How did Microsoft AI MAI-Image-2.5 do on X?
Microsoft AI posted the MAI-Image-2.5 launch from @MicrosoftAI on May 26, 2026. The post has 77,034 views, 237 likes, 35 reposts, 15 quotes and 9 replies, an engagement rate of 0.38%. It ranks #1876 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Meet MAI-Image-2.5 - ranked third on the @arena text-to-image leaderboard. It's another great advance in quality. And with Build just a week away, there is much more to come. Learn more here: https://msft.it/6010vk3iy
- 44%the median launch175K median views
- #1876of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 3.3xits own following23,586 followers
- Views
- 77K
- Likes
- 237
- Reposts
- 35
- Quotes
- 15
- Replies
- 9
- Bookmarks
- 57
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, 77K views would cost $8K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 13x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 3.3 views for every follower of @MicrosoftAI.
What launched?
Microsoft AI launched MAI-Image-2.5, a text-to-image model ranked third on the Arena leaderboard.
How does it compare with other launches?
Microsoft AI MAI-Image-2.5 has more views than 34% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 44% of the median launch's 175K views.
- Microsoft AI MAI-Image-2.577K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Microsoft AI MAI-Image-2.5 | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 77K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.38% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 3.3 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 15 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 7.4 | 14.2 |
Other Microsoft AI launches we track: Microsoft AI MAI-Voice-2.1 (144.4K views), Microsoft AI MAI-Image-2 (117K views), Microsoft AI MAI-Code-1-Flash (87.9K views) and Microsoft AI MAI-Cyber-1-Flash (48.8K views). All 5 Microsoft AI 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 | 29% | #1081 |
| Accounts 10K to 100K followers | 1,135 | 99.4K | 77% | #621 |
| Image launch posts | 620 | 143.1K | 54% | #380 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 44% | #1876 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 23.6K followers, the post reached 3.3 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 1.1 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 621 of 1135 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 15 quote posts, 1.9 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 "Meet MAI-Image-2.5 - ranked third on the @arena text-to-image leaderboard. It's another great advance in quality. And with Build just a w…". The post runs 32 words, against a median of 39 for launch posts here, and leads with an image: image launches have a median of 143.1K views, against 186.1K 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 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
- What is Microsoft AI?
- In its own words on X: "Building a new class of safer, more capable AI systems we call Humanist Superintelligence: AI that is always aligned, controllable, and in service of humanity." Microsoft AI posted the MAI-Image-2.5 launch from @MicrosoftAI on May 26, 2026.
- How many views did Microsoft AI MAI-Image-2.5 get on X?
- 77,034 views. Microsoft AI posted it from @MicrosoftAI on May 26, 2026, and the post has 237 likes, 35 reposts, 15 quotes, 9 replies and 57 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Microsoft AI MAI-Image-2.5 a big launch on X?
- It ranks #1876 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 34% of them and 44% of the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.38%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 77K 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, 77K views would cost $8K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 13x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/microsoft-ai-mai-image-2-5, 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.