How did Clerk API Keys do on X?
Clerk posted the API Keys launch from @clerk on Dec 11, 2025. The post has 45,025 views, 83 likes, 10 reposts, 9 quotes and 10 replies, an engagement rate of 0.25%. It ranks #2194 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Introducing API Keys Public Beta Secure your routes with Clerk's managed API keys. Let your users create and revoke keys with prebuilt UI components.
- 26%the median launch175K median views
- #2194of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 1.2xits own following36,284 followers
- Views
- 45K
- Likes
- 83
- Reposts
- 10
- Quotes
- 9
- Replies
- 10
- Bookmarks
- 21
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, 45K views would cost $5K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 22x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 1.2 views for every follower of @clerk.
What launched?
Clerk launched API Keys in public beta, offering managed keys to secure routes with prebuilt UI components for creating and revoking them.
How does it compare with other launches?
Clerk API Keys has more views than 23% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 26% of the median launch's 175K views.
- Clerk API Keys45K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Clerk API Keys | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 45K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.25% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 1.2 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 9 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 4.7 | 14.2 |
Other Clerk launches we track: Clerk Elements (773.4K views), Clerk Billing (167.2K views), Clerk Sign in with Base (57.3K views), Clerk Core 2 Beta (53.2K views), Clerk on Vercel Marketplace (33K views), Clerk Application Logs (25.3K views). All 17 Clerk launches, or every developer tools 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developer tools launches | 595 | 111.1K | 41% | #405 |
| Accounts 10K to 100K followers | 1,135 | 99.4K | 45% | #748 |
| Video launch posts | 1,940 | 192.5K | 23% | #1539 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 26% | #2194 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 36.3K followers, the post reached 1.2 times the account's following. Launches from accounts 10K to 100K followers reach a median of 3.1 times their following, so this one went about 40% as far as usual for its size. It ranks 748 of 1135 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 9 quote posts, 2.0 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 API Keys Public Beta". 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 Thursday (UTC). Thursday launches have a median of 162.1K 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 Clerk?
- In its own words on X: "Auth infrastructure for humans and agents" Clerk posted the API Keys launch from @clerk on Dec 11, 2025.
- How many views did Clerk API Keys get on X?
- 45,025 views. Clerk posted it from @clerk on Dec 11, 2025, and the post has 83 likes, 10 reposts, 9 quotes, 10 replies and 21 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Clerk API Keys a big launch on X?
- It ranks #2194 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 23% of them and 26% of the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.25%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 45K 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, 45K views would cost $5K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 22x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/clerk-api-keys, 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.