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Open-weight AI model usage
Social Capital's stacked bar chart drew 30.1K views on X: 7.3x its typical post and #29 of 41 Social Capital charts we track by views. Read Oct 13, 2026.
Open models' share of token traffic rose from about 33% in late 2025 to ~67% by October 2026.
Why it spread
This post from @socialcapital in the vc category spread because it paired a clear stacked-bar chart showing open-weight AI models moving from about 33% to roughly 67% of token traffic with a branded, source-lined presentation that earned 72 likes, 11 reposts, 2 quotes, 16 saves and 29,830 views, which is 10.3x the account's typical 7 likes.
What worked
- The chart's headline finding is simple and directional: open models went from about a third to about two thirds of token traffic, a majority shift that is easy to grasp at a glance.
- The post earned an above average quote rate and many quotes, which suggests people used it as a reference point in their own commentary rather than just liking it.
- The design was polished and branded with a source line, giving it enough credibility to be saved 16 times and viewed 29,830 times.
What to borrow
We could take a single metric our audience already tracks and show its shift over time as a stacked bar, keeping the framing to one clear before-and-after sentence and adding our own brand and source line.
Careful
Do not over-read the spread as proofagy of the topic alone, since the account's own baseline is only 7 likes and the source reach sits in the bottom quarter, so the 10.3x lift may reflect the account's audience more than the chart form.
Written by our analysis model from the measured numbers above, not by Social Capital.
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How far did Social Capital's "Open-weight AI model usage" chart travel?
30,055 views, 72 likes, 11 reposts and 16 saves on X, read Oct 13, 2026. A normal post from @socialcapital gets about 4.1K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A stacked bar chart. Open-weight AI models now account for majority of tokens routed.
Can I use Social Capital's chart?
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