diff --git a/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/packages/superset-ui-number-format/src/NumberFormats.ts b/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/packages/superset-ui-number-format/src/NumberFormats.ts
index c7d29dac376b..c5a181fc6753 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/packages/superset-ui-number-format/src/NumberFormats.ts
+++ b/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/packages/superset-ui-number-format/src/NumberFormats.ts
@@ -1,63 +1,68 @@
 const DOLLAR = '$,.2f';
-const DOLLAR_CHANGE = '+$,.2f';
+const DOLLAR_SIGNED = '+$,.2f';
 const DOLLAR_ROUND = '$,d';
-const DOLLAR_ROUND_CHANGE = '+$,d';
+const DOLLAR_ROUND_SIGNED = '+$,d';
 
 const FLOAT_1_POINT = ',.1f';
 const FLOAT_2_POINT = ',.2f';
 const FLOAT_3_POINT = ',.3f';
 const FLOAT = FLOAT_2_POINT;
 
-const FLOAT_CHANGE_1_POINT = '+,.1f';
-const FLOAT_CHANGE_2_POINT = '+,.2f';
-const FLOAT_CHANGE_3_POINT = '+,.3f';
-const FLOAT_CHANGE = FLOAT_CHANGE_2_POINT;
+const FLOAT_SIGNED_1_POINT = '+,.1f';
+const FLOAT_SIGNED_2_POINT = '+,.2f';
+const FLOAT_SIGNED_3_POINT = '+,.3f';
+const FLOAT_SIGNED = FLOAT_SIGNED_2_POINT;
 
 const INTEGER = ',d';
-const INTEGER_CHANGE = '+,d';
+const INTEGER_SIGNED = '+,d';
 
 const PERCENT_1_POINT = ',.1%';
 const PERCENT_2_POINT = ',.2%';
 const PERCENT_3_POINT = ',.3%';
 const PERCENT = PERCENT_2_POINT;
 
-const PERCENT_CHANGE_1_POINT = '+,.1%';
-const PERCENT_CHANGE_2_POINT = '+,.2%';
-const PERCENT_CHANGE_3_POINT = '+,.3%';
-const PERCENT_CHANGE = PERCENT_CHANGE_2_POINT;
+const PERCENT_SIGNED_1_POINT = '+,.1%';
+const PERCENT_SIGNED_2_POINT = '+,.2%';
+const PERCENT_SIGNED_3_POINT = '+,.3%';
+const PERCENT_SIGNED = PERCENT_SIGNED_2_POINT;
 
 const SI_1_DIGIT = '.1s';
 const SI_2_DIGIT = '.2s';
 const SI_3_DIGIT = '.3s';
 const SI = SI_3_DIGIT;
 
+const SMART_NUMBER = 'SMART_NUMBER';
+const SMART_NUMBER_SIGNED = 'SMART_NUMBER_SIGNED';
+
 const NumberFormats = {
   DOLLAR,
-  DOLLAR_CHANGE,
   DOLLAR_ROUND,
-  DOLLAR_ROUND_CHANGE,
+  DOLLAR_ROUND_SIGNED,
+  DOLLAR_SIGNED,
   FLOAT,
   FLOAT_1_POINT,
   FLOAT_2_POINT,
   FLOAT_3_POINT,
-  FLOAT_CHANGE,
-  FLOAT_CHANGE_1_POINT,
-  FLOAT_CHANGE_2_POINT,
-  FLOAT_CHANGE_3_POINT,
+  FLOAT_SIGNED,
+  FLOAT_SIGNED_1_POINT,
+  FLOAT_SIGNED_2_POINT,
+  FLOAT_SIGNED_3_POINT,
   INTEGER,
-  INTEGER_CHANGE,
+  INTEGER_SIGNED,
   PERCENT,
   PERCENT_1_POINT,
   PERCENT_2_POINT,
   PERCENT_3_POINT,
-  PERCENT_CHANGE,
-  PERCENT_CHANGE_1_POINT,
-  PERCENT_CHANGE_2_POINT,
-  PERCENT_CHANGE_3_POINT,
+  PERCENT_SIGNED,
+  PERCENT_SIGNED_1_POINT,
+  PERCENT_SIGNED_2_POINT,
+  PERCENT_SIGNED_3_POINT,
   SI,
   SI_1_DIGIT,
   SI_2_DIGIT,
   SI_3_DIGIT,
+  SMART_NUMBER,
+  SMART_NUMBER_SIGNED,
 };
 
