In its own words on X: "Makers of Devin, the first AI software engineer. We are an applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents." Cognition posted the SWE-1.6 launch from @cognition on Apr 7, 2026.

How many views did Cognition SWE-1.6 get on X?

428,181 views. Cognition posted it from @cognition on Apr 7, 2026, and the post has 825 likes, 67 reposts, 43 quotes, 60 replies and 197 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.

Was Cognition SWE-1.6 a big launch on X?

It ranks #940 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 67% of them and 2.4x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.23%, against a median of 0.48%.

How did Cognition SWE-1.6 do on X?

Cognition posted the SWE-1.6 launch from @cognition on Apr 7, 2026. The post has 428,181 views, 825 likes, 67 reposts, 43 quotes and 60 replies, an engagement rate of 0.23%. It ranks #940 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.

Cognition SWE-1.6 launch post media — Apr 7, 2026 · 428,181 views

2.4xthe median launch175K median views
#940of the launches we trackout of 2839
2.2xits own following196,672 followers

Views: 428.2K
Likes: 825
Reposts: 67
Quotes: 43
Replies: 60
Bookmarks: 197

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, 428.2K views would cost $43K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 2.3x what this post got, for about $25K.

The post reached about 2.2 views for every follower of @cognition.

What launched?

Cognition released SWE-1.6, its best model for intelligence and model UX, available in Windsurf in a free tier and a fast tier.

How does it compare with other launches?

Cognition SWE-1.6 has more views than 67% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 2.4x the median launch's 175K views.

Cognition SWE-1.6428.2K
Median tracked launch175K
#1: xAI Voice Cloning204M

Views on the launch post, read from X on Nov 14, 2026.

Metric	Cognition SWE-1.6	Median launch
Views	428.2K	175K
Engagement rate	0.23%	0.48%
Views per follower	2.2	2.8
Quote posts	43	27
Saves per 10K views	4.6	14.2

Other Cognition launches we track: Cognition Devin Desktop (3.2M views), Cognition SWE-2 (2.4M views), Cognition Devin (1.9M views), Cognition SWE-1.7 (1.6M views), Cognition Devin 2.0 (1.5M views), Cognition Devin Cloud in Terminal (793.5K views). All 24 Cognition 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	1.6x	#597
Accounts 100K to 1M followers	909	252.6K	1.7x	#320
Image launch posts	620	143.1K	3.0x	#182
Every launch	2,839	175K	2.4x	#940

What this launch shows

From an account with 196.7K followers, the post reached 2.2 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 2.2 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 320 of 909 launches from accounts that size.

It drew 43 quote posts, 1.0 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 "We’re releasing SWE-1.6, our best model in both intelligence & model UX. SWE-1.6 matches our Preview model on SWE-Bench Pro while dramati…". The post runs 44 words, against a median of 39 for launch posts here, and leads with an image: image launches have a median of 143.1K views, against 186.1K 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 Cognition?: In its own words on X: "Makers of Devin, the first AI software engineer. We are an applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents." Cognition posted the SWE-1.6 launch from @cognition on Apr 7, 2026.
How many views did Cognition SWE-1.6 get on X?: 428,181 views. Cognition posted it from @cognition on Apr 7, 2026, and the post has 825 likes, 67 reposts, 43 quotes, 60 replies and 197 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
Was Cognition SWE-1.6 a big launch on X?: It ranks #940 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 67% of them and 2.4x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.23%, against a median of 0.48%.
What would 428.2K 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, 428.2K views would cost $43K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 2.3x what this post got, for about $25K.

Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/cognition-swe-1-6, 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.