How did Character.AI Imagine Animate do on X?
Character.AI posted the Imagine Animate launch from @character_ai on May 20, 2026. The post has 94,560 views, 42 likes, 5 reposts, 12 quotes and 298 replies, an engagement rate of 0.38%. It ranks #1762 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
introducing Imagine Animate - your moments, now in motion🎬 turn your fav images into short clips with a single tap☝️✨ 🧵(1/2)
- 54%the median launch175K median views
- #1762of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 0.6xits own following148,643 followers
- Views
- 94.6K
- Likes
- 42
- Reposts
- 5
- Quotes
- 12
- Replies
- 298
- Bookmarks
- 17
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, 94.6K views would cost $9K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 11x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 0.6 views for every follower of @character_ai.
What launched?
Character.AI launched Imagine Animate, which turns images into short clips with a single tap.
How does it compare with other launches?
Character.AI Imagine Animate has more views than 38% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 54% of the median launch's 175K views.
- Character.AI Imagine Animate94.6K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Character.AI Imagine Animate | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 94.6K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.38% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 0.6 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 12 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 1.8 | 14.2 |
Other Character.AI launches we track: Character.AI c.ai lite (71.2K views) and Character.AI LongSqueak (36.8K views). All 3 Character.AI launches, or every consumer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer launches | 98 | 256.5K | 37% | #63 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 37% | #648 |
| Video launch posts | 1,940 | 192.5K | 49% | #1247 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 54% | #1762 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 148.6K followers, the post reached 0.6 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 65% as far as usual for its size. It ranks 648 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 12 quote posts, 1.3 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 Imagine Animate - your moments, now in motion🎬". The post runs 21 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
- What is Character.AI?
- In its own words on X: "Unleash your imagination—chat, create, explore." Character.AI posted the Imagine Animate launch from @character_ai on May 20, 2026.
- How many views did Character.AI Imagine Animate get on X?
- 94,560 views. Character.AI posted it from @character_ai on May 20, 2026, and the post has 42 likes, 5 reposts, 12 quotes, 298 replies and 17 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Character.AI Imagine Animate a big launch on X?
- It ranks #1762 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 38% of them and 54% of the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.38%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 94.6K 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, 94.6K views would cost $9K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 11x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/character-ai-imagine-animate, 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.