How did HeyGen Avatar V do on X?
HeyGen posted the Avatar V launch from @joshua_xu_ on Apr 8, 2026. The post has 535,076 views, 1,573 likes, 280 reposts, 225 quotes and 308 replies, an engagement rate of 0.45%. It ranks #846 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Introducing Avatar V. We’ve solved character consistency. Forever. Record yourself once for 15 seconds. From there, you can show up anywhere, in any look, and it still feels like you. Any photo becomes a video that looks, moves, and speaks like you, down to your mannerisms and quirks. This is the most advanced AI avatar model in the world. And we know that’s a big claim, so we brought the data to prove it. Thread below:
- 3.1xthe median launch175K median views
- #846of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 19xits own following27,916 followers
- Views
- 535.1K
- Likes
- 1.6K
- Reposts
- 280
- Quotes
- 225
- Replies
- 308
- Bookmarks
- 1.5K
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, 535.1K views would cost $54K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 1.9x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 19 views for every follower of @joshua_xu_.
What launched?
HeyGen launched Avatar V, which turns one 15-second recording into video that looks, moves and speaks like the user in any look.
How does it compare with other launches?
HeyGen Avatar V has more views than 70% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 3.1x the median launch's 175K views.
- HeyGen Avatar V535.1K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | HeyGen Avatar V | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 535.1K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.45% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 19 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 225 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 28.3 | 14.2 |
Other HeyGen launches we track: HeyGen Avatar IV (184.2K 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 | 2.0x | #537 |
| Accounts 10K to 100K followers | 1,135 | 99.4K | 5.4x | #250 |
| Video launch posts | 1,940 | 192.5K | 2.8x | #626 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 3.1x | #846 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 27.9K followers, the post reached 19 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 6.2 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 250 of 1135 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 225 quote posts, 4.2 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 "Introducing Avatar V. We’ve solved character consistency. Forever.". The post runs 76 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 Wednesday (UTC). Wednesday launches have a median of 178.8K 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 V get on X?
- 535,076 views. HeyGen posted it from @joshua_xu_ on Apr 8, 2026, and the post has 1,573 likes, 280 reposts, 225 quotes, 308 replies and 1,512 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was HeyGen Avatar V a big launch on X?
- It ranks #846 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 70% of them and 3.1x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.45%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 535.1K 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, 535.1K views would cost $54K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 1.9x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/heygen-avatar-v, 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.