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Energy consumption per ChatGPT query

@EpochAIResearchX · Dec 23, 2025

Energy consumption per ChatGPT query

@EpochAIResearch's bar chart drew 963 views on X: 0.2x @epochairesearch's median post and #1,128 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold by views. Read Oct 12, 2026.

Energy use per ChatGPT query is small vs everyday items

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@EpochAIResearch: Energy consumption per ChatGPT query — Published by @EpochAIResearch on X, Dec 23, 2025. Source: x.com

33/ 100

ViralChart score

Small but loved

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

#867 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold · #47 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

It sits in the Small but loved quadrant, with a score rank of #867 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

Its 963 views sit at 0.18x the 5.3K median for @EpochAIResearch posts, ranking #52 of 59 @EpochAIResearch posts.

The 2.08% engagement rate lands in the 98th percentile among AI chart posts, against a DPI median of 0.73%.

The score of 33 places it at #867 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #47 of 59 @EpochAIResearch posts.

0.0xthe median bar chart post

Across 241 bar chart posts we hold, the median gets 25.6K views.

0.2x@epochairesearch's median post

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

top 2%engagement rate

2.08% of viewers liked, reposted, quoted or replied. The median post gets 0.73%.

top 3%save rate

0.312% of viewers bookmarked it to come back to. The median post gets 0.076%.

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 #867 of 1,162

Views	963	#1,128	bottom 3%
Likes	16	#1,059	bottom 9%
Engagement rate	2.08%	#18	top 2%
Save rate	0.312%	#32	top 3%

Among 59 @epochairesearch posts

Score #47 of 59

Views	963	#52	bottom 13%
Likes	16	#52	bottom 12%
Engagement rate	2.08%	#9	top 14%
Save rate	0.312%	#4	top 6%

Growth

One read so far

Age at our read293 days

Views per day of life3views 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 · Dec 23, 2025

@EpochAIResearch charts energy use per ChatGPT query

A single bar chart on ChatGPT query energy drew 963 views and a 2.08% engagement rate, landing in the 98th percentile among AI chart posts.

What happened

@EpochAIResearch posted a bar chart on December 23, 2025, on energy consumption per ChatGPT query. It was the account's only post that day.

The numbers

It reached 963 views, ranking #1,128 of 1,162 AI chart posts, against a median of 39.9K views among AI chart posts. Its score of 33 ranks #867 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

The lesson

A 2.08% engagement rate at the 98th percentile among AI chart posts came with 963 views, so this single-model bar chart was saved and liked at a top-decile rate even at low reach.

What it means

At #47 of 59 @EpochAIResearch posts by score, this post trails the account's own median engagement of 1.37%, so its 2.08% rate stands out against a weak account-level baseline.

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

7 points read off this chart

Estimated from the image 75%

Group	Value	Read
Typical ChatGPT query	0.3 watt-hours	printed
Running a 10W lightbulb for 5 minutes	0.8 watt-hours	estimated
Using a laptop for 5 minutes	1.5 watt-hours	estimated
Long-input query	3 watt-hours	estimated
Microwaving for 30 seconds	10 watt-hours	estimated
Average US household consumption per minute	20 watt-hours	estimated
Maximum-input query	40 watt-hours	estimated

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