Image Edit Model Rankings
Arena's leaderboard drew 77.6K views on X: 9.8x its typical post and #30 of 89 Arena charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.
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Why it spread
This leaderboard post from @arena spread because it landed on a hot topic that week and rode launch timing, reaching 77,644 views and 411 likes, which is 20.6x the account's typical 20 likes.
What worked
- The post leads with a clear community proof point: over 43k votes collected, which makes the ranking feel earned rather than asserted.
- It states two concrete placements in one glance, second for image edit and fifth for text-to-image, so the chart answers the main question immediately.
- It pairs a leaderboard format with a source line and branded framing, and the quote rate is above average, so people reshared it to discuss the result.
What to borrow
We could reuse the same framing by tying our own chart to a timely launch or news moment, leading with a single participation number and one or two headline placements, and keeping a visible source line so the ranking reads as evidence rather than opinion.
Careful
Do not over-read the design: design polish is low and self-labelling is medium, so the spread came mainly from the hot topic and launch timing, not from visual craft, and the source reach sits in the bottom quarter, so we should not assume the source alone drove distribution.
Written by our analysis model from the measured numbers above, not by Arena.
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Your numbers, in this table chart.
Starts from the real numbers of "Seedream (and #5 lands at #2 for Image Edit)" by Arena. Replace every number with yours before you post. Make one like this, step by step
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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 758ef78b2906.
Approximate values. Our two readings of this chart agreed only in part (confidence 0.47 of 1), so check the original before you quote a number. The API marks it lowConfidence, and ?min_confidence=0.5 leaves it out.
| Path | Returns | Plan | |
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| GET | /api/v1/charts/758ef78b2906 | Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link | Open |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/758ef78b2906/data | Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV | Max |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/758ef78b2906/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 |
curl -s https://viral-chart.com/api/v1/charts/758ef78b2906/data \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"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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How far did Arena's "Image Edit Model Rankings" chart travel?
77,644 views, 411 likes, 37 reposts and 74 saves on X, read Oct 10, 2026. A normal post from @arena gets about 7.9K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A leaderboard. Seedream 4 ranks second for image edit and fifth for text-to-image.
Can I use Arena's chart?
Use the format, not the picture. The chart, logo and design belong to Arena. ViralChart redraws the chart type with your numbers and words, and credits the original publisher.