In its own words on X: "The fastest and most reliable database for Postgres & Vitess" PlanetScale posted the Database Traffic Control launch from @PlanetScale on Mar 23, 2026.

How many views did PlanetScale Database Traffic Control get on X?

162,087 views. PlanetScale posted it from @PlanetScale on Mar 23, 2026, and the post has 356 likes, 30 reposts, 26 quotes, 20 replies and 105 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.

Was PlanetScale Database Traffic Control a big launch on X?

It ranks #1466 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 48% of them and 93% of the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.27%, against a median of 0.48%.

How did PlanetScale Database Traffic Control do on X?

PlanetScale posted the Database Traffic Control launch from @PlanetScale on Mar 23, 2026. The post has 162,087 views, 356 likes, 30 reposts, 26 quotes and 20 replies, an engagement rate of 0.27%. It ranks #1466 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.

PlanetScale@PlanetScale · 44.9K followersView on X

Introducing Database Traffic Control: a Postgres traffic management system built into PlanetScale. Enforce flexible budgets on your database traffic to protect against unexpected and dangerous workloads.

Mar 23, 2026 · 162,087 views

93%the median launch175K median views
#1466of the launches we trackout of 2839
3.6xits own following44,905 followers

Views: 162.1K
Likes: 356
Reposts: 30
Quotes: 26
Replies: 20
Bookmarks: 105

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, 162.1K views would cost $16K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 6.2x what this post got, for about $25K.

The post reached about 3.6 views for every follower of @PlanetScale.

What launched?

PlanetScale launched a Postgres traffic management system that enforces budgets on database traffic to protect against dangerous workloads.

How does it compare with other launches?

PlanetScale Database Traffic Control has more views than 48% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 93% of the median launch's 175K views.

PlanetScale Database Traffic Control162.1K
Median tracked launch175K
#1: xAI Voice Cloning204M

Views on the launch post, read from X on Nov 14, 2026.

Metric	PlanetScale Database Traffic Control	Median launch
Views	162.1K	175K
Engagement rate	0.27%	0.48%
Views per follower	3.6	2.8
Quote posts	26	27
Saves per 10K views	6.5	14.2

Other PlanetScale launches we track: PlanetScale Neki (807.2K views), PlanetScale Metal (266.5K views), $5 PlanetScale Postgres (260.9K views), PlanetScale Database skills (202.7K 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	2.2x	#53
Accounts 10K to 100K followers	1,135	99.4K	1.6x	#455
Video launch posts	1,940	192.5K	84%	#1040
Every launch	2,839	175K	93%	#1466

What this launch shows

From an account with 44.9K followers, the post reached 3.6 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 1.2 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 455 of 1135 launches from accounts that size.

It drew 26 quote posts, 1.6 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 "Introducing Database Traffic Control: a Postgres traffic management system built into PlanetScale.". 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 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 PlanetScale?: In its own words on X: "The fastest and most reliable database for Postgres & Vitess" PlanetScale posted the Database Traffic Control launch from @PlanetScale on Mar 23, 2026.
How many views did PlanetScale Database Traffic Control get on X?: 162,087 views. PlanetScale posted it from @PlanetScale on Mar 23, 2026, and the post has 356 likes, 30 reposts, 26 quotes, 20 replies and 105 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
Was PlanetScale Database Traffic Control a big launch on X?: It ranks #1466 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 48% of them and 93% of the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.27%, against a median of 0.48%.
What would 162.1K 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, 162.1K views would cost $16K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 6.2x what this post got, for about $25K.

Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/planetscale-database-traffic-control, 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.