 export default NumberFormats;
diff --git a/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/packages/superset-ui-number-format/src/NumberFormatterRegistry.ts b/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/packages/superset-ui-number-format/src/NumberFormatterRegistry.ts
index b60a359b73f2..96237fa05191 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/packages/superset-ui-number-format/src/NumberFormatterRegistry.ts
+++ b/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/packages/superset-ui-number-format/src/NumberFormatterRegistry.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { RegistryWithDefaultKey, OverwritePolicy } from '@superset-ui/core';
 import createD3NumberFormatter from './factories/createD3NumberFormatter';
+import createSmartNumberFormatter from './factories/createSmartNumberFormatter';
 import NumberFormats from './NumberFormats';
 import NumberFormatter from './NumberFormatter';
 
@@ -9,10 +10,16 @@ export default class NumberFormatterRegistry extends RegistryWithDefaultKey<
 > {
   constructor() {
     super({
-      initialDefaultKey: NumberFormats.SI,
       name: 'NumberFormatter',
       overwritePolicy: OverwritePolicy.WARN,
     });
+
+    this.registerValue(NumberFormats.SMART_NUMBER, createSmartNumberFormatter());
+    this.registerValue(
+      NumberFormats.SMART_NUMBER_SIGNED,
+      createSmartNumberFormatter({ signed: true }),
+    );
+    this.setDefaultKey(NumberFormats.SMART_NUMBER);
   }
 
   get(formatterId?: string) {
diff --git a/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/packages/superset-ui-number-format/src/factories/createSmartNumberFormatter.ts b/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/packages/superset-ui-number-format/src/factories/createSmartNumberFormatter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..064640ffd335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/packages/superset-ui-number-format/src/factories/createSmartNumberFormatter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/* eslint-disable no-magic-numbers */
+
+import { format as d3Format } from 'd3-format';
+import NumberFormatter from '../NumberFormatter';
+import NumberFormats from '../NumberFormats';
+
+const siFormatter = d3Format(`.3~s`);
+const float2PointFormatter = d3Format(`.2~f`);
+const float4PointFormatter = d3Format(`.4~f`);
+
+export default function createSmartNumberFormatter(
+  config: {
+    description?: string;
+    signed?: boolean;
+    id?: string;
+    label?: string;
+  } = {},
+) {
+  const { description, signed = false, id, label } = config;
+  const getSign = signed ? (value: number) => (value > 0 ? '+' : '') : () => '';
+
+  function formatValue(value: number) {
+    if (value === 0) {
+      return '0';
+    }
+    const absoluteValue = Math.abs(value);
+    if (absoluteValue >= 1000) {
+      // Normal human being are more familiar
+      // with billion (B) that giga (G)
+      return siFormatter(value).replace('G', 'B');
+    } else if (absoluteValue >= 1) {
+      return float2PointFormatter(value);
+    } else if (absoluteValue >= 0.001) {
+      return float4PointFormatter(value);
+    } else if (absoluteValue > 0.000001) {
+      return `${siFormatter(value * 1000000)}µ`;
+    }
+
+    return siFormatter(value);
+  }
+
+  return new NumberFormatter({
+    description,
+    formatFunc: value => `${getSign(value)}${formatValue(value)}`,
+    id: id || signed ? NumberFormats.SMART_NUMBER_SIGNED : NumberFormats.SMART_NUMBER,
+    label: label || 'Adaptive formatter',
+  });
+}
diff --git a/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/packages/superset-ui-number-format/test/NumberFormatterRegistry.test.ts b/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/packages/superset-ui-number-format/test/NumberFormatterRegistry.test.ts
index f0956d53fe0d..140e1840925c 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/packages/superset-ui-number-format/test/NumberFormatterRegistry.test.ts
+++ b/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/packages/superset-ui-number-format/test/NumberFormatterRegistry.test.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 import NumberFormatterRegistry from '../src/NumberFormatterRegistry';
 import NumberFormatter from '../src/NumberFormatter';
+import { NumberFormats } from '../src';
 
