Nuclear reactor capacity
Statista's stacked bar chart drew 36.9K views on X: 1.8x its typical post and #8 of 34 Statista charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.
The United States is the current leader in #nuclear capacity, with 102 GW as of July 2024. It is followed by France (64 GW), China (58 GW), Russia (29 GW), South Korea (27 GW) and Canada (15).
Why it spread
The post spread because it landed on a hot topic that week and drew an unusually high rate of quotes, with 325 likes, 128 reposts, 22 quotes, 68 saves and 36,885 views.
What worked
- It used a simple ranking of countries by nuclear capacity, led by the United States at 102 GW and followed by France at 64 GW, China at 58 GW, Russia at 29 GW, South Korea at 27 GW and Canada at 15.
- It paired a clear headline claim with a short list of named countries and their capacities, making the comparison easy to grasp at a glance.
- It came from an account in the data journalism category with top quarter source reach and top quarter quote rate, and it rode a hot topic that week.
What to borrow
We could apply the same ranking format to our own data by picking one clear leader and a short ordered list of named peers, then timing the post to a topic already hot that week.
Careful
Do not copy the exact country list or capacities, and do not over-read the quote rate as proof of design quality, since the facts only show many quotes and a hot topic that week.
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How far did Statista's "Nuclear reactor capacity" chart travel?
36,885 views, 325 likes, 128 reposts and 68 saves on X, read Oct 10, 2026. A normal post from @StatistaCharts gets about 20.1K views.
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A stacked bar chart. Top countries by current and prospective nuclear capacity.
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