How did Base Cobalt do on X?
Base posted the Base Cobalt launch from @base on Sep 30, 2026. The post has 225,877 views, 1,320 likes, 279 reposts, 147 quotes and 231 replies, an engagement rate of 0.88%. It ranks #1290 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Introducing Base Cobalt, our third network upgrade of 2026 Validity Transactions and B20 enhancements are now live on mainnet Read the full breakdown ↓
- 1.3xthe median launch175K median views
- #1290of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 0.1xits own following1,540,622 followers
- Views
- 225.9K
- Likes
- 1.3K
- Reposts
- 279
- Quotes
- 147
- Replies
- 231
- Bookmarks
- 61
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, 225.9K views would cost $23K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 4.4x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 0.1 views for every follower of @base.
What launched?
Base launched Base Cobalt, its third network upgrade of 2026, with Validity Transactions and B20 enhancements now live on mainnet.
How does it compare with other launches?
Base Cobalt has more views than 55% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 1.3x the median launch's 175K views.
- Base Cobalt225.9K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Base Cobalt | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 225.9K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.88% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 0.1 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 147 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 2.7 | 14.2 |
Other Base launches we track: Base cbZEC and cbHYPE (326.3K views), Base Earn & Borrow (191.8K views) and Base MCP in Perplexity Computer (145.6K views). All 4 Base launches, or every fintech 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fintech launches | 140 | 109.7K | 2.1x | #47 |
| Accounts over 1M followers | 224 | 2.2M | 10% | #188 |
| Video launch posts | 1,940 | 192.5K | 1.2x | #915 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 1.3x | #1290 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 1.5M followers, the post reached 0.1 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 27% as far as usual for its size. It ranks 188 of 224 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 147 quote posts, 6.5 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 Base Cobalt, our third network upgrade of 2026". The post runs 24 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 Wednesday (UTC). Wednesday launches have a median of 178.8K views; the strongest day is Tuesday at 192.3K.
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
- How many views did Base Cobalt get on X?
- 225,877 views. Base posted it from @base on Sep 30, 2026, and the post has 1,320 likes, 279 reposts, 147 quotes, 231 replies and 61 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Base Cobalt a big launch on X?
- It ranks #1290 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 55% of them and 1.3x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.88%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 225.9K 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, 225.9K views would cost $23K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 4.4x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/base-cobalt, 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.