How did Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 API do on X?
Moonshot AI posted the Kimi K2.6 API launch from @Kimi_Moonshot on Apr 21, 2026. The post has 771,216 views, 3,125 likes, 188 reposts, 50 quotes and 82 replies, an engagement rate of 0.45%. It ranks #667 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
📢 Kimi K2.6 API is live • Input Price (Cache Hit): $0.16 / M tokens • Input Price (Cache Miss): $0.95 / M tokens • Output: $4.00 / M tokens Kimi K2.6 is our latest + most intelligent model - stronger long-horizon coding, better instruction following & self-correction. Native multimodal (text/image/video), thinking + non-thinking, 256K context. Supports tool calls, JSON / Partial mode, and web search. Try it → http://platform.kimi.ai
- 4.4xthe median launch175K median views
- #667of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 2.0xits own following393,899 followers
- Views
- 771.2K
- Likes
- 3.1K
- Reposts
- 188
- Quotes
- 50
- Replies
- 82
- Bookmarks
- 767
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, 771.2K views would cost $77K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 1.3x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 2.0 views for every follower of @Kimi_Moonshot.
What launched?
Moonshot AI launched the Kimi K2.6 API, giving access to its latest model with stronger long-horizon coding and native multimodal input.
How does it compare with other launches?
Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 API has more views than 77% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 4.4x the median launch's 175K views.
- Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 API771.2K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 API | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 771.2K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.45% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 2.0 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 50 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 9.9 | 14.2 |
Other Moonshot AI launches we track: Moonshot AI Kimi K3 (25.6M views), Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 (7.6M views), Moonshot AI Kimi K3.1 Pro (4.3M 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 | 263K | 2.9x | #422 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 3.1x | #217 |
| Image launch posts | 620 | 143.1K | 5.4x | #127 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 4.4x | #667 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 393.9K followers, the post reached 2.0 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 2.0 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 217 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 50 quote posts, 0.6 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 "📢 Kimi K2.6 API is live". The post runs 69 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 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 API launch from @Kimi_Moonshot on Apr 21, 2026.
- How many views did Moonshot AI Kimi K2.6 API get on X?
- 771,216 views. Moonshot AI posted it from @Kimi_Moonshot on Apr 21, 2026, and the post has 3,125 likes, 188 reposts, 50 quotes, 82 replies and 767 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 API a big launch on X?
- It ranks #667 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 77% of them and 4.4x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.45%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 771.2K 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, 771.2K views would cost $77K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 1.3x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/moonshot-ai-kimi-k2-6-api, 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.