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State Income Tax Rates
Visual Capitalist's choropleth map drew 56.8K views on X: 2.5x its typical post and #9 of 133 Visual Capitalist charts we track by views. Read Oct 10, 2026.
Mapped: State Income Tax Rates in 2026 💵
Why it spread
This post spread because a top quarter source account with an independent author published a self labelling choropleth on a hot topic that week, and it reached 56,802 views with 287 likes, 64 reposts, 6 quotes and 145 saves.
What worked
- The choropleth form fits a state by state comparison of top marginal income tax rates, so the map does the explaining at a glance.
- Self labelling is high and a source line is shown, which makes the chart easy to trust and easy to read without extra text.
- The post rides a hot topic that week and comes from an independent author at a top quarter source account, which gave it reach beyond the usual audience.
What to borrow
We could take a topic that is already hot that week and map our own state level or region level numbers as a self labelling choropleth with a clear source line, keeping the title short and direct like a mapped label.
Careful
Do not read the likes, reposts, quotes or saves as proof of chart quality, since the account is a top quarter source and the topic was hot that week, and the quote rate is below average, so the spread may owe more to timing and reach than to the design.
Written by our analysis model from the measured numbers above, not by Visual Capitalist.
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Questions people ask
How far did Visual Capitalist's "State Income Tax Rates" chart travel?
56,802 views, 287 likes, 64 reposts and 145 saves on X, read Oct 10, 2026. A normal post from @VisualCap gets about 23.1K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A choropleth map. Map shows top marginal income tax rates by state.
Can I use Visual Capitalist's chart?
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