How did DeepSeek-VL2 do on X?
DeepSeek posted the DeepSeek-VL2 launch from @deepseek_ai on Dec 13, 2024. The post has 486,406 views, 1,580 likes, 261 reposts, 60 quotes and 92 replies, an engagement rate of 0.41%. It ranks #1001 of the 3,785 launches Gridd tracks.
🎉 DeepSeek-VL2 is here! Our next-gen vision-language model enters the MoE era. 🤖 DeepSeek-MoE arch + dynamic image tilling ⚡ 3B/16B/27B sizes for flexible use 🏆 Outstanding performance across all benchmarks 🧵 1/n
- 4.1xthe median launch119.4K median views
- #1001of the launches we trackout of 3,785
- 0.4xits own following1,212,120 followers
- Views
- 486.4K
- Likes
- 1.6K
- Reposts
- 261
- Quotes
- 60
- Replies
- 92
- Bookmarks
- 459
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, 486.4K views would cost $49K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 2.1x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 0.4 views for every follower of @deepseek_ai.
What launched?
DeepSeek released DeepSeek-VL2, a vision-language model using a mixture-of-experts architecture in 3B, 16B and 27B sizes.
How does it compare with other launches?
DeepSeek-VL2 has more views than 74% of the 3,785 launches Gridd tracks: 4.1x the median launch's 119.4K views.
- DeepSeek-VL2486.4K
- Median tracked launch119.4K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | DeepSeek-VL2 | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 486.4K | 119.4K |
| Engagement rate | 0.41% | 0.58% |
| Views per follower | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| Quote posts | 60 | 20 |
| Saves per 10K views | 9.4 | 15.0 |
Other DeepSeek launches we track: DeepSeek-R1 (12.6M views), DeepSeek-V4-Flash API (9.6M views), DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 (8.4M views), DeepSeek Harness v0.1 (4.5M views), DeepSeek-R1-Lite-Preview (3.2M views), DeepSeek-V4-Pro (3.1M views). All 12 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 | 1,818 | 194.6K | 2.5x | #624 |
| Accounts over 1M followers | 360 | 1M | 47% | #227 |
| Image launch posts | 897 | 84.9K | 5.7x | #199 |
| Every launch | 3,785 | 119.4K | 4.1x | #1001 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 1.2M followers, the post reached 0.4 times the account's following. Launches from accounts over 1M followers reach a median of 0.3 times their following, so this one went about 1.4 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 227 of 360 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 60 quote posts, 1.2 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 "🎉 DeepSeek-VL2 is here! Our next-gen vision-language model enters the MoE era.". The post runs 33 words, against a median of 38 for launch posts here, and leads with an image: image launches have a median of 84.9K views, against 130.9K for the rest.
There is no link in the post. Launch posts without a link have a median of 127.4K views in the tracker.
It went out on a Friday (UTC). Friday launches have a median of 101.1K views; the strongest day is Tuesday at 137.9K.
Every comparison is against the 3,785 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-VL2 launch from @deepseek_ai on Dec 13, 2024.
- How many views did DeepSeek-VL2 get on X?
- 486,406 views. DeepSeek posted it from @deepseek_ai on Dec 13, 2024, and the post has 1,580 likes, 261 reposts, 60 quotes, 92 replies and 459 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was DeepSeek-VL2 a big launch on X?
- It ranks #1001 of the 3,785 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 74% of them and 4.1x the median launch's 119.4K views. Its engagement rate is 0.41%, against a median of 0.58%.
- What would 486.4K 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, 486.4K views would cost $49K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 2.1x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/deepseek-vl2, 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.