Text-to-Image Model Rankings
Arena's leaderboard drew 32K views on X: 4.0x its typical post and #66 of 89 Arena charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.
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Why it spread
This post spread because it landed at launch timing on a hot topic that week, and the account's typical likes are 20 while this post got 357 likes, which is 17.9x the account normal, alongside 37 reposts, 5 quotes, 67 saves and 32,027 views.
What worked
- The post framed the chart as a leaderboard update tied to a launch, which matched the hot topic that week.
- The post used a branded chart with a source line and medium self labelling, giving the ranking claim some grounding.
- The post leaned on a memorable community framing, the Goldilocks zone for 2k output, which made the result easy to repeat.
What to borrow
We could pair our own chart with a timely launch or news moment, keep a clear source line, and give the result one plain, repeatable phrase that people can carry into comments and reposts.
Careful
Do not over-read the design: design polish was low, unusual form was none, source reach and quote rate were both in the bottom quarter, and the post text itself is cut off, so the spread looks driven more by timing and topic than by chart craft.
Written by our analysis model from the measured numbers above, not by Arena.
Make it yours
Your numbers, in this table chart.
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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 affafd671b0a.
| Path | Returns | Plan | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GET | /api/v1/charts/affafd671b0a | Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link | Open |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/affafd671b0a/data | Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV | Max |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/affafd671b0a/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/affafd671b0a/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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Questions people ask
How far did Arena's "Text-to-Image Model Rankings" chart travel?
32,027 views, 357 likes, 37 reposts and 67 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-4-2k ties for top text-to-image ranking.
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.