In its own words on X: "The world's leading AI avatar company. Avatars that look, sound, and move just like you. Powered by Avatar V — the most realistic human AI model." HeyGen posted the Companion mode launch from @HeyGen on Jul 22, 2026.

How many views did HeyGen Companion mode get on X?

969,647 views. HeyGen posted it from @HeyGen on Jul 22, 2026, and the post has 656 likes, 222 reposts, 114 quotes, 344 replies and 480 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.

Was HeyGen Companion mode a big launch on X?

It ranks #587 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 79% of them and 5.5x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.14%, against a median of 0.48%.

How did HeyGen Companion mode do on X?

HeyGen posted the Companion mode launch from @HeyGen on Jul 22, 2026. The post has 969,647 views, 656 likes, 222 reposts, 114 quotes and 344 replies, an engagement rate of 0.14%. It ranks #587 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.

HeyGen@HeyGen · 116K followersView on X

Introducing companion mode The difference between ordering a video and directing one Now your agent can pitch five angles, check in with a storyboard, then sketch frames to review You steer every step and only build when approved $ npx hyperframes@latest skills

Jul 22, 2026 · 969,647 views

5.5xthe median launch175K median views
#587of the launches we trackout of 2839
8.4xits own following116,046 followers

Views: 969.6K
Likes: 656
Reposts: 222
Quotes: 114
Replies: 344
Bookmarks: 480

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, 969.6K views would cost $97K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 1.0x what this post got, for about $25K.

The post reached about 8.4 views for every follower of @HeyGen.

What launched?

HeyGen introduced companion mode, where an agent pitches angles, shares a storyboard and sketches frames for review before building video.

How does it compare with other launches?

HeyGen Companion mode has more views than 79% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 5.5x the median launch's 175K views.

HeyGen Companion mode969.6K
Median tracked launch175K
#1: xAI Voice Cloning204M

Views on the launch post, read from X on Nov 14, 2026.

Metric	HeyGen Companion mode	Median launch
Views	969.6K	175K
Engagement rate	0.14%	0.48%
Views per follower	8.4	2.8
Quote posts	114	27
Saves per 10K views	5.0	14.2

Other HeyGen launches we track: HeyGen for Real Estate (2.7M views), HeyGen Video Podcast (2.7M views), HeyGen Video (1.7M views), HeyGen HyperFrames skills (1.6M views), HeyGen frame.md (1.1M views) and HeyGen Cinematic Avatar API (630.9K views). All 7 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	3.7x	#371
Accounts 100K to 1M followers	909	252.6K	3.8x	#190
Video launch posts	1,940	192.5K	5.0x	#437
Every launch	2,839	175K	5.5x	#587

What this launch shows

From an account with 116K followers, the post reached 8.4 times the account's following. Launches from accounts 100K to 1M followers reach a median of 1.0 times their following, so this one went about 8.6 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 190 of 909 launches from accounts that size.

It drew 114 quote posts, 1.2 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 "Introducing companion mode". The post runs 42 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

What is HeyGen?: In its own words on X: "The world's leading AI avatar company. Avatars that look, sound, and move just like you. Powered by Avatar V — the most realistic human AI model." HeyGen posted the Companion mode launch from @HeyGen on Jul 22, 2026.
How many views did HeyGen Companion mode get on X?: 969,647 views. HeyGen posted it from @HeyGen on Jul 22, 2026, and the post has 656 likes, 222 reposts, 114 quotes, 344 replies and 480 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
Was HeyGen Companion mode a big launch on X?: It ranks #587 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 79% of them and 5.5x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.14%, against a median of 0.48%.
What would 969.6K 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, 969.6K views would cost $97K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 1.0x what this post got, for about $25K.

Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/heygen-companion-mode, 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.