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Nano Banana 2.1: Gap to Capability Frontier

@ArtificialAnlysX · Oct 8, 2026

Nano Banana 2.1: Gap to Capability Frontier

@ArtificialAnlys's annotated chart drew 425 views on X: 0.0x @artificialanlys's median post and #1,156 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold by views. Read Oct 13, 2026.

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@ArtificialAnlys: Nano Banana 2.1: Gap to Capability Frontier — Published by @ArtificialAnlys on X, Oct 8, 2026. Source: x.com

30/ 100

ViralChart score

Small but loved

Fewer views than the median post but a higher engagement rate: a smaller crowd that acted on it.

#920 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold · #313 of 491 @artificialanlys posts. Score = views 40%, likes 30%, engagement rate 15%, save rate 15%, each as a percentile of every AI chart post we hold.

Our read

The post sits in the Small but loved quadrant, with a score rank of #920 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

At 425 views, the post sits at 0.04x @ArtificialAnlys's median of 11.4K, ranked #488 of 491 @ArtificialAnlys posts.

Its 2.59% engagement rate lands in the 99th percentile among AI chart posts, against a 0.73% median.

It was 1 of 18 posts from this account that day, ranked #16 of 18 by views that day.

0.0x@artificialanlys's median post

425 views, where @artificialanlys's typical post gets 11.4K.

0.0xthe median annotated chart post

Across 62 annotated chart posts we hold, the median gets 22.8K views.

18posts from @artificialanlys that day

Part of a run of 18 posts on Oct 8, 2026. This one was #16 of 18 by views that day.

top 1%engagement rate

2.59% of viewers liked, reposted, quoted or replied. The median post gets 0.73%.

Public X numbers from our read on Oct 13, 2026. Peers: 1,162 AI chart posts we hold and 491 from @artificialanlys.

Where it sits

Reach against resonance

Each dot is a post. Right is more views, up is a higher engagement rate. The lines are the medians, so the four corners are the four kinds of post.

Among 1,162 AI chart posts we hold

Score #920 of 1,162

Views	425	#1,156	bottom 1%
Likes	10	#1,124	bottom 4%
Engagement rate	2.59%	#5	top 1%
Save rate	0.235%	#74	top 6%

Among 491 @artificialanlys posts

Score #313 of 491

Views	425	#488	bottom 1%
Likes	10	#461	bottom 7%
Engagement rate	2.59%	#3	top 1%
Save rate	0.235%	#33	top 7%

Growth

Our reads cover 21 hours

Age at our read5 days

Views per day of life85views divided by days since it was posted

Gained between our reads+6views over 21 hours, about 7 a day now

Dots are our reads. The dotted line from the day it was posted to our first read is a gap, not data.

@artificialanlys's posts over time

Every post from this account we hold, by date and views. This one is marked; the line is the running median of the last 10.

News · Oct 8, 2026

@ArtificialAnlys posts Nano Banana 2.1 capability frontier chart

An annotated radar chart on October 8, 2026 drew 425 views and a 2.59% engagement rate, the 99th percentile among AI chart posts.

What happened

@ArtificialAnlys published an annotated chart on October 8, 2026, titled Nano Banana 2.1: Gap to Capability Frontier. It was 1 of 18 posts from this account that day, alongside 17 other posts including Artificial Analysis Cyber Index v1.

The numbers

The post reached 425 views, ranked #1,156 of 1,162 AI chart posts by views and #488 of 491 @ArtificialAnlys posts. Its score rank is #920 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

The lesson

A 2.59% engagement rate at the 99th percentile among AI chart posts came with a 0.24% save rate. The chart shows printed values from -94 to -11 across capability dimensions.

What it means

At #488 of 491 @ArtificialAnlys posts by views, this post sits far below the account's 11.4K median views. Its 2.59% engagement rate is above the 0.82% median for this account.

Written by ViralChart from public numbers read on Oct 13, 2026. Every number is checked against our data before it is shown.

Updates: what @artificialanlys posted next

Data and API

21 points read off this chart

Estimated from the image 66%

Series	Group	Value	Read
Nano Banana 2.1	Composition & Framing	-91	printed
Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)	Composition & Framing	-94	printed
Category frontier	Composition & Framing	0	estimated
Nano Banana 2.1	Enhancement & Restoration	-82	printed
Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)	Enhancement & Restoration	-63	estimated
Category frontier	Enhancement & Restoration	0	estimated
Nano Banana 2.1	Identity Preserving Edit	-31	printed
Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)	Identity Preserving Edit	-31	estimated
Category frontier	Identity Preserving Edit	0	estimated
Nano Banana 2.1	Object-Level Edit	-52	estimated
Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)	Object-Level Edit	-63	estimated
Category frontier	Object-Level Edit	0	estimated

Showing 12 of 21. All points, the redraw and the maker

Max plan · API

GET https://viral-chart.com/api/posts/03b63bac80cd.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/03b63bac80cd.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/03b63bac80cd.skill.md

Make one like this Open the post JSON Chart data JSON Skill file API docs

Static files in this prototype. The post JSON holds the public numbers, ranks, score, quadrant, our reads and, when checked, our copy.

API · Max

Use this chart via API

On the Max plan you can pull this chart's numbers with the provenance of each one, as JSON or CSV, with its redraw spec, or call it from an agent over MCP. Chart id 03b63bac80cd.

See the Max plan API docs

	Path	Returns	Plan
GET	`/api/v1/charts/03b63bac80cd`	Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link	Open
GET	`/api/v1/charts/03b63bac80cd/data`	Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV	Max
GET	`/api/v1/charts/03b63bac80cd/render?view=1`	The draw-only view this page uses	Open
POST	`/mcp`	Tool get_chart_data with this id, for Claude, Cursor and other agents	Max

curlMax

curl -s https://viral-chart.com/api/v1/charts/03b63bac80cd/data \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"

Claude CodeMax

claude mcp add --transport http viralchart https://viral-chart.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"

60 requests a minute per key; over that you get 429 with Retry-After. Up to 5 keys per account, made on your account page and shown once. Without Max, the data route answers 402 with a link to the plans. The numbers describe a chart its publisher owns, and every file carries a license note.

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