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Birth rates by ideology
Financial Times's line chart drew 1.8M views on X: 3.9x its typical post and #6 of 25 Financial Times charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.
NEW: Progressives have a birth rate problem
Why it spread
This post spread because it paired a striking claim about birth rates falling more steeply for progressives than conservatives with a line chart, and it drew 7,883 likes, 1,283 reposts, 741 quotes, 2,244 saves and 1,753,773 views, with a quote rate in the top quarter and an independent author.
What worked
- The post text leads with a blunt, newsworthy claim that progressives have a birth rate problem, which gives people a reason to share or argue.
- The chart is a line chart with medium design polish, medium self labelling, no unusual form, a source line and branding, so it is easy to read and easy to credit.
- The topic is politically charged and the account is an independent author, which helped drive a quote rate in the top quarter and many quotes.
What to borrow
We could take a simple line chart on a contested social trend, give it a clear source line and our own branding, and write a short post text that states the finding plainly and says what is at stake.
Careful
Do not copy the political framing as if it were neutral, and do not over read the numbers, since the spread came with many quotes and an independent author rather than proof that the chart alone changed minds.
Written by our analysis model from the measured numbers above, not by Financial Times.
Make it yours
Your numbers, in this line chart.
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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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How far did Financial Times's "Birth rates by ideology" chart travel?
1,753,773 views, 7,883 likes, 1,283 reposts and 2,244 saves on X, read Oct 10, 2026. A normal post from @jburnmurdoch gets about 455K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A line chart. Birth rates falling more steeply for progressives than conservatives.
Can I use Financial Times's chart?
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