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Graduate unemployment by gender
Financial Times's line chart drew 1.1M views on X: 2.3x its typical post and #12 of 25 Financial Times charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.
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Why it spread
This post spread because an independent author framed a timely debate about rising graduate unemployment with a clear line chart showing the rise concentrated among men, and it reached 1,062,912 views with 7,466 likes, 856 reposts, 235 quotes, and 2,568 saves.
What worked
- The post text sets up a familiar debate and then promises a striking story, which pairs well with a line chart showing the rise in graduate unemployment concentrated among men.
- The chart is branded, shows a source line, and uses a medium level of design polish and self labelling, giving it enough credibility and clarity to travel.
- The author is independent and the quote rate is above average, so many people reacted with their own commentary while the source reach sat in the top quarter.
What to borrow
We could take a timely topic people are already arguing about, narrow it to one surprising split in our own data, and present it as a simple branded line chart with a source line and a short framing sentence.
Careful
Do not copy the exact claim or over-read it as proof about all graduates, and do not assume the same numbers will appear for our audience just because this post reached 1,062,912 views.
Written by our analysis model from the measured numbers above, not by Financial Times.
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Your numbers, in this line chart.
Starts from the real numbers of "The rise in graduate unemployment among US college graduates is concentrated among men" by Financial Times. Replace every number with yours before you post. Make one like this, step by step
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Approximate values. Our two readings of this chart agreed only in part (confidence 0.44 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 "Graduate unemployment by gender" chart travel?
1,062,912 views, 7,466 likes, 856 reposts and 2,568 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. Rise in graduate unemployment concentrated among men.
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