In its own words on X: "Unravel the mystery of AGI with curiosity. Answer the essential question with long-termism." DeepSeek posted the DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 launch from @deepseek_ai on Oct 17, 2026.

How many views did DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 get on X?

8,424,687 views. DeepSeek posted it from @deepseek_ai on Oct 17, 2026, and the post has 37,240 likes, 4,128 reposts, 2,854 quotes, 1,630 replies and 6,970 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.

Was DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 a big launch on X?

It ranks #109 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 96% of them and 48x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.54%, against a median of 0.48%.

How did DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 do on X?

DeepSeek posted the DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 launch from @deepseek_ai on Oct 17, 2026. The post has 8,424,687 views, 37,240 likes, 4,128 reposts, 2,854 quotes and 1,630 replies, an engagement rate of 0.54%. It ranks #109 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 launch post media — Oct 17, 2026 · 8,424,687 views

48xthe median launch175K median views
#109of the launches we trackout of 2839
7.0xits own following1,211,669 followers

Views: 8.4M
Likes: 37.2K
Reposts: 4.1K
Quotes: 2.9K
Replies: 1.6K
Bookmarks: 7K

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, 8.4M views would cost $842K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $211K.

The post reached about 7.0 views for every follower of @deepseek_ai.

What launched?

DeepSeek launched DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017, a model with stronger benchmark performance and faster task completion, live on its website, app, and API.

How does it compare with other launches?

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 has more views than 96% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 48x the median launch's 175K views.

DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-10178.4M
Median tracked launch175K
#1: xAI Voice Cloning204M

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

Metric	DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017	Median launch
Views	8.4M	175K
Engagement rate	0.54%	0.48%
Views per follower	7.0	2.8
Quote posts	2.9K	27
Saves per 10K views	8.3	14.2

Other DeepSeek launches we track: DeepSeek-R1 (12.6M views), DeepSeek-V4-Flash API (9.6M views), DeepSeek Harness v0.1 (4.5M views), DeepSeek-R1-Lite-Preview (3.2M views), DeepSeek-V4-Pro (3.1M views), DeepSeek-V4-Flash-Vision-Exp (2.8M views). All 11 DeepSeek 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	264.5K	32x	#77
Accounts over 1M followers	224	2.2M	3.8x	#59
Image launch posts	620	143.1K	59x	#20
Every launch	2,839	175K	48x	#109

What this launch shows

From an account with 1.2M followers, the post reached 7.0 times the account's following. Launches from accounts over 1M followers reach a median of 0.5 times their following, so this one went about 13 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 59 of 224 launches from accounts that size.

It drew 2,854 quote posts, 3.4 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 "🚀 DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 is here!". The post runs 56 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 Saturday (UTC). Saturday launches have a median of 148.9K 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 DeepSeek?: In its own words on X: "Unravel the mystery of AGI with curiosity. Answer the essential question with long-termism." DeepSeek posted the DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 launch from @deepseek_ai on Oct 17, 2026.
How many views did DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 get on X?: 8,424,687 views. DeepSeek posted it from @deepseek_ai on Oct 17, 2026, and the post has 37,240 likes, 4,128 reposts, 2,854 quotes, 1,630 replies and 6,970 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
Was DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 a big launch on X?: It ranks #109 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 96% of them and 48x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.54%, against a median of 0.48%.
What would 8.4M 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, 8.4M views would cost $842K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $211K.

Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/deepseek-v4-1-flash-1017, 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.