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Deforestation and agriculture
Our World in Data's stacked bar chart drew 19.1K views on X: 0.7x its typical post and #114 of 139 Our World in Data charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.
Shortly after the end of the last great ice age, 10,000 years ago, 57% of the world’s habitable land was covered by forest.
Why it spread
This post spread because a clear stacked bar about agriculture driving most of the world's forest loss, posted by an independent author with a self-explaining chart, earned 205 likes, 62 reposts, 7 quotes, 25 saves and 19,088 views, with a quote rate above average and source reach in the top quarter.
What worked
- The chart explains itself, so viewers grasp the forest loss story without extra reading.
- It comes from an independent author, which adds credibility and shareability.
- The design is branded, shows a source line, and is highly self-labelling, which makes it easy to trust and repost.
What to borrow
We could use the same stacked bar form and self-explaining framing to show how one driver dominates a change in our own data, keeping a visible source line and clear labels.
Careful
Do not over-read the absence of comment or benchmark figures, and do not assume the same result will follow for every chart just because this one spread.
Written by our analysis model from the measured numbers above, not by Our World in Data.
Make it yours
Your numbers, in this stacked bar chart.
Starts from the real numbers of "Humanity by far destroyed one third of the world's forests by expanding agricultural land" by Our World in Data. Replace every number with yours before you post. Make one like this, step by step
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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 ec41cee9c03b.
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| GET | /api/v1/charts/ec41cee9c03b | Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link | Open |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/ec41cee9c03b/data | Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV | Max |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/ec41cee9c03b/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 |
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-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 Our World in Data's "Deforestation and agriculture" chart travel?
19,088 views, 205 likes, 62 reposts and 25 saves on X, read Oct 10, 2026. A normal post from @OurWorldInData gets about 28.6K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A stacked bar chart. Agriculture has driven most of the world's forest loss.
Can I use Our World in Data's chart?
Use the format, not the picture. The chart, logo and design belong to Our World in Data. ViralChart redraws the chart type with your numbers and words, and credits the original publisher.