How did PlanetScale Metal do on X?
PlanetScale posted the PlanetScale Metal launch from @PlanetScale on Mar 11, 2025. The post has 266,451 views, 579 likes, 46 reposts, 34 quotes and 12 replies, an engagement rate of 0.25%. It ranks #1202 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
⚡ Introducing PlanetScale Metal ⚡ - Blazing fast NVMe drives - Unlimited IOPS - Drastic reductions in latency - And best price:performance ratio of any database available in AWS or GCP
- 1.5xthe median launch175K median views
- #1202of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 5.9xits own following44,904 followers
- Views
- 266.5K
- Likes
- 579
- Reposts
- 46
- Quotes
- 34
- Replies
- 12
- Bookmarks
- 189
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, 266.5K views would cost $27K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 3.8x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 5.9 views for every follower of @PlanetScale.
What launched?
PlanetScale launched Metal, a database plan with NVMe drives, unlimited IOPS and lower latency.
How does it compare with other launches?
PlanetScale Metal has more views than 58% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 1.5x the median launch's 175K views.
- PlanetScale Metal266.5K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | PlanetScale Metal | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 266.5K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.25% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 5.9 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 34 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 7.1 | 14.2 |
Other PlanetScale launches we track: PlanetScale Neki (807.2K views), $5 PlanetScale Postgres (260.9K 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 | 3.6x | #42 |
| Accounts 10K to 100K followers | 1,135 | 99.4K | 2.7x | #361 |
| Video launch posts | 1,940 | 192.5K | 1.4x | #861 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 1.5x | #1202 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 44.9K followers, the post reached 5.9 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 361 of 1135 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 34 quote posts, 1.3 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 PlanetScale Metal ⚡". The post runs 31 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 Tuesday (UTC). Tuesday launches have a median of 192.3K views, the strongest day in the tracker.
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 PlanetScale Metal launch from @PlanetScale on Mar 11, 2025.
- How many views did PlanetScale Metal get on X?
- 266,451 views. PlanetScale posted it from @PlanetScale on Mar 11, 2025, and the post has 579 likes, 46 reposts, 34 quotes, 12 replies and 189 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was PlanetScale Metal a big launch on X?
- It ranks #1202 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 58% of them and 1.5x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.25%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 266.5K 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, 266.5K views would cost $27K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 3.8x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/planetscale-metal, 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.