How did OpenAI Images 2.5 do on X?
OpenAI posted the Images 2.5 launch from @sama on Sep 8, 2026. The post has 1,784,445 views, 18,631 likes, 1,074 reposts, 339 quotes and 848 replies, an engagement rate of 1.17%. It ranks #385 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Images 2.5 is here. I don't think it can solve super difficult math problems, but it is really good and we hope you enjoy it. https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-images-2-5/
- 10xthe median launch175K median views
- #385of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 0.3xits own following6,441,279 followers
- Views
- 1.8M
- Likes
- 18.6K
- Reposts
- 1.1K
- Quotes
- 339
- Replies
- 848
- Bookmarks
- 2.1K
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, 1.8M views would cost $178K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $45K.
The post reached about 0.3 views for every follower of @sama.
What launched?
OpenAI launched Images 2.5, its updated image generation model in ChatGPT, announced by Sam Altman.
How does it compare with other launches?
OpenAI Images 2.5 has more views than 86% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 10x the median launch's 175K views.
- OpenAI Images 2.51.8M
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | OpenAI Images 2.5 | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 1.8M | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 1.17% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 339 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 12.0 | 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 | 6.8x | #242 |
| Accounts over 1M followers | 224 | 2.2M | 80% | #119 |
| Text-only launch posts | 279 | 122.7K | 15x | #26 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 10x | #385 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 6.4M followers, the post reached 0.3 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 51% as far as usual for its size. It ranks 119 of 224 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 339 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 "Images 2.5 is here.". The post runs 25 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 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 Images 2.5 get on X?
- 1,784,445 views. OpenAI posted it from @sama on Sep 8, 2026, and the post has 18,631 likes, 1,074 reposts, 339 quotes, 848 replies and 2,145 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was OpenAI Images 2.5 a big launch on X?
- It ranks #385 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 86% of them and 10x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 1.17%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 1.8M 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, 1.8M views would cost $178K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $45K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/openai-images-2-5, 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.