How did OpenAI GPT-5 do on X?
OpenAI posted the GPT-5 launch from @OpenAI on Aug 7, 2025. The post has 515,924 views, 4,274 likes, 625 reposts, 127 quotes and 240 replies, an engagement rate of 1.02%. It ranks #862 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Introducing GPT-5 Our best AI system yet, rolling out to all ChatGPT users and developers starting today. https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5/
- 2.9xthe median launch175K median views
- #862of the launches we trackout of 2839
- <0.1xits own following5,537,008 followers
- Views
- 515.9K
- Likes
- 4.3K
- Reposts
- 625
- Quotes
- 127
- Replies
- 240
- Bookmarks
- 435
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, 515.9K views would cost $52K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 1.9x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 0.1 views for every follower of @OpenAI.
What launched?
OpenAI launched GPT-5, its best AI system yet, rolling out to all ChatGPT users and developers.
How does it compare with other launches?
OpenAI GPT-5 has more views than 70% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 2.9x the median launch's 175K views.
- OpenAI GPT-5515.9K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | OpenAI GPT-5 | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 515.9K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 1.02% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | <0.1 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 127 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 8.4 | 14.2 |
Other OpenAI launches we track: OpenAI GPT-6 Astra (139.4M views), OpenAI GPT-5.6 Sol (19M views), OpenAI ChatGPT Work (16.1M views), OpenAI Astra for Law (16M views), OpenAI ChatGPT for Financial Services (15.7M views), OpenAI dots (15M views). All 25 OpenAI 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 | 2.0x | #549 |
| Accounts over 1M followers | 224 | 2.2M | 23% | #158 |
| Text-only launch posts | 279 | 122.7K | 4.2x | #62 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 2.9x | #862 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 5.5M followers, the post reached <0.1 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 17% as far as usual for its size. It ranks 158 of 224 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 127 quote posts, 2.5 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 GPT-5". The post runs 17 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 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 Thursday (UTC). Thursday launches have a median of 162.1K 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 OpenAI?
- In its own words on X: "OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity." OpenAI posted the GPT-5 launch from @OpenAI on Aug 7, 2025.
- How many views did OpenAI GPT-5 get on X?
- 515,924 views. OpenAI posted it from @OpenAI on Aug 7, 2025, and the post has 4,274 likes, 625 reposts, 127 quotes, 240 replies and 435 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was OpenAI GPT-5 a big launch on X?
- It ranks #862 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 70% of them and 2.9x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 1.02%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 515.9K 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, 515.9K views would cost $52K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 1.9x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/openai-gpt-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.
