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Text-to-Image Arena Rankings

@arenaX · Apr 21, 2026

Text-to-Image Arena Rankings

@arena's leaderboard drew 2.2M views on X: 48x its median post and #56 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold by views. Read Oct 13, 2026.

OpenAI Ranks #1 in Text-to-Image Arena

XData Leaderboard GPT Image (and DALL-E)All OpenAI models Nano BananaGPT Image 2 (Medium)Nano Banana Pro 2 (2k)Nano Banana Pro (2k)GPT Image 1.5 (High)Nano Banana ProMAI Image 2R eve V1.5

@arena: Text-to-Image Arena Rankings — Published by @arena on X, Apr 21, 2026. 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.

#180 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold · #21 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

It sits in the Wide but thin quadrant, at #180 of 1,162 AI chart posts by score.

Its 2.2M views sit 48x @arena's 46.2K median, the #5 of 239 @arena posts by views.

At 9.55 views per follower against a 0.20 median, it lands in the 97th percentile.

Engagement runs the other way: 0.31% against a 0.73% median among AI chart posts, 10th percentile.

48x@arena's median post

2.2M views, where @arena's typical post gets 46.2K.

49xthe median leaderboard post

Across 107 leaderboard posts we hold, the median gets 45.3K views.

9.54views per follower

2.2M views from an account with 234.1K followers.

bottom 10%engagement rate

0.31% 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 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 #180 of 1,162

Views	2.2M	#56	top 5%
Likes	5.7K	#53	top 5%
Engagement rate	0.31%	#1,050	bottom 10%
Save rate	0.048%	#851	bottom 27%

Among 239 @arena posts

Score #21 of 239

Views	2.2M	#5	top 2%
Likes	5.7K	#3	top 1%
Engagement rate	0.31%	#218	bottom 9%
Save rate	0.048%	#192	bottom 20%

Growth

Our reads cover 27 hours

Views2.2M

Age at our read175 days

Views per day of life12.8Kviews divided by days since it was posted

Gained between our reads+47views over 27 hours, about 42 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.

@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 · Apr 21, 2026 · Lead story

@arena posts Text-to-Image Arena Rankings leaderboard

A 15-model leaderboard drew 2.2M views on April 21, 2026, with engagement at the 10th percentile among AI chart posts.

What happened

@arena posted a Text-to-Image Arena Rankings leaderboard on April 21, 2026, showing 15 models. It was one of 2 posts from the account that day, alongside a Code Arena Top 15: Agentic Coding post at 86.6K views.

The numbers

The post reached 2.2M views, #56 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #5 of 239 @arena posts. Its score of 72 ranks #180 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #21 of 239 @arena posts.

The lesson

A 15-model leaderboard at 2.2M views still drew a 0.31% engagement rate, 10th percentile among AI chart posts. The chart shows printed values from 1512 down to 1184.

What it means

At #21 of 239 @arena posts by score, this chart sits below the account's own 0.68% engagement median. The 2.2M views against a 0.73% AI chart median rate leave a wide but thin profile.

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

Updates: what @arena posted next

Data and API

15 points read off this chart

Estimated from the image 97%

Group	Value	Read
GPT-Image-2	1512 score	printed
Nano Banana 2	1271 score	printed
Nano Banana Pro (2k)	1244 score	printed
GPT Image 1.5 (High)	1241 score	printed
Nano Banana Pro	1232 score	printed
MAI	1184 score	printed
Grok Imagine Image	1173.5 score	printed
Reve V1.5	1173.5 score	printed
Flux 2 Max	1165 score	printed
Grok Imagine Image Pro	1158 score	printed
Flux 2 Pro	1157 score	printed
Flux 2 Flex	1156 score	printed

Showing 12 of 15. All points, the redraw and the maker

Max plan · API

GET https://viral-chart.com/api/posts/b1638ca39f86.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/b1638ca39f86.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/b1638ca39f86.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 b1638ca39f86.

See the Max plan API docs

	Path	Returns	Plan
GET	`/api/v1/charts/b1638ca39f86`	Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link	Open
GET	`/api/v1/charts/b1638ca39f86/data`	Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV	Max
GET	`/api/v1/charts/b1638ca39f86/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/b1638ca39f86/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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Questions people ask

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