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OpenAIX · Aug 7, 2024 · official

GPT-4o pricing reduction over time

OpenAI's line chart drew 283.1K views on X: 1.8x its median post and #217 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold by views. Read Oct 13, 2026.

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XDataLine chartGPT-4All OpenAI modelsgpt-4gpt-4ogpt-4-turbogpt-4o-2024-08-06
Published by OpenAI on X, Aug 7, 2024. Source: x.com
72/ 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.

#176 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold · #8 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 the Wide but thin quadrant, at #176 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

Its score of 72 ranks #176 of 1,162 AI chart posts, above the field.

At 0.62 views per follower, it sits in the 69th percentile among posts with known followers.

Its 283K views are 1.8x OpenAI's company median of 162K.

3.8xthe median line chart post

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

1.8xOpenAI's median post

283.1K views, where OpenAI's typical post gets 161.5K.

0.62views per follower

283.1K views from an account with 457.2K followers.

top 41%save rate

0.092% of viewers bookmarked it to come back to. The median post gets 0.076%.

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 #176 of 1,162

Views283.1K#217top 19%
Likes1.5K#204top 18%
Engagement rate0.64%#668bottom 43%
Save rate0.092%#482top 41%

Among 74 OpenAI posts

Score #8 of 74

Views283.1K#25top 33%
Likes1.5K#20top 26%
Engagement rate0.64%#27top 36%
Save rate0.092%#10top 13%

Growth

Our reads cover 27 hours

Views283.1K
Age at our read798 days
Views per day of life355views divided by days since it was posted
Gained between our reads+9views over 27 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.

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 7, 2024

OpenAI posts GPT-4o pricing reduction line chart

A single line chart tracks price per 1M tokens across four GPT-4 variants, from $36 to $4.

What happened

OpenAI published a line chart on August 7, 2024, showing GPT-4o pricing reduction over time. It was the account's only post that day.

The numbers

It reached 283K views, #217 of 1,162 AI chart posts, and #25 of 74 OpenAI posts. Its score of 72 ranks #176 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #8 of 74 OpenAI posts.

The lesson

A line chart with 4 models shown drew 283K views but a 0.092% save rate. The chart shows price per 1M tokens falling from $36 to $4.

What it means

At #8 of 74 OpenAI posts by score, this chart sits near the top of the account's own output. Its 0.64% engagement rate against 283K views marks the gap between reach and response.

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

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Data and API

4 points read off this chart

Estimated from the image 97%
SeriesGroupValueRead
gpt-4Mar '2336 $printed
gpt-4-turboNov '2314 $printed
gpt-4oMay '247 $printed
gpt-4o-2024-08-06Aug '244 $printed

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