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State electricity prices
Social Capital's choropleth map drew 920.1K views on X: 5.2x its typical post and #6 of 41 Social Capital charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.
The blue states in the image below have electricity prices that are as much as 4x the electricity rates of the red states.
Why it spread
It spread because a branded choropleth from a large source reached the top quarter of source reach, earned 14,847 likes, 3,411 reposts, 402 quotes, 1,529 saves and 920,054 views, which is 13.7x the account's typical likes of 1,082, helped by many quotes and a big source.
What worked
- The post pairs a simple choropleth with a clear claim that liberal states tend to have higher electricity rates than conservative states, making the map easy to read and share.
- The account is branded and the chart is self labelling with a source line, so viewers can trust and reuse the image without extra context.
- The framing ties a policy argument to a visual, which drove many quotes and a quote rate above average, turning the chart into a debate starter.
What to borrow
We could use a branded, self labelling choropleth with a source line for our own data, and pair it with a plain policy claim that invites quotes and saves, while keeping the design polish medium and the form familiar.
Careful
Do not copy the political blame framing or over read the result as proof of the claim, since the spread came from a big source, many quotes and a branded chart, not from measured causation.
Written by our analysis model from the measured numbers above, not by Social Capital.
Make it yours
Your numbers, in this table chart.
Starts from the real numbers of "Figure 1: State Electricity Prices vs. U.S. Average" 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 54d11e85eb4c.
Approximate values. Our two readings of this chart agreed only in part (confidence 0.31 of 1), so check the original before you quote a number. The API marks it lowConfidence, and ?min_confidence=0.5 leaves it out.
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| GET | /api/v1/charts/54d11e85eb4c | Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link | Open |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/54d11e85eb4c/data | Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV | Max |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/54d11e85eb4c/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 "State electricity prices" chart travel?
920,054 views, 14,847 likes, 3,411 reposts and 1,529 saves on X, read Oct 10, 2026. A normal post from @chamath gets about 177.3K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A choropleth map. Liberal states tend to have higher electricity rates than conservative states.
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.