 describe('NumberFormatterRegistry', () => {
   let registry: NumberFormatterRegistry;
   beforeEach(() => {
     registry = new NumberFormatterRegistry();
   });
+  it('has SMART_NUMBER as default formatter out of the box', () => {
+    expect(registry.getDefaultKey()).toBe(NumberFormats.SMART_NUMBER);
+  });
   describe('.get(format)', () => {
     it('creates and returns a new formatter if does not exist', () => {
       const formatter = registry.get('.2f');
diff --git a/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/packages/superset-ui-number-format/test/factories/createSmartNumberFormatter.test.ts b/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/packages/superset-ui-number-format/test/factories/createSmartNumberFormatter.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..681b92c1c802
--- /dev/null
+++ b/superset-frontend/temporary_superset_ui/superset-ui/packages/superset-ui-number-format/test/factories/createSmartNumberFormatter.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+import NumberFormatter from '../../src/NumberFormatter';
+import createSmartNumberFormatter from '../../src/factories/createSmartNumberFormatter';
+
+describe('createSmartNumberFormatter(options)', () => {
+  it('creates an instance of NumberFormatter', () => {
+    const formatter = createSmartNumberFormatter();
+    expect(formatter).toBeInstanceOf(NumberFormatter);
+  });
+  describe('using default options', () => {
+    const formatter = createSmartNumberFormatter();
+    it('formats 0 correctly', () => {
+      expect(formatter(0)).toBe('0');
+    });
+    describe('for positive numbers', () => {
+      it('formats billion with B in stead of G', () => {
+        expect(formatter(1000000000)).toBe('1B');
+        expect(formatter(4560000000)).toBe('4.56B');
+      });
+      it('formats numbers that are >= 1,000 & <= 1,000,000,000 as SI format with precision 3', () => {
+        expect(formatter(1000)).toBe('1k');
+        expect(formatter(10001)).toBe('10k');
+        expect(formatter(10100)).toBe('10.1k');
+        expect(formatter(111000000)).toBe('111M');
+      });
+      it('formats number that are >= 1 & < 1,000 as integer or float with at most 2 decimal points', () => {
+        expect(formatter(1)).toBe('1');
+        expect(formatter(1.0)).toBe('1');
+        expect(formatter(10)).toBe('10');
+        expect(formatter(10.0)).toBe('10');
+        expect(formatter(10.23432)).toBe('10.23');
+        expect(formatter(274.2856)).toBe('274.29');
+        expect(formatter(999)).toBe('999');
+      });
+      it('formats numbers that are < 1 & >= 0.001 as float with at most 4 decimal points', () => {
+        expect(formatter(0.1)).toBe('0.1');
+        expect(formatter(0.23)).toBe('0.23');
+        expect(formatter(0.699)).toBe('0.699');
+        expect(formatter(0.0023)).toBe('0.0023');
+        expect(formatter(0.002300001)).toBe('0.0023');
+      });
+      it('formats numbers that are < 0.001 & >= 0.000001 as micron', () => {
+        expect(formatter(0.0002300001)).toBe('230µ');
+        expect(formatter(0.000023)).toBe('23µ');
+        expect(formatter(0.000001)).toBe('1µ');
+      });
+      it('formats numbers that are less than 0.000001 as SI format with precision 3', () => {
+        expect(formatter(0.0000001)).toBe('100n');
+      });
+    });
+    describe('for negative numbers', () => {
+      it('formats billion with B in stead of G', () => {
+        expect(formatter(-1000000000)).toBe('-1B');
+        expect(formatter(-4560000000)).toBe('-4.56B');
+      });
