AI model performance
OpenAI's bar chart drew 999.9K views on X: 1.7x its typical post and #3 of 5 OpenAI charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.
We’re demonstrating how frontier models have continued to improve in realistic mental health conversations with MentalHealthBench.
Why it spread
This post from an AI lab account spread because it paired a launch of an open benchmark built with more than 80 mental health clinicians with a bar chart ranking model scores, drawing 4,819 likes against the account's typical 2,371, or 2.0x normal, plus 284 reposts, 191 quotes, 762 saves and 999,788 views, with many quotes and launch timing as the main reasons.
What worked
- The bar chart ranking AI model scores with error bars gave viewers a quick visual comparison of frontier model performance in realistic mental health conversations.
- The post framed the release as an open benchmark built with input from more than 80 mental health clinicians, which lent credibility and a reason to share.
- Launch timing combined with a topic of broad public interest produced many quotes, pushing the post well beyond the account's usual reach.
What to borrow
We could release our own chart alongside a clearly named benchmark or dataset, show ranked results with error bars, and state who contributed to it so the chart carries a shareable story rather than standing alone.
Careful
Do not over-read the chart itself: it is only medium polish, low on self-labelling, has no unusual form, is not branded and shows no source line, so the spread came largely from the launch and the many quotes rather than from the chart design.
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Your numbers, in this bar chart.
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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 bbacfa02ce84.
| Path | Returns | Plan | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GET | /api/v1/charts/bbacfa02ce84 | Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link | Open |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/bbacfa02ce84/data | Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV | Max |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/bbacfa02ce84/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/bbacfa02ce84/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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How far did OpenAI's "AI model performance" chart travel?
999,854 views, 4,819 likes, 284 reposts and 762 saves on X, read Oct 10, 2026. A normal post from @OpenAI gets about 591.8K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A bar chart. Bar chart ranking AI model scores with error bars.
Can I use OpenAI's chart?
Use the format, not the picture. The chart, logo and design belong to OpenAI. ViralChart redraws the chart type with your numbers and words, and credits the original publisher.