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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 429 views on X: 0.0x @artificialanlys's median post and #1,155 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold by views. Read Oct 13, 2026.

Nano Banana 2.1 capability gap radar chart

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

31/ 100

ViralChart score

Small but loved

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

#905 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold · #303 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

Small but loved: views below the AI median, engagement at the 99th percentile, score #905 of 1,162.

429 views are 0.04x the company median of 11.4K, ranking #1,155 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

2.80% engagement rate is 3.8x the AI median of 0.73%, ranking #4 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

On October 8, 2026, this post ranked #15 of 18 posts from @ArtificialAnlys that day.

0.0x@artificialanlys's median post

429 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 #15 of 18 by views that day.

top 1%engagement rate

2.80% 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 #905 of 1,162

Views	429	#1,155	bottom 1%
Likes	11	#1,112	bottom 5%
Engagement rate	2.80%	#4	top 1%
Save rate	0.233%	#77	top 7%

Among 491 @artificialanlys posts

Score #303 of 491

Views	429	#487	bottom 1%
Likes	11	#451	bottom 9%
Engagement rate	2.80%	#2	top 1%
Save rate	0.233%	#36	top 7%

Growth

Our reads cover 26 hours

Age at our read5 days

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

Gained between our reads+9views over 26 hours, about 8 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 Nano Banana 2.1 Gap chart draws 429 views

An annotated chart on Nano Banana 2.1's capability gap, posted October 8, 2026.

What happened

The post is an annotated chart showing Nano Banana 2.1's capability gap radar. It was one of 18 posts that day, with 17 others including the Cyber Index v1 at 44.4K views.

The numbers

429 views, 11 likes, 2.80% engagement, 0.23% save rate, 85 views per day, score 31, #905 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

The lesson

A 2.80% engagement rate at 3.8x the AI median can come with only 429 views, ranking #4 of 1,162 for engagement.

What it means

For @ArtificialAnlys, this post ranks #303 of 491, but its 429 views are far below the account's 11.4K median, showing reach lags engagement.

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

27 points read off this chart

Estimated from the image 56%

Series	Group	Value	Read
Nano Banana 2.1	Complex Compositions	-55	printed
Nano Banana 2.1	Human Anatomy	-21	printed
Nano Banana 2.1	Knowledge	-38	printed
Nano Banana 2.1	Layout	-34	printed
Nano Banana 2.1	Lighting	-63	printed
Nano Banana 2.1	Material	-52	printed
Nano Banana 2.1	Physics	-54	printed
Nano Banana 2.1	Reasoning	-49	printed
Nano Banana 2.1	Text Rendering	-57	printed
Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)	Complex Compositions	-75	estimated
Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)	Human Anatomy	-50	estimated
Nano Banana 2 (Gemini 3.1 Flash Image)	Knowledge	-50	estimated

Showing 12 of 27. All points, the redraw and the maker

Max plan · API

GET https://viral-chart.com/api/posts/28f2bdcbd28b.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/28f2bdcbd28b.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/28f2bdcbd28b.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 28f2bdcbd28b.

See the Max plan API docs

	Path	Returns	Plan
GET	`/api/v1/charts/28f2bdcbd28b`	Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link	Open
GET	`/api/v1/charts/28f2bdcbd28b/data`	Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV	Max
GET	`/api/v1/charts/28f2bdcbd28b/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/28f2bdcbd28b/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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