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Total Training FLOPs Over Time

@EpochAIResearchX · Feb 20, 2025

Total Training FLOPs Over Time

@EpochAIResearch's line chart drew 2.5K views on X: 0.5x @epochairesearch's median post and #1,055 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold by views. Read Oct 12, 2026.

Total Training FLOPs growth for GPT and Grok models

XData Line chart Grok 2 All xAI models GPT-4GPT-2GPT-3Grok 0Grok 1

@EpochAIResearch: Total Training FLOPs Over Time — Published by @EpochAIResearch on X, Feb 20, 2025. Source: x.com

35/ 100

ViralChart score

Small but loved

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

#835 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold · #41 of 59 @epochairesearch 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 #835 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

Its 2.45% engagement rate sits at the 99th percentile among AI chart posts, against a 0.73% median.

The line chart drew 2.5K views against a 73.7K median for this type, a 0.03x ratio.

It ranked #1 of 2 posts from this account that day by views.

0.0xthe median line chart post

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

top 1%engagement rate

2.45% of viewers liked, reposted, quoted or replied. The median post gets 0.73%.

0.5x@epochairesearch's median post

2.5K views, where @epochairesearch's typical post gets 5.3K.

2posts from @epochairesearch that day

Part of a run of 2 posts on Feb 20, 2025. This one was #1 of 2 by views that day.

Public X numbers from our read on Oct 12, 2026. Peers: 1,162 AI chart posts we hold and 59 from @epochairesearch.

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 #835 of 1,162

Views	2.5K	#1,055	bottom 9%
Likes	59	#840	bottom 28%
Engagement rate	2.45%	#8	top 1%
Save rate	0.080%	#556	top 48%

Among 59 @epochairesearch posts

Score #41 of 59

Views	2.5K	#40	bottom 33%
Likes	59	#32	bottom 47%
Engagement rate	2.45%	#5	top 8%
Save rate	0.080%	#46	bottom 23%

Growth

One read so far

Views2.5K

Age at our read599 days

Views per day of life4views divided by days since it was posted

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

@epochairesearch'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 · Feb 20, 2025

@EpochAIResearch charts Total Training FLOPs Over Time

A line chart on total training FLOPs growth for GPT and Grok models drew 2.5K views and a 2.45% engagement rate.

What happened

@EpochAIResearch posted a line chart on Total Training FLOPs Over Time on February 20, 2025. That day the account posted 2 posts, including one on training compute of notable models with 369 views.

The numbers

It reached 2.5K views, ranking #1,055 of 1,162 AI chart posts. Its score rank is #835 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #41 of 59 @EpochAIResearch posts.

The lesson

A 2.45% engagement rate at the 99th percentile among AI chart posts shows that a line chart with 6 models can draw high engagement even at 2.5K views. The 0.03x ratio to the 73.7K median for line charts shows the reach gap.

What it means

At #41 of 59 @EpochAIResearch posts, this chart sits below the account's own median. The 2.45% engagement rate against the 1.37% median for this account shows engagement above the account's typical rate.

Written by ViralChart from public numbers read on Oct 12, 2026. Every number is checked against our data before it is shown.

Updates: what @epochairesearch posted next

Data and API

6 points read off this chart

Estimated from the image 30%

Series	Group	Value	Read
GPT Models	GPT-2	1e+21 FLOPs	estimated
GPT Models	GPT-3	3.1e+23 FLOPs	estimated
GPT Models	GPT-4	2e+25 FLOPs	estimated
Grok Models	Grok 0	1e+24 FLOPs	estimated
Grok Models	Grok 1	2.5e+24 FLOPs	estimated
Grok Models	Grok 2	1e+26 FLOPs	estimated

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