How did PayPal links do on X?
PayPal posted the PayPal links launch from @PayPal on Sep 15, 2025. The post has 157,390 views, 653 likes, 118 reposts, 64 quotes and 145 replies, an engagement rate of 0.62%. It ranks #1486 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Launching today: PayPal links 🚀 Send and receive money as easily as sending a message--just share a one-time link by text, DM, or email. Live now in the US, and more markets soon. Coming next: crypto support for peer-to-peer via the PayPal app—including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and PYUSD—for easy, secure sending across PayPal, Venmo, and supported wallets. 🔗 Learn more: https://newsroom.paypal-corp.com/2025-09-15-PayPal-Ushers-in-a-New-Era-of-Peer-to-Peer-Payments,-Reimagining-How-Money-Moves-to-Anyone,-Anywhere
- 90%the median launch175K median views
- #1486of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 0.1xits own following1,115,334 followers
- Views
- 157.4K
- Likes
- 653
- Reposts
- 118
- Quotes
- 64
- Replies
- 145
- Bookmarks
- 68
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, 157.4K views would cost $16K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 6.4x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 0.1 views for every follower of @PayPal.
What launched?
PayPal launched PayPal links, letting users send and receive money by sharing a one-time link, live now in the US.
How does it compare with other launches?
PayPal links has more views than 48% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 90% of the median launch's 175K views.
- PayPal links157.4K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | PayPal links | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 157.4K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.62% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 0.1 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 64 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 4.3 | 14.2 |
Other PayPal launches we track: PayPal LINK and SOL support (246.2K views), PayPal PYUSD on Aave (77.3K views), PayPal group pools (53K views) and PayPal checkout on Perplexity (38.1K views). All 5 PayPal launches, or every fintech 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fintech launches | 140 | 109.7K | 1.4x | #58 |
| Accounts over 1M followers | 224 | 2.2M | 7% | #200 |
| Video launch posts | 1,940 | 192.5K | 82% | #1055 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 90% | #1486 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 1.1M 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 26% as far as usual for its size. It ranks 200 of 224 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 64 quote posts, 4.1 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 "Launching today: PayPal links 🚀". The post runs 59 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 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 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
- What is PayPal?
- In its own words on X: "Make the most of your money. Need help? Visit the PayPal Help Center: NMLS#910457" PayPal posted the PayPal links launch from @PayPal on Sep 15, 2025.
- How many views did PayPal links get on X?
- 157,390 views. PayPal posted it from @PayPal on Sep 15, 2025, and the post has 653 likes, 118 reposts, 64 quotes, 145 replies and 68 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was PayPal links a big launch on X?
- It ranks #1486 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 48% of them and 90% of the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.62%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 157.4K 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, 157.4K views would cost $16K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 6.4x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/paypal-links, 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.