How did Google Labs Whisk Animate do on X?
Google Labs posted the Whisk Animate launch from @GoogleLabs on Apr 15, 2025. The post has 213,442 views, 2,531 likes, 325 reposts, 64 quotes and 83 replies, an engagement rate of 1.41%. It ranks #1311 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Whisk Animate is now available globally to Google One AI premium subscribers! With Veo 2, turn your Whisk-generated images into vivid eight-second animated clips - perfect for reimagining your images in different styles or bringing new ideas to life. 🎥
- 1.2xthe median launch175K median views
- #1311of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 0.9xits own following228,201 followers
- Views
- 213.4K
- Likes
- 2.5K
- Reposts
- 325
- Quotes
- 64
- Replies
- 83
- Bookmarks
- 1.6K
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, 213.4K views would cost $21K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 4.7x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 0.9 views for every follower of @GoogleLabs.
What launched?
Google Labs launched Whisk Animate globally for Google One AI Premium subscribers, turning Whisk images into eight-second animated clips using Veo 2.
How does it compare with other launches?
Google Labs Whisk Animate has more views than 54% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 1.2x the median launch's 175K views.
- Google Labs Whisk Animate213.4K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Google Labs Whisk Animate | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 213.4K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 1.41% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 0.9 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 64 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 73.6 | 14.2 |
Other Google Labs launches we track: Google Labs Pomelli Photoshoot (24.2M views), Google Labs Animate in Pomelli (614.8K views), Google Labs Whisk (340K views), Google Labs NotebookLM expansion (303.5K views), Google Labs GenChess (235.2K views), Google Labs Daily Listen (146.8K views). All 11 Google Labs 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 | 263K | 81% | #795 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 84% | #489 |
| Video launch posts | 1,940 | 192.5K | 1.1x | #930 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 1.2x | #1311 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 228.2K followers, the post reached 0.9 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 96% as far as usual for its size. It ranks 489 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 64 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 "Whisk Animate is now available globally to Google One AI premium subscribers!". The post runs 40 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 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 Google Labs?
- In its own words on X: "Google’s home for our latest AI tools and experiments." Google Labs posted the Whisk Animate launch from @GoogleLabs on Apr 15, 2025.
- How many views did Google Labs Whisk Animate get on X?
- 213,442 views. Google Labs posted it from @GoogleLabs on Apr 15, 2025, and the post has 2,531 likes, 325 reposts, 64 quotes, 83 replies and 1,570 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Google Labs Whisk Animate a big launch on X?
- It ranks #1311 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 54% of them and 1.2x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 1.41%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 213.4K 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, 213.4K views would cost $21K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 4.7x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/google-labs-whisk-animate, 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.