How did OpenAI 6.1 Sol do on X?
OpenAI posted the 6.1 Sol launch from @thsottiaux on Sep 29, 2026. The post has 2,314,173 views, 19,578 likes, 944 reposts, 481 quotes and 1,086 replies, an engagement rate of 0.95%. It ranks #315 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Introducing 6.1 Sol, near Astra intelligence at one fifth of the price of Astra and 95% cache read discount. It is an absolute workhorse. Combined with ultrafast for 8X speeded available today for Astra and coming soon for 6.1 Sol.
- 13xthe median launch175K median views
- #315of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 2.3xits own following1,007,948 followers
- Views
- 2.3M
- Likes
- 19.6K
- Reposts
- 944
- Quotes
- 481
- Replies
- 1.1K
- Bookmarks
- 1.5K
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, 2.3M views would cost $231K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $58K.
The post reached about 2.3 views for every follower of @thsottiaux.
What launched?
OpenAI launched 6.1 Sol, a model with near Astra intelligence at one fifth of the price and a 95% cache read discount.
How does it compare with other launches?
OpenAI 6.1 Sol has more views than 89% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 13x the median launch's 175K views.
- OpenAI 6.1 Sol2.3M
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | OpenAI 6.1 Sol | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 2.3M | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.95% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 2.3 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 481 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 6.3 | 14.2 |
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 | 8.8x | #195 |
| Accounts over 1M followers | 224 | 2.2M | 1.0x | #111 |
| Text-only launch posts | 279 | 122.7K | 19x | #20 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 13x | #315 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 1M followers, the post reached 2.3 times the account's following. Launches from accounts over 1M followers reach a median of 0.5 times their following, so this one went about 4.3 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 111 of 224 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 481 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 "Introducing 6.1 Sol, near Astra intelligence at one fifth of the price of Astra and 95% cache read discount. It is an absolute workhorse.". The post runs 40 words, against a median of 39 for launch posts here, and leads with no media: text-only launches have a median of 122.7K views, against 183.4K 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 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
- How many views did OpenAI 6.1 Sol get on X?
- 2,314,173 views. OpenAI posted it from @thsottiaux on Sep 29, 2026, and the post has 19,578 likes, 944 reposts, 481 quotes, 1,086 replies and 1,462 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was OpenAI 6.1 Sol a big launch on X?
- It ranks #315 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 89% of them and 13x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.95%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 2.3M 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, 2.3M views would cost $231K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $58K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/openai-6-1-sol, 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.