How did HeyGen Avatar IV do on X?
HeyGen posted the Avatar IV launch from @joshua_xu_ on May 6, 2025. The post has 184,244 views, 906 likes, 183 reposts, 50 quotes and 116 replies, an engagement rate of 0.68%. It ranks #1399 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
🆕 NEW: HeyGen Avatar IV is here. Our most advanced AI avatar model yet. 📸 One photo. 📝 One script. 🎧 Just your voice. Most avatars sync to your words. Avatar IV interprets them. Built on a diffusion-inspired audio-to-expression engine, it analyzes your vocal tone, rhythm, and emotion — then synthesizes photoreal facial motion with temporal realism. 🎭 Head tilts. Pauses. Cadences. Micro-expressions. ➡️ A single image → a video that feels real, not rendered. Rolling out to all users now. 👇 See examples and what makes it different
- 1.1xthe median launch175K median views
- #1399of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 6.6xits own following27,916 followers
- Views
- 184.2K
- Likes
- 906
- Reposts
- 183
- Quotes
- 50
- Replies
- 116
- Bookmarks
- 674
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, 184.2K views would cost $18K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 5.4x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 6.6 views for every follower of @joshua_xu_.
What launched?
HeyGen launched Avatar IV, its most advanced AI avatar model, which turns one photo, one script and a voice into an avatar that interprets words.
How does it compare with other launches?
HeyGen Avatar IV has more views than 51% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 1.1x the median launch's 175K views.
- HeyGen Avatar IV184.2K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | HeyGen Avatar IV | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 184.2K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.68% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 6.6 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 50 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 36.6 | 14.2 |
Other HeyGen launches we track: HeyGen Avatar V (535.1K views), HeyGen avatar skill (147.5K views) and HeyGen Voice (43.9K views). All 4 HeyGen 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 | 70% | #830 |
| Accounts 10K to 100K followers | 1,135 | 99.4K | 1.9x | #426 |
| Video launch posts | 1,940 | 192.5K | 96% | #990 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 1.1x | #1399 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 27.9K followers, the post reached 6.6 times the account's following. Launches from accounts 10K to 100K followers reach a median of 3.1 times their following, so this one went about 2.1 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 426 of 1135 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 50 quote posts, 2.7 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 "🆕 NEW: HeyGen Avatar IV is here.". The post runs 89 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
- How many views did HeyGen Avatar IV get on X?
- 184,244 views. HeyGen posted it from @joshua_xu_ on May 6, 2025, and the post has 906 likes, 183 reposts, 50 quotes, 116 replies and 674 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was HeyGen Avatar IV a big launch on X?
- It ranks #1399 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 51% of them and 1.1x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.68%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 184.2K 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, 184.2K views would cost $18K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 5.4x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/heygen-avatar-iv, 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.