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California income tax share
Social Capital's area chart drew 337.2K views on X: 1.9x its typical post and #17 of 41 Social Capital charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.
This chart shows that the top 1% of California taxpayers are responsible for more than 33% of all tax dollars.
Why it spread
This chart post spread because it came from a big source with top quarter reach and used an unusual chart type, and the account got 6,133 likes, 747 reposts, 108 quotes, 746 saves and 337,182 views, which is 5.7x its typical likes of 1,082.
What worked
- The post led with a striking share claim, that the top 1% of California taxpayers pay more than 33% of all tax dollars, which is easy to repeat.
- It added a concrete subgroup, the top 0.1% at about 17,500 people paying more than 16% of all tax revenues, which makes the scale feel human.
- It used consequence framing, noting a state of 40M people, and paired that with an area chart showing share of California income tax by earner groups over time, a form the audience sees less often.
What to borrow
We could take a familiar public number, isolate the small group behind it, and show its share over time as a simple area chart with a clear source line.
Careful
Do not copy the assumption that a big source and an unusual chart type will always travel, and do not over-read the below average quote rate or treat the reach as proof the underlying claim is complete.
Written by our analysis model from the measured numbers above, not by Social Capital.
Make it yours
Your numbers, in this stacked bar chart.
Starts from the real numbers of "Share of California's personal income tax revenue contributed by each group of earners*" by Social Capital. 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 69af73e03fca.
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| GET | /api/v1/charts/69af73e03fca | Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link | Open |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/69af73e03fca/data | Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV | Max |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/69af73e03fca/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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Questions people ask
How far did Social Capital's "California income tax share" chart travel?
337,182 views, 6,133 likes, 747 reposts and 746 saves on X, read Oct 10, 2026. A normal post from @chamath gets about 177.3K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A area chart. Share of California income tax by earner groups over time.
Can I use Social Capital's chart?
Use the format, not the picture. The chart, logo and design belong to Social Capital. ViralChart redraws the chart type with your numbers and words, and credits the original publisher.