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The Kobeissi Letter@KobeissiLetter · Oct 16, 2024 · Line chart

Nvidia vs Cisco GDP

The Kobeissi Letter's line chart drew 359.8K views on X: 1.6x its typical post and #7 of 48 The Kobeissi Letter charts we track by views. Read Oct 13, 2026.

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Posted on X by @KobeissiLetter (The Kobeissi Letter), Oct 16, 2024. Source: x.com · See its data

Why it spread

It spread because it rode a hot topic that week and explained itself, reaching 359,838 views with 2,768 likes, 565 reposts, 96 quotes and 500 saves.

What worked

  • The post pairs a single striking comparison, Nvidia at 11.7% of US GDP against Cisco at 5.5% at the Dot-com peak, so the point lands without extra reading.
  • The chart is a line that shows Nvidia enterprise value as a GDP share matching the Cisco peak, which makes the comparison visual and immediate.
  • It is self labelling and branded with a source line, so viewers can trust and reshare it quickly, helped by an above average quote rate and above average source reach.

What to borrow

We could take one hot topic of the week and frame our own data as a single share of a large, familiar total, then show it as a clean line against a past peak so the comparison explains itself.

Careful

Do not copy the hype wording or over-read a single ratio as proof of a bubble, and remember the spread also depended on a hot topic and an above average source reach that we may not have.

Written by our analysis model from the measured numbers above, not by The Kobeissi Letter.

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How far did The Kobeissi Letter's "Nvidia vs Cisco GDP" chart travel?

359,838 views, 2,768 likes, 565 reposts and 500 saves on X, read Oct 13, 2026. A normal post from @KobeissiLetter gets about 230.4K views.

What kind of chart is it?

A line chart. Nvidia enterprise value as GDP share matches Cisco peak.

Can I use The Kobeissi Letter's chart?

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