLabel from './OutLabel';
 import OutLabelsContext from './OutLabelsContext';
 import OutLabelsManager from './OutLabelsManager';
 import { OutLabelStyle } from './OutLabelsStyle';
 import { OutLabelsOptions } from './OutLabelsOptions';
-import { CustomAnimationSpec } from '../common';
+
+interface CustomAnimationSpec extends AnimationSpec<'doughnut' | 'pie'> {
+  onProgress?: (animation: { currentStep: number; numSteps: number }) => void;
+}
 
 const globalAnimationDuration = (Chart.defaults.animation as CustomAnimationSpec).duration;
 
diff --git a/web/src/components/ui/charts/BusterChartJS/core/plugins/common.ts b/web/src/components/ui/charts/BusterChartJS/core/plugins/common.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d7662a075..000000000
--- a/web/src/components/ui/charts/BusterChartJS/core/plugins/common.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import { AnimationSpec } from 'chart.js';
-
-export interface CustomAnimationSpec extends AnimationSpec<'doughnut' | 'pie'> {
-  onProgress?: (animation: { currentStep: number; numSteps: number }) => void;
-}
diff --git a/web/src/components/ui/charts/BusterChartJS/hooks/useOptions/useAnimations.ts b/web/src/components/ui/charts/BusterChartJS/hooks/useOptions/useAnimations.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9618bb149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/components/ui/charts/BusterChartJS/hooks/useOptions/useAnimations.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
+import { barDelayAnimation } from '../../core/animations/barDelayAnimation';
+import { ANIMATION_DURATION, ANIMATION_THRESHOLD } from '../../../config';
+import { AnimationOptions, ChartType as ChartTypeJS } from 'chart.js';
+import { ChartType } from '@/api/asset_interfaces/metric';
+
+export const useAnimations = ({
+  animate,
+  numberOfSources,
+  chartType
+}: {
+  animate: boolean;
+  numberOfSources: number;
+  chartType: ChartType;
+}): AnimationOptions<ChartTypeJS>['animation'] => {
+  const isAnimationEnabled = useMemo(() => {
+    return animate && numberOfSources <= ANIMATION_THRESHOLD;
+  }, [animate, numberOfSources]);
+
+  return useMemo(() => {
+    return isAnimationEnabled
+      ? {
+          duration: ANIMATION_DURATION,
+          ...animationRecord[chartType]?.()
+        }
+      : false;
+  }, [isAnimationEnabled, chartType]);
+};
+
+const animationRecord: Record<ChartType, () => AnimationOptions<ChartTypeJS>['animation']> = {
+  bar: barDelayAnimation,
+  line: () => ({}),
+  scatter: () => ({}),
+  pie: () => ({}),
+  metric: () => ({}),
+  table: () => ({}),
+  combo: () => ({})
+};
diff --git a/web/src/components/ui/charts/BusterChartJS/hooks/useOptions/useOptions.tsx b/web/src/components/ui/charts/BusterChartJS/hooks/useOptions/useOptions.tsx
index 450958a1e..53b1b04b8 100644
--- a/web/src/components/ui/charts/BusterChartJS/hooks/useOptions/useOptions.tsx
+++ b/web/src/components/ui/charts/BusterChartJS/hooks/useOptions/useOptions.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import {
   LINE_DECIMATION_THRESHOLD,
   TOOLTIP_THRESHOLD
 } from '../../../config';
+import { barDelayAnimation } from '../../core/animations/barDelayAnimation';
+import { useAnimations } from './useAnimations';
 
 interface UseOptionsProps {
   colors: string[];
@@ -173,9 +175,7 @@ export const useOptions = ({
     }, 0);
   }, [datasetOptions]);
 
-  const isAnimationEnabled = useMemo(() => {
-    return animate && numberOfSources <= ANIMATION_THRESHOLD;
-  }, [animate, numberOfSources]);
+  const animation = useAnimations({ animate, numberOfSources, chartType: selectedChartType });
 
   const disableTooltip = useMemo(() => {
     return disableTooltipProp || numberOfSources >= TOOLTIP_THRESHOLD;
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ export const useOptions = ({
 
     return {
       indexAxis: isHorizontalBar ? 'y' : 'x',
-      animation: isAnimationEnabled ? { duration: ANIMATION_DURATION } : false,
+      animation,
       backgroundColor: colors,
       borderColor: colors,
       scales,
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ export const useOptions = ({
     goalLinesAnnotations,
     trendlineAnnotations,
     tooltipOptions,
-    isAnimationEnabled
+    animate
   ]);
 
   return options;