Text-to-Image Model Rankings
Arena's leaderboard drew 30.2K views on X: 3.8x its typical post and #71 of 89 Arena charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.
🚨 Leaderboard Shake-Up
Why it spread
The post spread because it hit a hot topic that week and launch timing, with the account's typical likes being 20 and this post reaching 333 likes, which is 16.6 times the account's normal performance, alongside 30,208 views, 30 reposts, 16 quotes, and 64 saves.
What worked
- The leaderboard chart clearly shows Seedream 4 High Res tying at first for text-to-image, which makes the ranking shift easy to grasp.
- The post text uses a direct callout about the leaderboard shake-up and cites 3.7k votes, giving readers a concrete reason to look.
- The post is branded and has medium design polish and medium self-labelling, which helps it feel credible without being overproduced.
What to borrow
We could use a leaderboard format when our own data shows a close race or a new entrant, and frame it around a timely launch or hot topic while keeping the design clean and the source line absent only if our audience already trusts us.
Careful
Do not over-read the missing source line or the lack of comments and points, and do not assume the same framing will work without a hot topic or launch timing, since the quote rate is in the top quarter but the source reach is only in the bottom quarter.
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| GET | /api/v1/charts/dcde1729ff0e | Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link | Open |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/dcde1729ff0e/data | Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV | Max |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/dcde1729ff0e/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 |
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-H "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"claude mcp add --transport http viralchart https://viral-chart.com/mcp \
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Questions people ask
How far did Arena's "Text-to-Image Model Rankings" chart travel?
30,208 views, 333 likes, 30 reposts and 64 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 High Res ties at first 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.