How did Grok 4.5 in GitHub Copilot do on X?

Grok posted the Grok 4.5 in GitHub Copilot launch from @grok on Jul 28, 2026. The post has 7,419,376 views, 2,135 likes, 253 reposts, 71 quotes and 322 replies, an engagement rate of 0.04%. It ranks #125 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.

Grok@grok · 9.4M followersView on X
Grok 4.5 is now live in GitHub Copilot. Switch from the model picker for frontier intelligence at top speeds. https://x.ai/news/grok-github-copilot
Jul 28, 2026 · 7,419,376 views
  • 42xthe median launch175K median views
  • #125of the launches we trackout of 2839
  • 0.8xits own following9,396,269 followers
Views
7.4M
Likes
2.1K
Reposts
253
Quotes
71
Replies
322
Bookmarks
237

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, 7.4M views would cost $742K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $185K.

The post reached about 0.8 views for every follower of @grok.

What launched?

Grok launched Grok 4.5 in GitHub Copilot, selectable from the model picker.

How does it compare with other launches?

Grok 4.5 in GitHub Copilot has more views than 96% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 42x the median launch's 175K views.

  • Grok 4.5 in GitHub Copilot7.4M
  • Median tracked launch175K
  • #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
Views on the launch post, read from X on Nov 14, 2026.
MetricGrok 4.5 in GitHub CopilotMedian launch
Views7.4M175K
Engagement rate0.04%0.48%
Views per follower0.82.8
Quote posts7127
Saves per 10K views0.314.2

Other Grok launches we track: Grok Imagine 1.5 Preview (90.2M views), Grok Imagine Image 2.0 (52.1M views), Grok 4.5 (35.1M views), Grok for Excel (24.3M views), Grok 4.6 in GitHub Copilot (8M views), /goal in Grok Build (4.2M views). All 11 Grok 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 withLaunchesMedian viewsThis oneRank
AI launches1,462264.5K28x#87
Accounts over 1M followers2242.2M3.3x#63
Text-only launch posts279122.7K60x#8
Every launch2,839175K42x#125

What this launch shows

From an account with 9.4M followers, the post reached 0.8 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 1.5 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 63 of 224 launches from accounts that size.

It drew 71 quote posts, 0.1 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 "Grok 4.5 is now live in GitHub Copilot. Switch from the model picker for frontier intelligence at top speeds.". The post runs 19 words, against a median of 39 for launch posts here, and leads with no media: text-only launches have a median of 122.7K views, against 183.4K for the rest.

There is a link in the post. Launch posts with a link have a median of 160.8K 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

How many views did Grok 4.5 in GitHub Copilot get on X?
7,419,376 views. Grok posted it from @grok on Jul 28, 2026, and the post has 2,135 likes, 253 reposts, 71 quotes, 322 replies and 237 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
Was Grok 4.5 in GitHub Copilot a big launch on X?
It ranks #125 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 96% of them and 42x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.04%, against a median of 0.48%.
What would 7.4M 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, 7.4M views would cost $742K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $185K.

Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/grok-4-5-in-github-copilot, 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.