AI firm revenue comparison
Epoch AI's bar chart drew 80.6K views on X: 1.2x its typical post and #45 of 97 Epoch AI charts we track by views. Read Oct 14, 2026.
How do Chinese AI firms make money? In a new report, @cherylwoooo and @ansonwhho identify five revenue sources and analyze how much each contributes. 🧵
Why it spread
The post spread because it paired a timely question about how Chinese AI firms make money with a bar chart showing they earn a fraction of US rivals' revenue, and it reached 79,025 views, 435 likes, 85 reposts, 28 quotes, and 239 saves, with a quote rate in the top quarter and source reach in the top quarter.
What worked
- The chart used a simple bar form to make a single comparison, Chinese AI firms versus US rivals, which is easy to grasp at a glance.
- The post was branded and carried a source line, and it credited two independent authors, which added credibility beyond the account itself.
- The framing asked a direct money question and promised five revenue sources, giving readers a clear reason to open the thread and save it.
What to borrow
We could take one comparison our own data already supports, state it as a plain question in the post text, and show it as a simple bar chart with a visible source line and named authors.
Careful
Do not read the likes, reposts, quotes, saves, or views as proof that the chart design alone caused the spread, since the topic, the authors, and the account audience all contributed, and do not treat the missing comment or points figures as zero.
Written by our analysis model from the measured numbers above, not by Epoch AI.
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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 af8eb2104ecf.
| Path | Returns | Plan | |
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| GET | /api/v1/charts/af8eb2104ecf | Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link | Open |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/af8eb2104ecf/data | Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV | Max |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/af8eb2104ecf/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/af8eb2104ecf/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 Epoch AI's "AI firm revenue comparison" chart travel?
80,618 views, 438 likes, 85 reposts and 240 saves on X, read Oct 14, 2026. A normal post from @EpochAIResearch gets about 68.2K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A bar chart. Chinese AI firms earn fraction of US rivals' revenue.
Can I use Epoch AI's chart?
Use the format, not the picture. The chart, logo and design belong to Epoch AI. ViralChart redraws the chart type with your numbers and words, and credits the original publisher.