+      it('formats numbers that are >= 1,000 & <= 1,000,000,000 as SI format with precision 3', () => {
+        expect(formatter(-1000)).toBe('-1k');
+        expect(formatter(-10001)).toBe('-10k');
+        expect(formatter(-10100)).toBe('-10.1k');
+        expect(formatter(-111000000)).toBe('-111M');
+      });
+      it('formats number that are >= 1 & < 1,000 as integer or float with at most 2 decimal points', () => {
+        expect(formatter(-1)).toBe('-1');
+        expect(formatter(-1.0)).toBe('-1');
+        expect(formatter(-10)).toBe('-10');
+        expect(formatter(-10.0)).toBe('-10');
+        expect(formatter(-10.23432)).toBe('-10.23');
+        expect(formatter(-274.2856)).toBe('-274.29');
+        expect(formatter(-999)).toBe('-999');
+      });
+      it('formats numbers that are < 1 & >= 0.001 as float with at most 4 decimal points', () => {
+        expect(formatter(-0.1)).toBe('-0.1');
+        expect(formatter(-0.23)).toBe('-0.23');
+        expect(formatter(-0.699)).toBe('-0.699');
+        expect(formatter(-0.0023)).toBe('-0.0023');
+        expect(formatter(-0.002300001)).toBe('-0.0023');
+      });
+      it('formats numbers that are < 0.001 & >= 0.000001 as micron', () => {
+        expect(formatter(-0.0002300001)).toBe('-230µ');
+        expect(formatter(-0.000023)).toBe('-23µ');
+        expect(formatter(-0.000001)).toBe('-1µ');
+      });
+      it('formats numbers that are less than 0.000001 as SI format with precision 3', () => {
+        expect(formatter(-0.0000001)).toBe('-100n');
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('when options.signed is true, it adds + for positive numbers', () => {
+    const formatter = createSmartNumberFormatter({ signed: true });
+    it('formats 0 correctly', () => {
+      expect(formatter(0)).toBe('0');
+    });
+    describe('for positive numbers', () => {
+      it('formats billion with B in stead of G', () => {
+        expect(formatter(1000000000)).toBe('+1B');
+        expect(formatter(4560000000)).toBe('+4.56B');
+      });
+      it('formats numbers that are >= 1,000 & <= 1,000,000,000 as SI format with precision 3', () => {
+        expect(formatter(1000)).toBe('+1k');
+        expect(formatter(10001)).toBe('+10k');
+        expect(formatter(10100)).toBe('+10.1k');
+        expect(formatter(111000000)).toBe('+111M');
+      });
+      it('formats number that are >= 1 & < 1,000 as integer or float with at most 2 decimal points', () => {
+        expect(formatter(1)).toBe('+1');
+        expect(formatter(1.0)).toBe('+1');
+        expect(formatter(10)).toBe('+10');
+        expect(formatter(10.0)).toBe('+10');
+        expect(formatter(10.23432)).toBe('+10.23');
+        expect(formatter(274.2856)).toBe('+274.29');
+        expect(formatter(999)).toBe('+999');
+      });
+      it('formats numbers that are < 1 & >= 0.001 as float with at most 4 decimal points', () => {
+        expect(formatter(0.1)).toBe('+0.1');
+        expect(formatter(0.23)).toBe('+0.23');
+        expect(formatter(0.699)).toBe('+0.699');
+        expect(formatter(0.0023)).toBe('+0.0023');
+        expect(formatter(0.002300001)).toBe('+0.0023');
+      });
+      it('formats numbers that are < 0.001 & >= 0.000001 as micron', () => {
+        expect(formatter(0.0002300001)).toBe('+230µ');
+        expect(formatter(0.000023)).toBe('+23µ');
+        expect(formatter(0.000001)).toBe('+1µ');
+      });
+      it('formats numbers that are less than 0.000001 as SI format with precision 3', () => {
+        expect(formatter(0.0000001)).toBe('+100n');
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});