How did OpenAI Subagents in Codex do on X?
OpenAI posted the Subagents in Codex launch from @OpenAIDevs on Mar 16, 2026. The post has 1,706,790 views, 7,912 likes, 749 reposts, 470 quotes and 437 replies, an engagement rate of 0.56%. It ranks #395 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Subagents are now available in Codex. You can accelerate your workflow by spinning up specialized agents to: • Keep your main context window clean • Tackle different parts of a task in parallel • Steer individual agents as work unfolds
- 9.8xthe median launch175K median views
- #395of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 3.5xits own following482,963 followers
- Views
- 1.7M
- Likes
- 7.9K
- Reposts
- 749
- Quotes
- 470
- Replies
- 437
- Bookmarks
- 3K
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, 1.7M views would cost $171K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $43K.
The post reached about 3.5 views for every follower of @OpenAIDevs.
What launched?
OpenAI launched subagents in Codex, letting users spin up specialized agents to keep context clean and work on parts of a task in parallel.
How does it compare with other launches?
OpenAI Subagents in Codex has more views than 86% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 9.8x the median launch's 175K views.
- OpenAI Subagents in Codex1.7M
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | OpenAI Subagents in Codex | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 1.7M | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.56% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 3.5 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 470 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 17.5 | 14.2 |
Other OpenAI launches we track: OpenAI GPT-Live-1 (7.5M views), OpenAI kbd-1.0-codex-micro (4.9M views), OpenAI GPT-5.5 API (714K views) and OpenAI Euphony (388.2K views). All 5 OpenAI launches, or every developer tools 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developer tools launches | 595 | 111.1K | 15x | #59 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 6.8x | #121 |
| Video launch posts | 1,940 | 192.5K | 8.9x | #296 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 9.8x | #395 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 483K followers, the post reached 3.5 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 3.6 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 121 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 470 quote posts, 2.8 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 "Subagents are now available in Codex.". The post runs 40 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 Monday (UTC). Monday launches have a median of 181.4K 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 Subagents in Codex get on X?
- 1,706,790 views. OpenAI posted it from @OpenAIDevs on Mar 16, 2026, and the post has 7,912 likes, 749 reposts, 470 quotes, 437 replies and 2,992 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was OpenAI Subagents in Codex a big launch on X?
- It ranks #395 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 86% of them and 9.8x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.56%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 1.7M 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, 1.7M views would cost $171K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $43K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/openai-subagents-in-codex, 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.