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@arenaX · Sep 25, 2026

How Claude Models Write Language Markers

@arena's small multiples drew 1.5M views on X: 33x its median post and #77 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold by views. Read Oct 13, 2026.

XDataSmall multiplesClaude Opus 5All Anthropic modelsFable 5Opus 5Opus 4.6Fable 5.1Opus 4.7Opus 4.8Opus 5.5
Published by @arena on X, Sep 25, 2026. Source: x.com
68/ 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.

#271 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold · #37 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 Wide but thin quadrant, at #271 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

Its 1.5M views sit 33x above @arena's median post, at #8 of 239 @arena posts.

Engagement lands at 0.16%, the 3rd percentile among AI chart posts and #1,125 of 1,162.

At 6.44 views per follower, it reaches the 94th percentile across posts with known followers.

33x@arena's median post

1.5M views, where @arena's typical post gets 46.2K.

56xthe median small multiples post

Across 43 small multiples posts we hold, the median gets 27K views.

6.44views per follower

1.5M views from an account with 234.1K followers.

3charts in this one post

The numbers belong to the post, so every chart in it shares them and it is ranked once.

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 #271 of 1,162

Views1.5M#77top 7%
Likes2.1K#144top 12%
Engagement rate0.16%#1,125bottom 3%
Save rate0.050%#826bottom 29%

Among 239 @arena posts

Score #37 of 239

Views1.5M#8top 3%
Likes2.1K#16top 6%
Engagement rate0.16%#231bottom 4%
Save rate0.050%#188bottom 22%

Growth

Our reads cover 27 hours

Views1.5M
Age at our read18 days
Views per day of life83.5Kviews divided by days since it was posted
Gained between our reads+175views over 27 hours, about 155 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 · Sep 25, 2026

@arena charts how Claude models write language markers

A 3-chart small multiples post on Claude language markers drew 1.5M views against a 0.16% engagement rate.

What happened

@arena posted a small multiples chart on how Claude models write language markers on September 25, 2026. It came with 3 other posts from the account that day, including Agent Arena Leaderboard Rankings at 152K views.

The numbers

The post reached 1.5M views, #77 of 1,162 AI chart posts, against a median of 39.9K. Its score of 68 ranks #271 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #37 of 239 @arena posts.

The lesson

At 3 charts in one post, the format drew 1.5M views but a 0.16% engagement rate, the 3rd percentile among AI chart posts. The chart shows em dashes (Fable 5) at 16.3 and em dashes (Opus 4.8) at 11.2.

What it means

At #37 of 239 @arena posts by score, this post trails the account's own 0.68% median engagement rate. The 1.5M views against a 0.16% rate leave a wide but thin result.

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

Data and API

28 points read off this chart

Estimated from the image 92%
SeriesGroupValueRead
Em dashesFable 516.3 per 1,000 words / % of answersprinted
Em dashesOpus 515.2 per 1,000 words / % of answersprinted
Em dashesOpus 4.614.5 per 1,000 words / % of answersprinted
Em dashesOpus 4.712.6 per 1,000 words / % of answersprinted
Em dashesFable 5.111.3 per 1,000 words / % of answersprinted
Em dashesOpus 4.811.2 per 1,000 words / % of answersprinted
Em dashesOpus 5.50.8 per 1,000 words / % of answersprinted
SemicolonsFable 5.16.31 per 1,000 words / % of answersprinted
SemicolonsOpus 56.1 per 1,000 words / % of answersestimated
SemicolonsFable 53.04 per 1,000 words / % of answersestimated
SemicolonsOpus 4.61.72 per 1,000 words / % of answersprinted
SemicolonsOpus 4.71.64 per 1,000 words / % of answersprinted

Showing 12 of 28. All points, the redraw and the maker

Max plan · API

GET https://viral-chart.com/api/posts/c1fbfe68a7dc.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/c1fbfe68a7dc.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/c1fbfe68a7dc.skill.md

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 c1fbfe68a7dc.

PathReturnsPlan
GET/api/v1/charts/c1fbfe68a7dcTitle, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data linkOpen
GET/api/v1/charts/c1fbfe68a7dc/dataEvery point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSVMax
GET/api/v1/charts/c1fbfe68a7dc/render?view=1The draw-only view this page usesOpen
POST/mcpTool get_chart_data with this id, for Claude, Cursor and other agentsMax
curlMax
curl -s https://viral-chart.com/api/v1/charts/c1fbfe68a7dc/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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