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Image Edit Arena Top 20

@arenaX · Aug 8, 2026

Image Edit Arena Top 20

@arena's benchmark bar chart drew 16.1K views on X: 0.3x its median post and #746 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold by views. Read Oct 12, 2026.

Grok Imagine Image 2.0 ranks second

XData Benchmark bar chart Grok Imagine All xAI modelsGPT Image 2 (Medium)Grok Imagine Image 2.0 (Low)Mai Image 2.5Seedream-5.0 ProChatgpt Image High FidelityGrok Imagine Image QualityNano Banana Pro 2KNano Banana Pro

@arena: Image Edit Arena Top 20 — Published by @arena on X, Aug 8, 2026. Source: x.com

29/ 100

ViralChart score

Quiet

Fewer views and a lower engagement rate than the median post.

#921 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold · #198 of 239 @arena 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 Quiet quadrant, with a score rank of #921 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

Its save rate of 0.025% sits at the 12th percentile among AI chart posts, 0.33x the 0.076% median.

At 16.1K views the post runs 0.35x @arena's 46.2K company median, ranking #175 of 239 @arena posts.

The score of 29 lands at #921 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #198 of 239 @arena posts.

0.07views per follower

16.1K views from an account with 234.1K followers.

bottom 12%save rate

0.025% of viewers bookmarked it to come back to. The median post gets 0.076%.

0.3x@arena's median post

16.1K views, where @arena's typical post gets 46.2K.

2posts from @arena that day

Part of a run of 2 posts on Aug 8, 2026. This one was #2 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 239 from @arena.

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 #921 of 1,162

Views	16.1K	#746	bottom 36%
Likes	71	#811	bottom 30%
Engagement rate	0.50%	#833	bottom 28%
Save rate	0.025%	#1,021	bottom 12%

Among 239 @arena posts

Score #198 of 239

Views	16.1K	#175	bottom 27%
Likes	71	#183	bottom 23%
Engagement rate	0.50%	#168	bottom 30%
Save rate	0.025%	#214	bottom 11%

Growth

One read so far

Views16.1K

Age at our read66 days

Views per day of life245views 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.

@arena'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 8, 2026

@arena posts Image Edit Arena Top 20 benchmark bar chart

A 19-model benchmark bar chart from @arena drew 16.1K views and a 0.50% engagement rate, below the AI chart median.

What happened

@arena posted an Image Edit Arena Top 20 benchmark bar chart on August 8, 2026. It was one of 2 posts from the account that day, alongside a Text-to-Image Arena Top 20 post at 280K views.

The numbers

The post reached 16.1K views, ranking #746 of 1,162 AI chart posts against a 39.9K median. Its score of 29 ranked #921 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #198 of 239 @arena posts.

The lesson

The chart shows 19 models in one bar chart, and the post's save rate of 0.025% came in at 0.33x the 0.076% median among AI chart posts. A 19-model comparison drew a 12th percentile save rate, so the size of the field did not translate into bookmarks.

What it means

At #198 of 239 @arena posts and 0.35x the 46.2K company median views, this chart post trails the account's own output. The 0.025% save rate against the 0.076% AI chart median leaves the post at the 12th percentile.

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

Updates: what @arena posted next

Data and API

19 points read off this chart

Estimated from the image 94%

Group	Value	Read
GPT Image 2 (Medium)	1462 score	printed
Grok Imagine Image 2.0 (Low)	1439 score	printed
Mai Image 2.5	1406 score	printed
Seedream-5.0 Pro	1403 score	printed
Chatgpt Image High Fidelity	1392 score	printed
Grok Imagine Image Quality	1390 score	printed
Nano Banana Pro 2K	1385 score	printed
Nano Banana Pro	1385 score	printed
Nano Banana 2	1385 score	printed
Reve-2.1	1371 score	printed
GPT Image 1.5 High Fidelity	1366 score	printed
Grok Imagine Image Quality (2)	1359.5 score	printed

Showing 12 of 19. All points, the redraw and the maker

Max plan · API

GET https://viral-chart.com/api/posts/a243a8c75418.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/a243a8c75418.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/a243a8c75418.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 a243a8c75418.

See the Max plan API docs

	Path	Returns	Plan
GET	`/api/v1/charts/a243a8c75418`	Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link	Open
GET	`/api/v1/charts/a243a8c75418/data`	Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV	Max
GET	`/api/v1/charts/a243a8c75418/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/a243a8c75418/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.