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Global EV sales share
Our World in Data's bar chart drew 95.5K views on X: 3.3x its typical post and #24 of 139 Our World in Data charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.
What share of new cars in your country are electric?
Why it spread
It spread because the post paired a self-explaining bar chart with a timely question, drawing 95,543 views, 305 likes, 98 reposts, 17 quotes, and 51 saves, with a quote rate in the top quarter and source reach in the top quarter.
What worked
- The chart type is a bar chart that shows more than one in five new cars sold worldwide was electric, so the main takeaway is clear without extra explanation.
- The post text asks what share of new cars in your country are electric, which makes the data personally relevant and invites readers to look for their own country.
- The post is branded, shows a source line, and has high self-labelling, so viewers can quickly trust and understand the chart.
What to borrow
We could use the same self-explaining bar chart and a direct question about the reader's own country to frame our data, while keeping a clear source line and high self-labelling.
Careful
Do not over-read the absence of comments or points, and do not assume the same result without a self-explaining chart, a personal question, and a trusted source line.
Written by our analysis model from the measured numbers above, not by Our World in Data.
Make it yours
Your numbers, in this bar chart.
Starts from the real numbers of "More than one in five new cars sold worldwide last year was electric" 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 67ff2b6c8548.
| Path | Returns | Plan | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GET | /api/v1/charts/67ff2b6c8548 | Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link | Open |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/67ff2b6c8548/data | Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV | Max |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/67ff2b6c8548/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/67ff2b6c8548/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 Our World in Data's "Global EV sales share" chart travel?
95,543 views, 305 likes, 98 reposts and 51 saves on X, read Oct 10, 2026. A normal post from @OurWorldInData gets about 28.6K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A bar chart. More than one in five new cars sold worldwide was electric.
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.