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Image Edit Arena 2.1 Leaderboard

@arenaX · Sep 22, 2026

Image Edit Arena 2.1 Leaderboard

@arena's benchmark bar chart drew 244.2K views on X: 5.3x its median post and #237 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold by views. Read Oct 13, 2026.

Qwen-Image-2.1 Ranked #1 Open

XData Benchmark bar chart Qwen-Image All Qwen modelsQwen-Image-2.1Hunyuan Image 3.0 InstructQwen Image EditQwen Image Edit 2511Flux-2 DevFlux-2 Klein 9BFlux-2 Klein 4BFlux-1 Kontext Dev

@arena: Image Edit Arena 2.1 Leaderboard — Published by @arena on X, Sep 22, 2026. Source: x.com

56/ 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.

#522 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold · #112 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 #522 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

Its 244K views sit 5.3x above @arena's median post, at #40 of 239 @arena posts.

The 0.28% engagement rate lands in the bottom decile, 8th percentile among AI chart posts.

At 1.04 views per follower it reaches the 78th percentile among posts with known followers.

5.3x@arena's median post

244.2K views, where @arena's typical post gets 46.2K.

bottom 8%engagement rate

0.28% of viewers liked, reposted, quoted or replied. The median post gets 0.73%.

5.5xthe median benchmark bar chart post

Across 215 benchmark bar chart posts we hold, the median gets 44.4K views.

3posts from @arena that day

Part of a run of 3 posts on Sep 22, 2026. This one was #1 of 3 by views that day.

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 #522 of 1,162

Views	244.2K	#237	top 20%
Likes	587	#402	top 35%
Engagement rate	0.28%	#1,068	bottom 8%
Save rate	0.042%	#900	bottom 23%

Among 239 @arena posts

Score #112 of 239

Views	244.2K	#40	top 17%
Likes	587	#75	top 31%
Engagement rate	0.28%	#220	bottom 8%
Save rate	0.042%	#198	bottom 17%

Growth

Our reads cover 23 hours

Views244.2K

Age at our read21 days

Views per day of life11.5Kviews divided by days since it was posted

Gained between our reads+474views over 23 hours, about 497 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 22, 2026

@arena posts Image Edit Arena 2.1 Leaderboard chart

The benchmark bar chart drew 244K views against a 39.9K median among AI chart posts, with engagement at 0.28%.

What happened

@arena posted a benchmark bar chart on the Image Edit Arena 2.1 Leaderboard on September 22, 2026. The account's 3 posts that day included a Code Arena: WebDev Ranked #10 post at 54.4K views and a Text-to-Image-2.1 Arena Leaderboard post at 7.6K views.

The numbers

The post reached 244K views, #237 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #40 of 239 @arena posts. Its score rank is #522 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

The lesson

A 10-model benchmark bar chart drew 244K views but a 0.28% engagement rate, below the 0.73% median among AI chart posts. The chart shows Qwen-Image-2.1 Ranked #1 Open.

What it means

At #112 of 239 @arena posts by score, this chart sits below the account's own engagement median of 0.68%. The 244K views against a 39.9K median among AI chart posts mark wide reach with thin engagement.

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

10 points read off this chart

Estimated from the image 50%

Group	Value	Read
Qwen-Image-2.1	1367 score	estimated
Hunyuan Image 3.0 Instruct	1302 score	estimated
Qwen Image Edit	1241 score	estimated
Qwen Image Edit 2511	1235 score	estimated
Flux-2 Dev	1226 score	estimated
Flux-2 Klein 9B	1225 score	estimated
Flux-2 Klein 4B	1188 score	estimated
Flux-1 Kontext Dev	1149 score	estimated
Bagel	1026 score	estimated
Step-1X Edit	998 score	estimated

Max plan · API

GET https://viral-chart.com/api/posts/f08f01b986eb.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/f08f01b986eb.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/f08f01b986eb.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 f08f01b986eb.

See the Max plan API docs

	Path	Returns	Plan
GET	`/api/v1/charts/f08f01b986eb`	Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link	Open
GET	`/api/v1/charts/f08f01b986eb/data`	Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV	Max
GET	`/api/v1/charts/f08f01b986eb/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/f08f01b986eb/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

Where does this chart come from?

@arena published it on Sep 22, 2026 on X (x.com). We keep it here, with the publisher and date credited as text, so you can study it without leaving.

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