How did Google Skills in Gemini do on X?
Google posted the Skills in Gemini launch from @Google on Sep 30, 2026. The post has 1,028,292 views, 4,105 likes, 353 reposts, 173 quotes and 250 replies, an engagement rate of 0.47%. It ranks #609 of the 2,981 launches Gridd tracks.
We're introducing skills in @GeminiApp to help you automate your most repetitive tasks. Now, you can now save your most-used instructions once and run them endlessly by typing a '/' in the prompt bar.
- 5.8xthe median launch177.5K median views
- #609of the launches we trackout of 2,981
- <0.1xits own following31,902,107 followers
- Views
- 1M
- Likes
- 4.1K
- Reposts
- 353
- Quotes
- 173
- Replies
- 250
- Bookmarks
- 986
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, 1M views would cost $103K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $26K.
The post reached about 0.0 views for every follower of @Google.
What launched?
Google introduced skills in the Gemini app, letting users save their most-used instructions once and run them by typing a slash in the prompt bar.
How does it compare with other launches?
Google Skills in Gemini has more views than 80% of the 2,981 launches Gridd tracks: 5.8x the median launch's 177.5K views.
- Google Skills in Gemini1M
- Median tracked launch177.5K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Google Skills in Gemini | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 1M | 177.5K |
| Engagement rate | 0.47% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | <0.1 | 2.6 |
| Quote posts | 173 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 9.6 | 13.7 |
Other Google launches we track: Google Gemini 3.8 (3.8M views), Google Gemini 4 Carbon (2.9M views), Google Gemini Spark (1.8M views), Google Live translate upgrades (1.6M views), Googlebook (1.2M views), Google DeepMind Genie 4 (1.1M views). All 14 Google 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 | 1,489 | 263.7K | 3.9x | #369 |
| Accounts over 1M followers | 283 | 1.8M | 57% | #166 |
| Video launch posts | 2,021 | 192K | 5.4x | #440 |
| Every launch | 2,981 | 177.5K | 5.8x | #609 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 31.9M followers, the post reached <0.1 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 6% as far as usual for its size. It ranks 166 of 283 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 173 quote posts, 1.7 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 "We're introducing skills in @GeminiApp to help you automate your most repetitive tasks.". The post runs 34 words, against a median of 39 for launch posts here, and leads with a video: video launches have a median of 192K views, against 142.1K for the rest.
There is no link in the post. Launch posts without a link have a median of 187.9K views in the tracker.
It went out on a Wednesday (UTC). Wednesday launches have a median of 171.3K views; the strongest day is Tuesday at 197.9K.
Every comparison is against the 2,981 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
- How many views did Google Skills in Gemini get on X?
- 1,028,292 views. Google posted it from @Google on Sep 30, 2026, and the post has 4,105 likes, 353 reposts, 173 quotes, 250 replies and 986 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Google Skills in Gemini a big launch on X?
- It ranks #609 of the 2,981 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 80% of them and 5.8x the median launch's 177.5K views. Its engagement rate is 0.47%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 1M 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, 1M views would cost $103K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $26K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/google-skills-in-gemini, 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.