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Reddest and Bluest Major Cities
Visual Capitalist's leaderboard drew 31.4K views on X: 1.4x its typical post and #31 of 133 Visual Capitalist charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.
Ranked: America’s Reddest and Bluest Major Cities 🗳️
Why it spread
It spread because a polished, self-explaining leaderboard about America's reddest and bluest major cities earned 152 likes, 16 reposts, 1 quote, 81 saves, and 31,393 views from an account in the data-journalism category.
What worked
- The chart type is a leaderboard, which ranks cities in a clear order that is easy to scan.
- The design polish is high and the self-labelling is high, so the chart explains itself without extra text.
- The post is branded talents from a top-quarter source reach and includes a source line, which supports trust.
What to borrow
We could use the same leaderboard form and self-explaining framing to rank our own data, keeping the design polished and the source line visible.
Careful
Do not over-read the low quote rate in the bottom quarter or the missing points and comments, and do not copy the political framing if it does not fit our data.
Written by our analysis model from the measured numbers above, not by Visual Capitalist.
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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 efc0ca741069.
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| Path | Returns | Plan | |
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| GET | /api/v1/charts/efc0ca741069 | Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link | Open |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/efc0ca741069/data | Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV | Max |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/efc0ca741069/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/efc0ca741069/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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How far did Visual Capitalist's "Reddest and Bluest Major Cities" chart travel?
31,393 views, 152 likes, 16 reposts and 81 saves on X, read Oct 10, 2026. A normal post from @VisualCap gets about 23.1K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A leaderboard. America's reddest and bluest major cities based on county-level voting.
Can I use Visual Capitalist's chart?
Use the format, not the picture. The chart, logo and design belong to Visual Capitalist. ViralChart redraws the chart type with your numbers and words, and credits the original publisher.