diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/lineCharts/LineChart.tsx b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/lineCharts/LineChart.tsx
index 207959ea00..a5b257fb9c 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/lineCharts/LineChart.tsx
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/lineCharts/LineChart.tsx
@@ -1410,9 +1410,9 @@ export class LineChart
     }
 
     @computed private get yAxisConfig(): AxisConfig {
-        // TODO: enable nice axis ticks for linear scales
         return new AxisConfig(
             {
+                nice: this.manager.yAxisConfig?.scaleType !== ScaleType.log,
                 // if we only have a single y value (probably 0), we want the
                 // horizontal axis to be at the bottom of the chart.
                 // see https://github.com/owid/owid-grapher/pull/975#issuecomment-890798547
diff --git a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/stackedCharts/AbstractStackedChart.tsx b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/stackedCharts/AbstractStackedChart.tsx
index 5b40a3086b..812da2c381 100644
--- a/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/stackedCharts/AbstractStackedChart.tsx
+++ b/packages/@ourworldindata/grapher/src/stackedCharts/AbstractStackedChart.tsx
@@ -253,8 +253,13 @@ export class AbstractStackedChart
     }
 
     @computed private get yAxisConfig(): AxisConfig {
-        // TODO: enable nice axis ticks for linear scales
-        return new AxisConfig(this.manager.yAxisConfig, this)
+        return new AxisConfig(
+            {
+                nice: true,
+                ...this.manager.yAxisConfig,
+            },
+            this
+        )
     }
 
     // implemented in subclasses