How did Google Gemini CLI do on X?
Google posted the Gemini CLI launch from @googleaidevs on Jun 25, 2025. The post has 3,272,021 views, 9,639 likes, 1,870 reposts, 782 quotes and 314 replies, an engagement rate of 0.39%. It ranks #237 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Introducing Gemini CLI, a light and powerful open-source AI agent that brings Gemini directly into your terminal. >_ Write code, debug, and automate tasks with Gemini 2.5 Pro with industry-leading high usage limits at no cost.
- 19xthe median launch175K median views
- #237of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 28xits own following117,479 followers
- Views
- 3.3M
- Likes
- 9.6K
- Reposts
- 1.9K
- Quotes
- 782
- Replies
- 314
- Bookmarks
- 4.2K
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, 3.3M views would cost $327K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $82K.
The post reached about 28 views for every follower of @googleaidevs.
What launched?
Google launched Gemini CLI, an open-source AI agent that brings Gemini into the terminal to write code, debug and automate tasks at no cost.
How does it compare with other launches?
Google Gemini CLI has more views than 92% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 19x the median launch's 175K views.
- Google Gemini CLI3.3M
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Google Gemini CLI | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 3.3M | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.39% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 28 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 782 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 12.7 | 14.2 |
Other Google launches we track: Google Gemini Deep Research Agent update (62.7K views). All 2 Google 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 | 29x | #36 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 13x | #64 |
| Video launch posts | 1,940 | 192.5K | 17x | #178 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 19x | #237 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 117.5K followers, the post reached 28 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 29 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 64 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 782 quote posts, 2.4 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 "Introducing Gemini CLI, a light and powerful open-source AI agent that brings Gemini directly into your terminal. >_". The post runs 36 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 Wednesday (UTC). Wednesday launches have a median of 178.8K 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 Google?
- In its own words on X: "AI for every developer. So what will you build?" Google posted the Gemini CLI launch from @googleaidevs on Jun 25, 2025.
- How many views did Google Gemini CLI get on X?
- 3,272,021 views. Google posted it from @googleaidevs on Jun 25, 2025, and the post has 9,639 likes, 1,870 reposts, 782 quotes, 314 replies and 4,154 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Google Gemini CLI a big launch on X?
- It ranks #237 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 92% of them and 19x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.39%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 3.3M 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, 3.3M views would cost $327K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $82K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/google-gemini-cli, 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.