How did HeyGen Video Podcast do on X?
HeyGen posted the Video Podcast launch from @HeyGen on Jul 29, 2026. The post has 2,688,723 views, 3,028 likes, 610 reposts, 567 quotes and 885 replies, an engagement rate of 0.19%. It ranks #284 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Video Podcast is live. Turn any doc, link, or idea into a two-host video show with studio scenes, multi-cam cuts, and B-roll. Ready in minutes. Everyone else stops at audio. This is a show you can publish. Try it: http://app.heygen.com/apps/video-podcast
- 15xthe median launch175K median views
- #284of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 23xits own following116,047 followers
- Views
- 2.7M
- Likes
- 3K
- Reposts
- 610
- Quotes
- 567
- Replies
- 885
- Bookmarks
- 3.8K
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, 2.7M views would cost $269K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $67K.
The post reached about 23 views for every follower of @HeyGen.
What launched?
HeyGen launched Video Podcast, which turns any doc, link or idea into a two-host video show with studio scenes, multi-cam cuts and B-roll.
How does it compare with other launches?
HeyGen Video Podcast has more views than 90% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 15x the median launch's 175K views.
- HeyGen Video Podcast2.7M
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | HeyGen Video Podcast | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 2.7M | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.19% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 23 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 567 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 14.2 | 14.2 |
Other HeyGen launches we track: HeyGen for Real Estate (2.7M views), HeyGen Video (1.7M views), HeyGen HyperFrames skills (1.6M views), HeyGen frame.md (1.1M views), HeyGen Companion mode (969.6K 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 | 264.5K | 10x | #178 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 11x | #80 |
| Video launch posts | 1,940 | 192.5K | 14x | #210 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 15x | #284 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 116K followers, the post reached 23 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 24 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 80 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 567 quote posts, 2.1 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 "Video Podcast is live.". The post runs 39 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 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 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 Video Podcast launch from @HeyGen on Jul 29, 2026.
- How many views did HeyGen Video Podcast get on X?
- 2,688,723 views. HeyGen posted it from @HeyGen on Jul 29, 2026, and the post has 3,028 likes, 610 reposts, 567 quotes, 885 replies and 3,807 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was HeyGen Video Podcast a big launch on X?
- It ranks #284 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 90% of them and 15x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.19%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 2.7M 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, 2.7M views would cost $269K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $67K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/heygen-video-podcast, 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.