How did Bolt Forge do on X?
Bolt posted the Bolt Forge launch from @boltdotnew on Sep 14, 2026. The post has 2,237,271 views, 2,120 likes, 239 reposts, 254 quotes and 683 replies, an engagement rate of 0.15%. It ranks #323 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Introducing Bolt Forge. Free until Oct 14th: - Up to 50x more usage - The new frontier: GLM, DeepSeek, Kimi - Zero usage charges Live now in your model picker on https://bolt.new And one more thing... 👇
- 13xthe median launch175K median views
- #323of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 18xits own following123,002 followers
- Views
- 2.2M
- Likes
- 2.1K
- Reposts
- 239
- Quotes
- 254
- Replies
- 683
- Bookmarks
- 2.2K
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, 2.2M views would cost $224K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $56K.
The post reached about 18 views for every follower of @boltdotnew.
What launched?
Bolt launched Bolt Forge, free until October 14 with up to 50x more usage and GLM, DeepSeek, and Kimi models in the model picker.
How does it compare with other launches?
Bolt Forge has more views than 89% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 13x the median launch's 175K views.
- Bolt Forge2.2M
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Bolt Forge | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 2.2M | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.15% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 18 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 254 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 10.0 | 14.2 |
Other Bolt launches we track: Bolt v2 (56.3M views), Bolt security engineer (1.1M views), Bolt Visual Edits (392.7K views), Commenting in Bolt (248.7K views), Bolt Design System Agents (119.1K views), Bolt Multiplayer (17.2K views). All 8 Bolt 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 | 263K | 8.5x | #200 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 8.9x | #96 |
| Video launch posts | 1,940 | 192.5K | 12x | #241 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 13x | #323 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 123K followers, the post reached 18 times the account's following. Launches from accounts 100K to 1M followers reach a median of 1.0 times their following, so this one went about 19 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 96 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 254 quote posts, 1.1 per 10,000 views against a median of 1.7. Fewer 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 Bolt Forge. Free until Oct 14th:". The post runs 36 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 a link in the post. Launch posts with a link have a median of 160.8K views in the tracker.
It went out on a Monday (UTC). Monday launches have a median of 181.4K 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 Bolt Forge get on X?
- 2,237,271 views. Bolt posted it from @boltdotnew on Sep 14, 2026, and the post has 2,120 likes, 239 reposts, 254 quotes, 683 replies and 2,228 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Bolt Forge a big launch on X?
- It ranks #323 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 89% of them and 13x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.15%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 2.2M 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, 2.2M views would cost $224K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $56K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/bolt-forge, 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.