How did Cursor Origin do on X?
Cursor posted the Origin launch from @cursor_ai on Aug 17, 2026. The post has 26,331,359 views, 25,291 likes, 2,357 reposts, 2,815 quotes and 1,503 replies, an engagement rate of 0.12%. It ranks #29 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Origin, our code hosting platform, is now live. It's fast, easy to use, and deeply integrated with Cursor. Get started by syncing your repos from GitHub.
- 150xthe median launch175K median views
- #29of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 53xits own following500,596 followers
- Views
- 26.3M
- Likes
- 25.3K
- Reposts
- 2.4K
- Quotes
- 2.8K
- Replies
- 1.5K
- Bookmarks
- 6.9K
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, 26.3M views would cost $2.6M. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $658K.
The post reached about 53 views for every follower of @cursor_ai.
What launched?
Cursor launched Origin, a code hosting platform integrated with the Cursor editor that syncs repositories from GitHub.
How does it compare with other launches?
Cursor Origin has more views than 99% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 150x the median launch's 175K views.
- Cursor Origin26.3M
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Cursor Origin | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 26.3M | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.12% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 53 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 2.8K | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 2.6 | 14.2 |
Other Cursor launches we track: 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), Cursor Projects (3M 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 | 237x | #3 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 104x | #9 |
| Video launch posts | 1,940 | 192.5K | 137x | #23 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 150x | #29 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 500.6K followers, the post reached 53 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 54 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 9 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 2,815 quote posts, 1.1 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 "Origin, our code hosting platform, is now live.". The post runs 26 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 Monday (UTC). Monday launches have a median of 181.4K 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 Origin launch from @cursor_ai on Aug 17, 2026.
- How many views did Cursor Origin get on X?
- 26,331,359 views. Cursor posted it from @cursor_ai on Aug 17, 2026, and the post has 25,291 likes, 2,357 reposts, 2,815 quotes, 1,503 replies and 6,860 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Cursor Origin a big launch on X?
- It ranks #29 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 99% of them and 150x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.12%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 26.3M 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, 26.3M views would cost $2.6M. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $658K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/cursor-origin, 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.