How did GPT-5.5 in Cursor do on X?
Cursor posted the GPT-5.5 in Cursor launch from @cursor_ai on Apr 24, 2026. The post has 518,823 views, 5,599 likes, 259 reposts, 95 quotes and 174 replies, an engagement rate of 1.18%. It ranks #859 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
GPT-5.5 is now available in Cursor! It's currently the top model on CursorBench at 72.8%. We've partnered with OpenAI to offer it for 50% off through May 2.
- 3.0xthe median launch175K median views
- #859of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 1.0xits own following500,594 followers
- Views
- 518.8K
- Likes
- 5.6K
- Reposts
- 259
- Quotes
- 95
- Replies
- 174
- Bookmarks
- 387
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, 518.8K views would cost $52K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 1.9x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 1.0 views for every follower of @cursor_ai.
What launched?
Cursor made GPT-5.5 available, noting it is the top model on CursorBench at 72.8 percent, with a 50 percent discount through May 2.
How does it compare with other launches?
GPT-5.5 in Cursor has more views than 70% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 3.0x the median launch's 175K views.
- GPT-5.5 in Cursor518.8K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | GPT-5.5 in Cursor | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 518.8K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 1.18% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 1.0 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 95 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 7.5 | 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 | 4.7x | #136 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 2.1x | #296 |
| Text-only launch posts | 279 | 122.7K | 4.2x | #61 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 3.0x | #859 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 500.6K followers, the post reached 1.0 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 1.1 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 296 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 95 quote posts, 1.8 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 "GPT-5.5 is now available in Cursor!". The post runs 28 words, against a median of 39 for launch posts here, and leads with no media: text-only launches have a median of 122.7K views, against 183.4K 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 Friday (UTC). Friday launches have a median of 162.2K 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 GPT-5.5 in Cursor launch from @cursor_ai on Apr 24, 2026.
- How many views did GPT-5.5 in Cursor get on X?
- 518,823 views. Cursor posted it from @cursor_ai on Apr 24, 2026, and the post has 5,599 likes, 259 reposts, 95 quotes, 174 replies and 387 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was GPT-5.5 in Cursor a big launch on X?
- It ranks #859 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 70% of them and 3.0x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 1.18%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 518.8K 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, 518.8K views would cost $52K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 1.9x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/cursor-gpt-5-5-in-cursor, 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.