How did Grok Imagine Image 2.0 do on X?

Grok posted the Imagine Image 2.0 launch from @grok on Aug 8, 2026. The post has 52,121,076 views, 38,912 likes, 4,455 reposts, 1,293 quotes and 6,133 replies, an engagement rate of 0.1%. It ranks #13 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.

Grok@grok · 9.4M followersView on X
Announcing Imagine Image 2.0, our next generation image model with precision editing, crisp text rendering, improved factuality, and real world usefulness. Image 2.0 helps you make images for real work. https://x.ai/news/grok-imagine-image-2
Aug 8, 2026 · 52,121,076 views
  • 298xthe median launch175K median views
  • #13of the launches we trackout of 2839
  • 5.5xits own following9,396,269 followers
Views
52.1M
Likes
38.9K
Reposts
4.5K
Quotes
1.3K
Replies
6.1K
Bookmarks
7.4K

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, 52.1M views would cost $5.2M. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $1.3M.

The post reached about 5.5 views for every follower of @grok.

What launched?

Grok launched Imagine Image 2.0, a next generation image model with precision editing, crisp text rendering, and improved factuality.

How does it compare with other launches?

Grok Imagine Image 2.0 has more views than 100% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 298x the median launch's 175K views.

  • Grok Imagine Image 2.052.1M
  • Median tracked launch175K
  • #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
Views on the launch post, read from X on Nov 14, 2026.
MetricGrok Imagine Image 2.0Median launch
Views52.1M175K
Engagement rate0.1%0.48%
Views per follower5.52.8
Quote posts1.3K27
Saves per 10K views1.414.2

Other Grok launches we track: Grok Imagine 1.5 Preview (90.2M views), Grok 4.5 (35.1M views), Grok for Excel (24.3M views), Grok 4.6 in GitHub Copilot (8M views), Grok 4.5 in GitHub Copilot (7.4M 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 launches1,462264.5K197x#9
Accounts over 1M followers2242.2M23x#9
Text-only launch posts279122.7K425x#1
Every launch2,839175K298x#13

What this launch shows

From an account with 9.4M followers, the post reached 5.5 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 10 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 9 of 224 launches from accounts that size.

It drew 1,293 quote posts, 0.2 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 "Announcing Imagine Image 2.0, our next generation image model with precision editing, crisp text rendering, improved factuality, and real…". The post runs 30 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 Saturday (UTC). Saturday launches have a median of 148.9K 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

How many views did Grok Imagine Image 2.0 get on X?
52,121,076 views. Grok posted it from @grok on Aug 8, 2026, and the post has 38,912 likes, 4,455 reposts, 1,293 quotes, 6,133 replies and 7,365 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
Was Grok Imagine Image 2.0 a big launch on X?
It ranks #13 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 100% of them and 298x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.1%, against a median of 0.48%.
What would 52.1M 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, 52.1M views would cost $5.2M. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $1.3M.

Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/grok-imagine-image-2-0, 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.