How did Perplexity Fast Search do on X?
Perplexity posted the Fast Search launch from @perplexity_ai on Sep 24, 2026. The post has 150,716 views, 548 likes, 38 reposts, 28 quotes and 66 replies, an engagement rate of 0.45%. It ranks #1502 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Introducing Fast Search in the Perplexity Search API. Fast Search runs on Photon, our new Rust-based retrieval and ranking service that we built with a small team of engineers and hundreds of agents. It returns 95% of search results in 230 ms or less.
- 86%the median launch175K median views
- #1502of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 0.3xits own following512,048 followers
- Views
- 150.7K
- Likes
- 548
- Reposts
- 38
- Quotes
- 28
- Replies
- 66
- Bookmarks
- 139
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, 150.7K views would cost $15K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 6.6x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 0.3 views for every follower of @perplexity_ai.
What launched?
Perplexity launched Fast Search in its Search API, running on its Rust-based Photon service and returning 95% of results in 230 milliseconds or less.
How does it compare with other launches?
Perplexity Fast Search has more views than 47% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 86% of the median launch's 175K views.
- Perplexity Fast Search150.7K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Perplexity Fast Search | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 150.7K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.45% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 28 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 9.2 | 14.2 |
Other Perplexity launches we track: Perplexity Computer (38.3M views), Perplexity Personal Computer (13.5M views), Grok 4.5 in Perplexity Computer (3.1M views), GPT-6 Astra in Perplexity Computer (1.8M views), Perplexity Comet (1.7M views), Perplexity Email Assistant (1.3M views). All 41 Perplexity 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 | 1.4x | #268 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 60% | #558 |
| Image launch posts | 620 | 143.1K | 1.1x | #306 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 86% | #1502 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 512K followers, the post reached 0.3 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 30% as far as usual for its size. It ranks 558 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 28 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 "Introducing Fast Search in the Perplexity Search API.". The post runs 44 words, against a median of 39 for launch posts here, and leads with an image: image launches have a median of 143.1K views, against 186.1K 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 Thursday (UTC). Thursday launches have a median of 162.1K 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 Perplexity?
- In its own words on X: "Curiosity changes everything. Download our free app on iOS, Mac, Windows, and Android." Perplexity posted the Fast Search launch from @perplexity_ai on Sep 24, 2026.
- How many views did Perplexity Fast Search get on X?
- 150,716 views. Perplexity posted it from @perplexity_ai on Sep 24, 2026, and the post has 548 likes, 38 reposts, 28 quotes, 66 replies and 139 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Perplexity Fast Search a big launch on X?
- It ranks #1502 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 47% of them and 86% of the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.45%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 150.7K 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, 150.7K views would cost $15K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 6.6x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/perplexity-fast-search, 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.