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China solar capacity additions
Social Capital's grouped bar chart drew 493K views on X: 2.8x its typical post and #12 of 41 Social Capital charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.
China is doubling and tripling down on solar. This will allow them to bring their marginal cost of electricity to zero very quickly.
Why it spread
The post spread because it came from a big source with top quarter reach and earned many quotes, driving 5,816 likes, 748 reposts, 142 quotes, 482 saves, and 493,000 views, which is 5.4 times the account's typical 1,082 likes.
What worked
- The post text made a bold claim about China doubling and tripling down on solar and bringing marginal electricity cost to zero very quickly.
- The chart showed China's monthly solar capacity additions as a grouped bar chart, with medium self labelling and a source line.
- The post was branded and came from a big source with top quarter reach, which helped it earn many quotes and an above average quote rate.
What to borrow
We could use a grouped bar chart with a source line and medium self labelling to show monthly capacity additions, paired with a bold claim in the post text, while noting that the account's typical likes were 1,082 and this post reached 5.4 times that.
Careful
Do not copy the low design polish or over-read the 93GW May figure as a general trend, and remember the post's success relied on a big source with top quarter reach, not just the chart itself.
Written by our analysis model from the measured numbers above, not by Social Capital.
Make it yours
Your numbers, in this grouped bar chart.
Starts from the real numbers of "China's Unstoppable Solar" by Social Capital. Replace every number with yours before you post. Make one like this, step by step
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| GET | /api/v1/charts/4b85c9a749e2 | Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link | Open |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/4b85c9a749e2/data | Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV | Max |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/4b85c9a749e2/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 "China solar capacity additions" chart travel?
493,000 views, 5,816 likes, 748 reposts and 482 saves on X, read Oct 10, 2026. A normal post from @chamath gets about 177.3K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A grouped bar chart. China's monthly solar capacity additions show growth.
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.