Matplotlib subplots example showing how to avoid overlap between suptitle and tight_layout

bit_plot.py

from math import ceil

from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

plot_count = 8
column_count = 2
row_count = int(ceil(plot_count/column_count))
fig, subplot_axes = plt.subplots(row_count,
                                 column_count,
                                 squeeze=False,
                                 sharex='all',
                                 sharey='all')

for i in range(plot_count):
    row = i // column_count
    col = i % column_count
    ax = subplot_axes[row][col]
    ax.set_title(i)
    bits = []
    for j in range(4):
        bits.insert(0, i % 2)
        i >>= 1
    ax.plot(bits, drawstyle='steps-pre')

plt.suptitle('First few bit values in small numbers')
plt.tight_layout(rect=[0, 0, 1, 0.95])
plt.show()