How did $5 PlanetScale Postgres do on X?
PlanetScale posted the $5 PlanetScale Postgres launch from @PlanetScale on Nov 14, 2025. The post has 260,948 views, 501 likes, 21 reposts, 23 quotes and 18 replies, an engagement rate of 0.22%. It ranks #1210 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
$5 PlanetScale Postgres is live. https://planetscale.com/blog/5-dollar-planetscale-is-here
- 1.5xthe median launch175K median views
- #1210of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 5.8xits own following44,905 followers
- Views
- 260.9K
- Likes
- 501
- Reposts
- 21
- Quotes
- 23
- Replies
- 18
- Bookmarks
- 156
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, 260.9K views would cost $26K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 3.8x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 5.8 views for every follower of @PlanetScale.
What launched?
PlanetScale made its $5 Postgres plan live, as described in its blog post.
How does it compare with other launches?
$5 PlanetScale Postgres has more views than 57% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 1.5x the median launch's 175K views.
- $5 PlanetScale Postgres260.9K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | $5 PlanetScale Postgres | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 260.9K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.22% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 5.8 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 23 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 6.0 | 14.2 |
Other PlanetScale launches we track: PlanetScale Neki (807.2K views), PlanetScale Metal (266.5K views), PlanetScale Database skills (202.7K views), PlanetScale Database Traffic Control (162.1K views), $50 PlanetScale Metal (134.6K views), PlanetScale pg_strict (115K views). All 11 PlanetScale launches, or every infrastructure 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure launches | 159 | 74.3K | 3.5x | #43 |
| Accounts 10K to 100K followers | 1,135 | 99.4K | 2.6x | #365 |
| Text-only launch posts | 279 | 122.7K | 2.1x | #98 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 1.5x | #1210 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 44.9K followers, the post reached 5.8 times the account's following. Launches from accounts 10K to 100K followers reach a median of 3.1 times their following, so this one went about 1.9 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 365 of 1135 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 23 quote posts, 0.9 per 10,000 views against a median of 1.7. Fewer 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 "$5 PlanetScale Postgres is live.". The post runs 5 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 Friday (UTC). Friday launches have a median of 162.2K 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 PlanetScale?
- In its own words on X: "The fastest and most reliable database for Postgres & Vitess" PlanetScale posted the $5 PlanetScale Postgres launch from @PlanetScale on Nov 14, 2025.
- How many views did $5 PlanetScale Postgres get on X?
- 260,948 views. PlanetScale posted it from @PlanetScale on Nov 14, 2025, and the post has 501 likes, 21 reposts, 23 quotes, 18 replies and 156 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was $5 PlanetScale Postgres a big launch on X?
- It ranks #1210 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 57% of them and 1.5x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.22%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 260.9K 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, 260.9K views would cost $26K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 3.8x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/planetscale-5-planetscale-postgres, 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.