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Stock market election comparison
The Economist's line chart drew 89.7K views on X: 1.5x its typical post and #6 of 15 The Economist charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.
From the stockmarket and inflation to consumer prices and wages, ten economic indicators reveal how America is doing after two months of Trumponomics:
Why it spread
This post from @TheEconomist on 2025-03-21 spread because it paired a timely topic, America after two months of Trumponomics, with a line chart showing a sharp decline in American stock markets, and it reached 89,748 views, 299 likes, 148 reposts, 23 quotes and 41 saves, with a quote rate in the top quarter and source reach in the top quarter.
What worked
- The post text frames ten economic indicators as a single timely question about how America is doing after two months of Trumponomics, which gives readers a clear reason to look.
- The chart is a line chart showing a sharp decline in American stock markets, a simple and widely understood form that matches the news moment.
- The post earned many quotes and came from an independent author, and its quote rate and source reach both sit in the top quarter, which helped it travel beyond the account's own audience.
What to borrow
We could take a current, named policy moment and build one clean line chart around a single clear movement in our own data, then label it ourselves and include a source line, as this post does.
Careful
Do not copy the exact framing or assume the numbers will repeat, and do not over-read the result: the post has no points or comments recorded, the account's typical likes and normal performance are unknown, and the design polish and self labelling are only medium.
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How far did The Economist's "Stock market election comparison" chart travel?
89,748 views, 299 likes, 148 reposts and 41 saves on X, read Oct 10, 2026. A normal post from @TheEconomist gets about 61.6K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A line chart. Sharp decline in American stock markets.
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