How did Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 do on X?
Anthropic posted the Claude Opus 5.5 launch from @claudeai on Sep 22, 2026. The post has 29,675,570 views, 98,350 likes, 9,064 reposts, 6,650 quotes and 3,361 replies, an engagement rate of 0.4%. It ranks #26 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Introducing Claude Opus 5.5, the first model in our new Claude 5.5 family. It performs at the level of Claude Fable 5.1 for most tasks, and costs 40% less to run than Opus 5.
- 170xthe median launch175K median views
- #26of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 14xits own following2,081,168 followers
- Views
- 29.7M
- Likes
- 98.3K
- Reposts
- 9.1K
- Quotes
- 6.7K
- Replies
- 3.4K
- Bookmarks
- 13.5K
What would these views cost to buy?
At $100 per 1,000 views, the rate a brand pays an agency charging $100K for one million views, 29.7M views would cost $3M. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $742K.
The post reached about 14 views for every follower of @claudeai.
What launched?
Anthropic launched Claude Opus 5.5, the first model in its Claude 5.5 family, matching Claude Fable 5.1 on most tasks while costing 40% less to run.
How does it compare with other launches?
Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 has more views than 99% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 170x the median launch's 175K views.
- Anthropic Claude Opus 5.529.7M
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 29.7M | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.4% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 14 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 6.7K | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 4.6 | 14.2 |
Other Anthropic launches we track: Anthropic Computer use in Claude Cowork (78.4M views), Anthropic Claude Design (64.6M views), Anthropic Claude Fable 5 (57.7M views), Anthropic Cowork (49.9M views), Anthropic Claude Code Security (26.3M views), Anthropic Claude Opus 5 (24.4M views). All 31 Anthropic launches, or every ai launch.
Against launches like it
A launch only means something against comparable ones. These are the groups it belongs to, and where it sits in each.
| Compared with | Launches | Median views | This one | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI launches | 1,462 | 264.5K | 112x | #20 |
| Accounts over 1M followers | 224 | 2.2M | 13x | #17 |
| Video launch posts | 1,940 | 192.5K | 154x | #21 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 170x | #26 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 2.1M followers, the post reached 14 times the account's following. Launches from accounts over 1M followers reach a median of 0.5 times their following, so this one went about 26 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 17 of 224 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 6,650 quote posts, 2.2 per 10,000 views against a median of 1.7. More people than usual added their own take, and a quote post is what carries a launch to audiences the account does not have.
The first line is "Introducing Claude Opus 5.5, the first model in our new Claude 5.5 family.". The post runs 34 words, against a median of 39 for launch posts here, and leads with a video: video launches have a median of 192.5K views, against 137.6K for the rest.
There is no link in the post. Launch posts without a link have a median of 184.9K views in the tracker.
It went out on a Tuesday (UTC). Tuesday launches have a median of 192.3K views, the strongest day in the tracker.
Every comparison is against the 2839 launches in the tracker, read on Nov 14, 2026. Medians, not averages. See the state of launches on X for the full breakdown.
Questions about this launch
- What is Anthropic?
- In its own words on X: "Claude is an AI assistant built by @anthropicai to be safe, accurate, and secure. Talk to Claude on or download the app." Anthropic posted the Claude Opus 5.5 launch from @claudeai on Sep 22, 2026.
- How many views did Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 get on X?
- 29,675,570 views. Anthropic posted it from @claudeai on Sep 22, 2026, and the post has 98,350 likes, 9,064 reposts, 6,650 quotes, 3,361 replies and 13,547 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Anthropic Claude Opus 5.5 a big launch on X?
- It ranks #26 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 99% of them and 170x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.4%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 29.7M views on X cost to buy?
- At $100 per 1,000 views, the rate a brand pays an agency charging $100K for one million views, 29.7M views would cost $3M. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $742K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/anthropic-claude-opus-5-5, read from the post on X on Nov 14, 2026. Free to cite with a link (CC BY 4.0). Get every launch as JSON.
