In its own words on X: "OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity." OpenAI posted the GPT-5.5 in the API launch from @OpenAI on Apr 24, 2026.

How many views did OpenAI GPT-5.5 in the API get on X?

538,330 views. OpenAI posted it from @OpenAI on Apr 24, 2026, and the post has 6,216 likes, 363 reposts, 101 quotes, 325 replies and 274 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.

Was OpenAI GPT-5.5 in the API a big launch on X?

It ranks #953 of the 3,785 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 75% of them and 4.5x the median launch's 119.4K views. Its engagement rate is 1.3%, against a median of 0.58%.

How did OpenAI GPT-5.5 in the API do on X?

Q: What would 538.3K 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, 538.3K views would cost $54K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 1.9x what this post got, for about $25K.

OpenAI posted the GPT-5.5 in the API launch from @OpenAI on Apr 24, 2026. The post has 538,330 views, 6,216 likes, 363 reposts, 101 quotes and 325 replies, an engagement rate of 1.3%. It ranks #953 of the 3,785 launches Gridd tracks.

OpenAI@OpenAI · 5.5M followersView on X

Update: GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5 Pro are now available in the API.

Apr 24, 2026 · 538,330 views

4.5xthe median launch119.4K median views
#953of the launches we trackout of 3,785
<0.1xits own following5,537,808 followers

Views: 538.3K
Likes: 6.2K
Reposts: 363
Quotes: 101
Replies: 325
Bookmarks: 274

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, 538.3K views would cost $54K. 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 made GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5 Pro available in its API.

How does it compare with other launches?

OpenAI GPT-5.5 in the API has more views than 75% of the 3,785 launches Gridd tracks: 4.5x the median launch's 119.4K views.

OpenAI GPT-5.5 in the API538.3K
Median tracked launch119.4K
#1: xAI Voice Cloning204M

Views on the launch post, read from X on Nov 14, 2026.

Metric	OpenAI GPT-5.5 in the API	Median launch
Views	538.3K	119.4K
Engagement rate	1.3%	0.58%
Views per follower	<0.1	1.5
Quote posts	101	20
Saves per 10K views	5.1	15.0

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 36 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	1,818	194.6K	2.8x	#591
Accounts over 1M followers	360	1M	52%	#222
Text-only launch posts	418	72.1K	7.5x	#69
Every launch	3,785	119.4K	4.5x	#953

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 0.3 times their following, so this one went about 34% as far as usual for its size. It ranks 222 of 360 launches from accounts that size.

It drew 101 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 "Update: GPT-5.5 and GPT-5.5 Pro are now available in the API.". The post runs 11 words, against a median of 38 for launch posts here, and leads with no media: text-only launches have a median of 72.1K views, against 125K for the rest.

There is no link in the post. Launch posts without a link have a median of 127.4K views in the tracker.

It went out on a Friday (UTC). Friday launches have a median of 101.1K views; the strongest day is Tuesday at 137.9K.

Every comparison is against the 3,785 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-5.5 in the API launch from @OpenAI on Apr 24, 2026.
How many views did OpenAI GPT-5.5 in the API get on X?: 538,330 views. OpenAI posted it from @OpenAI on Apr 24, 2026, and the post has 6,216 likes, 363 reposts, 101 quotes, 325 replies and 274 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
Was OpenAI GPT-5.5 in the API a big launch on X?: It ranks #953 of the 3,785 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 75% of them and 4.5x the median launch's 119.4K views. Its engagement rate is 1.3%, against a median of 0.58%.
What would 538.3K 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, 538.3K views would cost $54K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 1.9x what this post got, for about $25K.

Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/openai-gpt-5-5-in-the-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.