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AI image editing models
Artificial Analysis's leaderboard drew 66.3K views on X: 1.2x its typical post and #54 of 123 Artificial Analysis charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.
Qwen Image Edit 2509 is the new leading open weights image editing model, ranking #3 overall in the Artificial Analysis Image Editing Arena and introducing multi-image editing capabilities!
Why it spread
This chart post spread because it landed on a hot topic that week and rode launch timing, with the account @ArtificialAnlys posting on 2025-10-08 and drawing 315 likes, 33 reposts, 7 quotes, 56 saves and 66,264 views, far above the account's typical 16 likes.
What worked
- The post framed the chart around a clear news hook, naming Qwen Image Edit 2509 as the new leading open weights image editing model and ranking it third overall in the Artificial Analysis Image Editing Arena.
- The chart type was a leaderboard showing ranking of AI image editing models by ELO score, which is easy to scan and compare at a glance.
- The post text added a concrete capability claim, multi-image editing, and named the two models ahead of it, Gemini 2.5 Flash (Nano-Banana) and Seedream 4.0, giving readers a reason to look and share.
What to borrow
We could reuse the same form by pairing our own leaderboard chart with a timely launch or update, leading with the single most important rank and naming the models directly above and below ours.
Careful
Do not over-read the design or labelling, since design polish was low, self labelling was low, there was no unusual form, the chart was branded, it did not show a source line, the quote rate was below average, and the spread likely depended on the hot topic and launch timing rather than the chart itself.
Written by our analysis model from the measured numbers above, not by Artificial Analysis.
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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 aea50b3726dd.
Approximate values. Our two readings of this chart agreed only in part (confidence 0.30 of 1), so check the original before you quote a number. The API marks it lowConfidence, and ?min_confidence=0.5 leaves it out.
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| GET | /api/v1/charts/aea50b3726dd | Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link | Open |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/aea50b3726dd/data | Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV | Max |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/aea50b3726dd/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 \
--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 Artificial Analysis's "AI image editing models" chart travel?
66,264 views, 315 likes, 33 reposts and 56 saves on X, read Oct 10, 2026. A normal post from @ArtificialAnlys gets about 54.2K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A leaderboard. Ranking of AI image editing models by ELO score.
Can I use Artificial Analysis's chart?
Use the format, not the picture. The chart, logo and design belong to Artificial Analysis. ViralChart redraws the chart type with your numbers and words, and credits the original publisher.