How did Cursor Automations do on X?
Cursor posted the Cursor Automations launch from @cursor_ai on Mar 5, 2026. The post has 2,387,085 views, 7,015 likes, 529 reposts, 410 quotes and 353 replies, an engagement rate of 0.35%. It ranks #306 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
We're introducing Cursor Automations to build always-on agents.
- 14xthe median launch175K median views
- #306of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 4.8xits own following500,594 followers
- Views
- 2.4M
- Likes
- 7K
- Reposts
- 529
- Quotes
- 410
- Replies
- 353
- Bookmarks
- 4.1K
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, 2.4M views would cost $239K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $60K.
The post reached about 4.8 views for every follower of @cursor_ai.
What launched?
Cursor introduced Cursor Automations, a new feature that lets developers build always-on agents inside the Cursor coding product.
How does it compare with other launches?
Cursor Automations has more views than 89% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 14x the median launch's 175K views.
- Cursor Automations2.4M
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Cursor Automations | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 2.4M | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.35% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 4.8 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 410 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 17.1 | 14.2 |
Other Cursor launches we track: Cursor Origin (26.3M views), Cursor Composer 2.5 (20.3M views), Cursor for iOS (6.6M views), Cursor Composer 2 (5.4M views), Cursor 2.0 (3.6M views), Cursor SDK (3.1M views). All 25 Cursor 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 | 21x | #48 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 9.4x | #91 |
| Video launch posts | 1,940 | 192.5K | 12x | #227 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 14x | #306 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 500.6K followers, the post reached 4.8 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 4.9 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 91 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 410 quote posts, 1.7 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 introducing Cursor Automations to build always-on agents.". The post runs 8 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 Cursor?
- In its own words on X: "Coding agent for building ambitious software" Cursor posted the Cursor Automations launch from @cursor_ai on Mar 5, 2026.
- How many views did Cursor Automations get on X?
- 2,387,085 views. Cursor posted it from @cursor_ai on Mar 5, 2026, and the post has 7,015 likes, 529 reposts, 410 quotes, 353 replies and 4,076 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Cursor Automations a big launch on X?
- It ranks #306 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 89% of them and 14x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.35%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 2.4M 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, 2.4M views would cost $239K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $60K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/cursor-automations, 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.