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Global income inequality
Our World in Data's slope chart drew 26.4K views on X: 0.9x its typical post and #86 of 139 Our World in Data charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.
We have a new Economic Inequality topic page, Public attention to economic inequality has grown a lot over the last twenty years. At the same time, the available data has greatly improved too: it now covers many more countries and longer ti
Why it spread
This post spread because it paired a hot topic that week with a chart that explains itself, reaching 26,446 views, 347 likes, 84 reposts, 17 quotes and 84 saves.
What worked
- The chart is a slope chart showing income thresholds for the poorest and richest across countries, a form that explains itself with high self labelling and low unusual form.
- The post text frames a hot topic that week, the growth of public attention to economic inequality over twenty years, alongside improved data coverage.
- It is branded, shows a source line, and comes from an account with top quarter source reach and top quarter quote rate.
What to borrow
We could use the same slope form and framing for our own data by pairing a topic with rising public attention to a clear before and after comparison across countries.
Careful
Do not over-read the absence of points, comments and account typical likes, and do not assume the design polish alone drove the spread.
Written by our analysis model from the measured numbers above, not by Our World in Data.
Make it yours
Your numbers, the bar chart way.
Starts from the real numbers of "Monthly incomes of the poorest and richest 10%" 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 08d197ab5782.
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| GET | /api/v1/charts/08d197ab5782 | Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link | Open |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/08d197ab5782/data | Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV | Max |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/08d197ab5782/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 "Global income inequality" chart travel?
26,446 views, 347 likes, 84 reposts and 84 saves on X, read Oct 10, 2026. A normal post from @OurWorldInData gets about 28.6K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A slope chart. Income thresholds for poorest and richest across countries.
Can I use Our World in Data's chart?
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