How did Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 do on X?
Moonshot AI posted the Kimi K2.6 launch from @Kimi_Moonshot on Apr 20, 2026. The post has 7,591,130 views, 17,801 likes, 2,323 reposts, 1,392 quotes and 925 replies, an engagement rate of 0.3%. It ranks #121 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Meet Kimi K2.6: Advancing Open-Source Coding 🔹Open-source SOTA on HLE w/ tools (54.0), SWE-Bench Pro (58.6), SWE-bench Multilingual (76.7), BrowseComp (83.2), Toolathlon (50.0), Charxiv w/ python(86.7), Math Vision w/ python (93.2) What's new: 🔹Long-horizon coding - 4,000+ tool calls, over 12 hours of continuous execution, with generalization across languages (Rust, Go, Python) and tasks (frontend, devops, perf optimization). 🔹Motion-rich frontend - Videos in hero sections, WebGL shaders, GSAP + Framer Motion, Three.js 3D. 🔹Agent Swarms, elevated - 300 parallel sub-agents × 4,000 steps per run (up from K2.5's 100 / 1,500). One prompt, 100+ files. 🔹Proactive Agents - K2.6 model powers OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, etc for 24/7 autonomous ops. 🔹Claw Groups (research preview) - bring your own agents, command your friends', bots & humans in the loop. - K2.6 is now live on http://kimi.com in chat mode and agent mode. For production-grade coding, pair K2.6 with Kimi Code: https://kimi.com/code - 🔗 API: https://platform.moonshot.ai 🔗 Tech blog: https://www.kimi.com/blog/kimi-k2-6 🔗 Weights & code: https://huggingface.co/moonshotai/Kimi-K2.6
- 43xthe median launch175K median views
- #121of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 19xits own following393,898 followers
- Views
- 7.6M
- Likes
- 17.8K
- Reposts
- 2.3K
- Quotes
- 1.4K
- Replies
- 925
- Bookmarks
- 7.6K
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, 7.6M views would cost $759K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $190K.
The post reached about 19 views for every follower of @Kimi_Moonshot.
What launched?
Moonshot AI launched Kimi K2.6, an open-source model focused on long-horizon coding with over 12 hours of continuous execution.
How does it compare with other launches?
Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 has more views than 96% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 43x the median launch's 175K views.
- Moonshot AI Kimi K2.67.6M
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 7.6M | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.3% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 19 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 1.4K | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 10.0 | 14.2 |
Other Moonshot AI launches we track: Moonshot AI Kimi K3 (25.6M views), Moonshot AI Kimi K3.1 Pro (4.3M views), Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 API (771.2K views), Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 Agent Swarm (620.5K views), Moonshot AI Kimi Agentic Slides (575.6K views), Moonshot AI Kimi Work (562.4K views). All 17 Moonshot 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 | 264.5K | 29x | #84 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 30x | #31 |
| Image launch posts | 620 | 143.1K | 53x | #22 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 43x | #121 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 393.9K followers, the post reached 19 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 20 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 31 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 1,392 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 "Meet Kimi K2.6: Advancing Open-Source Coding". The post runs 157 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 Monday (UTC). Monday launches have a median of 181.4K 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 Moonshot AI?
- In its own words on X: "Built by Moonshot AI to empower everyone to be superhuman. PR: globalpr@moonshot.ai" Moonshot AI posted the Kimi K2.6 launch from @Kimi_Moonshot on Apr 20, 2026.
- How many views did Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 get on X?
- 7,591,130 views. Moonshot AI posted it from @Kimi_Moonshot on Apr 20, 2026, and the post has 17,801 likes, 2,323 reposts, 1,392 quotes, 925 replies and 7,598 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 a big launch on X?
- It ranks #121 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 96% of them and 43x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.3%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 7.6M 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, 7.6M views would cost $759K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $190K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/moonshot-ai-kimi-k2-6, 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.