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Artificial Analysis Coding Index

OpenAIX · Aug 17, 2026 · official

Artificial Analysis Coding Index

OpenAI's line chart drew 384.3K views on X: 2.4x its median post and #177 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold by views. Read Oct 13, 2026.

AI coding index vs API cost

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OpenAI: Artificial Analysis Coding Index — Published by OpenAI on X, Aug 17, 2026. Source: x.com

71/ 100

ViralChart score

Wide but thin

More views than the median post but a lower engagement rate: many saw it, few acted. Common for big accounts.

#198 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold · #12 of 74 OpenAI 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

It lands in Wide but thin, with a score rank of #198 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

Its score of 71 sits at #198 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #12 of 74 OpenAI posts.

The post drew 384K views against OpenAI's 162K median, a 2.4x ratio and #21 of 74 OpenAI posts.

At 0.84 views per follower it ran 4.2x the 0.20 median across posts with known followers, 74th percentile.

5.2xthe median line chart post

Across 68 line chart posts we hold, the median gets 73.7K views.

2.4xOpenAI's median post

384.3K views, where OpenAI's typical post gets 161.5K.

bottom 29%engagement rate

0.51% of viewers liked, reposted, quoted or replied. The median post gets 0.73%.

0.84views per follower

384.3K views from an account with 457.2K followers.

Public X numbers from our read on Oct 13, 2026. Peers: 1,162 AI chart posts we hold and 74 from OpenAI.

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 #198 of 1,162

Views	384.3K	#177	top 15%
Likes	1.7K	#185	top 16%
Engagement rate	0.51%	#829	bottom 29%
Save rate	0.080%	#557	top 48%

Among 74 OpenAI posts

Score #12 of 74

Views	384.3K	#21	top 28%
Likes	1.7K	#18	top 24%
Engagement rate	0.51%	#41	bottom 45%
Save rate	0.080%	#12	top 16%

Growth

Our reads cover 27 hours

Views384.3K

Age at our read57 days

Views per day of life6.7Kviews divided by days since it was posted

Gained between our reads+14views over 27 hours, about 12 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.

OpenAI'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 · Aug 17, 2026

OpenAI posts Artificial Analysis Coding Index line chart

The August 17, 2026 line chart plots an AI coding index against API cost, and its 384K views sit above OpenAI's 162K median.

What happened

OpenAI published a line chart on August 17, 2026 covering the Artificial Analysis Coding Index against API cost. It was the account's only post that day, with 0 other posts from this account that day.

The numbers

It reached 384K views, #177 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #21 of 74 OpenAI posts. Its score of 71 ranks #198 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

The lesson

One line chart with 7 models shown drew 384K views, 2.4x OpenAI's 162K median, but a 0.51% engagement rate and 0.080% save rate sit below the AI chart median.

What it means

For OpenAI, 384K views is 2.4x its own 162K median, yet the 0.51% engagement rate leaves the post wide but thin against all AI chart posts.

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

Updates: what OpenAI posted next

Data and API

34 points read off this chart

Estimated from the image 35%

Group	Value	Read
GPT-5.6 Sol	40	estimated
GPT-5.6 Sol	50	estimated
GPT-5.6 Sol	60	estimated
GPT-5.6 Sol	70	estimated
GPT-5.6 Sol	75	estimated
GPT-5.6 Sol	78	estimated
GPT-5.6 Sol	80	estimated
GPT-5.6 Sol	81	estimated
GPT-5.6 Luna	38	estimated
GPT-5.6 Luna	42	estimated
GPT-5.6 Luna	54	estimated
GPT-5.6 Luna	60	estimated

Showing 12 of 34. All points, the redraw and the maker

Max plan · API

GET https://viral-chart.com/api/posts/4c71d401a0fc.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/4c71d401a0fc.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/4c71d401a0fc.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 4c71d401a0fc.

Approximate values. Our two readings of this chart agreed only in part (confidence 0.35 of 1), so check the original before you quote a number. The API marks it lowConfidence, and ?min_confidence=0.5 leaves it out.

See the Max plan API docs

	Path	Returns	Plan
GET	`/api/v1/charts/4c71d401a0fc`	Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link	Open
GET	`/api/v1/charts/4c71d401a0fc/data`	Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV	Max
GET	`/api/v1/charts/4c71d401a0fc/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/4c71d401a0fc/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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