How did Cursor Start do on X?
Cursor posted the Cursor Start launch from @cursor_ai on Jul 28, 2026. The post has 2,182,219 views, 7,109 likes, 448 reposts, 662 quotes and 705 replies, an engagement rate of 0.41%. It ranks #333 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Today we're launching Cursor Start, a new ₹649/month plan for developers in India. Start includes generous access to Grok 4.5 and Composer, so you can plan, build, test, and ship with agents every day.
- 12xthe median launch175K median views
- #333of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 4.4xits own following500,600 followers
- Views
- 2.2M
- Likes
- 7.1K
- Reposts
- 448
- Quotes
- 662
- Replies
- 705
- Bookmarks
- 1.3K
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, 2.2M views would cost $218K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $55K.
The post reached about 4.4 views for every follower of @cursor_ai.
What launched?
Cursor launched Cursor Start, a ₹649 per month plan for developers in India that includes access to Grok 4.5 and Composer.
How does it compare with other launches?
Cursor Start has more views than 88% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 12x the median launch's 175K views.
- Cursor Start2.2M
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Cursor Start | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 2.2M | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.41% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 4.4 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 662 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 5.8 | 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 | 20x | #53 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 8.6x | #99 |
| Image launch posts | 620 | 143.1K | 15x | #63 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 12x | #333 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 500.6K followers, the post reached 4.4 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 4.5 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 99 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 662 quote posts, 3.0 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 "Today we're launching Cursor Start, a new ₹649/month plan for developers in India.". The post runs 34 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 Cursor?
- In its own words on X: "Coding agent for building ambitious software" Cursor posted the Cursor Start launch from @cursor_ai on Jul 28, 2026.
- How many views did Cursor Start get on X?
- 2,182,219 views. Cursor posted it from @cursor_ai on Jul 28, 2026, and the post has 7,109 likes, 448 reposts, 662 quotes, 705 replies and 1,274 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Cursor Start a big launch on X?
- It ranks #333 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 88% of them and 12x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.41%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 2.2M 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, 2.2M views would cost $218K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $55K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/cursor-start, 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.