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U.S. home sale cancellations
Charlie Bilello's line chart drew 62.4K views on X: 1.1x its typical post and #9 of 25 Charlie Bilello charts we track by views. Read Oct 14, 2026.
Over 14% of US home purchases were canceled last month, the highest cancellation percentage for any September on record.
Why it spread
It spread because it hit a hot topic that week and drew many quotes, with 110 likes, 20 reposts, 6 quotes, 17 saves, and 17,245 views.
What worked
- The post text leads with a clear, record-breaking number: over 14% of US home purchases were canceled last month.
- The line chart shows contract cancellations hitting their highest level since the pandemic, which matches the hot topic that week.
- The post includes a source line and uses medium self-labelling, giving the claim enough credibility to be quoted and saved.
What to borrow
We could use the same framing by pairing a simple line chart with a plain-language record claim and a visible source line, then letting a timely topic drive quotes and saves.
Careful
Do not over-read the low design polish or the missing account-typical benchmarks, and do not assume the same spread without a hot topic that week.
Written by our analysis model from the measured numbers above, not by Charlie Bilello.
Make it yours
Your numbers, in this line chart.
Starts from the real numbers of "Pending Contract U.S. Home sales" by Charlie Bilello. 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 040586c64669.
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/040586c64669 | Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link | Open |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/040586c64669/data | Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV | Max |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/040586c64669/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/040586c64669/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 Charlie Bilello's "U.S. home sale cancellations" chart travel?
62,409 views, 741 likes, 148 reposts and 98 saves on X, read Oct 14, 2026. A normal post from @charliebilello gets about 57.5K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A line chart. Contract cancellations hit highest level since pandemic.
Can I use Charlie Bilello's chart?
Use the format, not the picture. The chart, logo and design belong to Charlie Bilello. ViralChart redraws the chart type with your numbers and words, and credits the original publisher.