How did HeyGen avatar skill do on X?
HeyGen posted the HeyGen avatar skill launch from @joshua_xu_ on Jan 24, 2026. The post has 147,452 views, 762 likes, 126 reposts, 27 quotes and 27 replies, an engagement rate of 0.64%. It ranks #1516 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
The HeyGen avatar skill is available for Claude Code now. I was playing around with Remotion + HeyGen to make a talking video. It works great! Here’s how you can do it: - Install the remotion skill - Install the heygen avatar skill: npx add-skill heygen-com/skills - Set up your HEYGEN_API_KEY (we offer free API credits if you have a HeyGen account) - Start prompting Check out the example video made with HeyGen + Remotion + Claude Code.
- 84%the median launch175K median views
- #1516of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 5.3xits own following27,916 followers
- Views
- 147.5K
- Likes
- 762
- Reposts
- 126
- Quotes
- 27
- Replies
- 27
- Bookmarks
- 1.2K
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, 147.5K views would cost $15K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 6.8x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 5.3 views for every follower of @joshua_xu_.
What launched?
HeyGen launched a HeyGen avatar skill for Claude Code that works with Remotion to make talking videos.
How does it compare with other launches?
HeyGen avatar skill has more views than 47% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 84% of the median launch's 175K views.
- HeyGen avatar skill147.5K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | HeyGen avatar skill | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 147.5K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.64% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 5.3 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 27 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 79.7 | 14.2 |
Other HeyGen launches we track: HeyGen Avatar V (535.1K views), HeyGen Avatar IV (184.2K 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 | 56% | #898 |
| Accounts 10K to 100K followers | 1,135 | 99.4K | 1.5x | #476 |
| Video launch posts | 1,940 | 192.5K | 77% | #1077 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 84% | #1516 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 27.9K followers, the post reached 5.3 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 1.7 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 476 of 1135 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 27 quote posts, 1.8 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 "The HeyGen avatar skill is available for Claude Code now.". The post runs 78 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 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 HeyGen avatar skill get on X?
- 147,452 views. HeyGen posted it from @joshua_xu_ on Jan 24, 2026, and the post has 762 likes, 126 reposts, 27 quotes, 27 replies and 1,175 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was HeyGen avatar skill a big launch on X?
- It ranks #1516 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 47% of them and 84% of the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.64%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 147.5K 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, 147.5K views would cost $15K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 6.8x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/heygen-avatar-skill, 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.