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US Industries Hiring
The Kobeissi Letter's bar chart drew 166.1K views on X: 0.7x its typical post and #31 of 48 The Kobeissi Letter charts we track by views. Read Oct 14, 2026.
US seasonal hiring is off to a weak start:
Why it spread
This post spread because it landed on a hot topic that week and came from an independent author, and the numbers gave it a clear hook: 90,787 announced hires in September, the weakest September since 2011, a 23 percent decline from 117,313 a year earlier, with 65,150 of those hires in retail, drawing 428 likes, 62 reposts, 9 quotes, 32 saves and 98,826 views.
What worked
- A single striking comparison carries the post: 90,787 announced hires against 117,313 the prior September, framed as the weakest September since 2011.
- The chart is a simple bar form showing retail leading US industry hiring in the first nine months, so the ranking is readable at a glance.
- It is a branded chart with a source line, which lends credibility even though the design polish and self labelling are only medium.
What to borrow
We could take one timely labour or market number from our own data, set it against the same period a year earlier, and show the industry breakdown as a plain bar chart with a visible source line.
Careful
Do not read the engagement as proof of chart quality: the quote rate is below average, and the spread is attributed to a hot topic that week and an independent author, so the same chart from us may not travel the same way.
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 "US Industries Hiring" chart travel?
166,110 views, 840 likes, 110 reposts and 60 saves on X, read Oct 14, 2026. A normal post from @KobeissiLetter gets about 230.4K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A bar chart. Retail leads US industry hiring in first nine months.
Can I use The Kobeissi Letter's chart?
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