How did OpenAI kbd-1.0-codex-micro do on X?
OpenAI posted the kbd-1.0-codex-micro launch from @OpenAIDevs on Jul 15, 2026. The post has 4,887,192 views, 9,427 likes, 825 reposts, 1,682 quotes and 1,040 replies, an engagement rate of 0.27%. It ranks #173 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Meet kbd-1.0-codex-micro, built with @work_louder. Map the buttons and joystick to your workflow, and keep your pinned chats in view. Get yours before stock returns 410.
- 28xthe median launch175K median views
- #173of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 10xits own following482,965 followers
- Views
- 4.9M
- Likes
- 9.4K
- Reposts
- 825
- Quotes
- 1.7K
- Replies
- 1K
- Bookmarks
- 3.5K
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, 4.9M views would cost $489K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $122K.
The post reached about 10 views for every follower of @OpenAIDevs.
What launched?
OpenAI launched kbd-1.0-codex-micro, a device built with Work Louder whose buttons and joystick map to a workflow and keep pinned chats in view.
How does it compare with other launches?
OpenAI kbd-1.0-codex-micro has more views than 94% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 28x the median launch's 175K views.
- OpenAI kbd-1.0-codex-micro4.9M
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | OpenAI kbd-1.0-codex-micro | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 4.9M | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.27% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 10 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 1.7K | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 7.2 | 14.2 |
Other OpenAI launches we track: OpenAI GPT-Live-1 (7.5M views), OpenAI Subagents in Codex (1.7M views), OpenAI GPT-5.5 API (714K views) and OpenAI Euphony (388.2K views). All 5 OpenAI launches, or every hardware 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardware launches | 98 | 281K | 17x | #10 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 19x | #47 |
| Video launch posts | 1,940 | 192.5K | 25x | #128 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 28x | #173 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 483K followers, the post reached 10 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 10 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 47 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 1,682 quote posts, 3.4 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 "Meet kbd-1.0-codex-micro, built with @work_louder.". The post runs 26 words, against a median of 39 for launch posts here, and leads with a video: video launches have a median of 192.5K views, against 137.6K 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 Wednesday (UTC). Wednesday launches have a median of 178.8K 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
- How many views did OpenAI kbd-1.0-codex-micro get on X?
- 4,887,192 views. OpenAI posted it from @OpenAIDevs on Jul 15, 2026, and the post has 9,427 likes, 825 reposts, 1,682 quotes, 1,040 replies and 3,502 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was OpenAI kbd-1.0-codex-micro a big launch on X?
- It ranks #173 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 94% of them and 28x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.27%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 4.9M 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, 4.9M views would cost $489K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $122K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/openai-kbd-1-0-codex-micro, 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.