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Vehicle cost per mile
Social Capital's bar chart drew 126.7K views on X: 31x its typical post and #22 of 41 Social Capital charts we track by views. Read Oct 14, 2026.
According to ARK, the cost per mile of a personally owned vehicle has remained at ~$1.10 for 90 years (adjusted for inflation).
Why it spread
This post from @socialcapital spread because it paired a striking 90 year cost claim with a 77% future reduction, drawing 225 likes, 16 reposts, 7 quotes, 54 saves and 114,573 views, which is 32.1x the account's normal performance.
What worked
- The framing worked: a flat cost per mile over 90 years followed by a 77% drop by 2035 gives a clear before and after story.
- The design worked: medium polish and medium self labelling with a source line made the bar chart easy to trust and share.
- The topic worked: a branded chart on autonomous taxis in the vc category pulled an above average quote rate and many quotes, plus 54 saves.
What to borrow
We could take one long running cost in our own data, show it staying flat over many years, then add a single projected drop to frame the future.
Careful
Do not over read the low source reach in the bottom quarter or treat the 77% projection as certain, and do not assume the 32.1x lift will repeat for every chart.
Written by our analysis model from the measured numbers above, not by Social Capital.
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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 ed77259ca786.
| Path | Returns | Plan | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GET | /api/v1/charts/ed77259ca786 | Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link | Open |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/ed77259ca786/data | Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV | Max |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/ed77259ca786/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 |
curl -s https://viral-chart.com/api/v1/charts/ed77259ca786/data \
-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 "Vehicle cost per mile" chart travel?
126,729 views, 234 likes, 17 reposts and 56 saves on X, read Oct 14, 2026. A normal post from @socialcapital gets about 4.1K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A bar chart. Cost per mile of personally owned vehicle 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.