How did PlanetScale Postgres 18 do on X?
PlanetScale posted the Postgres 18 launch from @PlanetScale on Dec 17, 2025. The post has 34,497 views, 451 likes, 25 reposts, 2 quotes and 6 replies, an engagement rate of 1.4%. It ranks #2340 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Postgres 18 is here. https://planetscale.com/blog/postgres-18-is-now-available
- 20%the median launch175K median views
- #2340of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 0.8xits own following44,905 followers
- Views
- 34.5K
- Likes
- 451
- Reposts
- 25
- Quotes
- 2
- Replies
- 6
- Bookmarks
- 53
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, 34.5K views would cost $3K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 29x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 0.8 views for every follower of @PlanetScale.
What launched?
PlanetScale launched Postgres 18 support, announcing that the new Postgres version is available on its platform with details in a blog post.
How does it compare with other launches?
PlanetScale Postgres 18 has more views than 18% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 20% of the median launch's 175K views.
- PlanetScale Postgres 1834.5K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | PlanetScale Postgres 18 | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 34.5K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 1.4% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 2 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 15.4 | 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), PlanetScale Database Traffic Control (162.1K views), $50 PlanetScale Metal (134.6K 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 | 46% | #112 |
| Accounts 10K to 100K followers | 1,135 | 99.4K | 35% | #825 |
| Text-only launch posts | 279 | 122.7K | 28% | #214 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 20% | #2340 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 44.9K followers, the post reached 0.8 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 25% as far as usual for its size. It ranks 825 of 1135 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 2 quote posts, 0.6 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 "Postgres 18 is here.". The post runs 4 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 Wednesday (UTC). Wednesday launches have a median of 178.8K 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 Postgres 18 launch from @PlanetScale on Dec 17, 2025.
- How many views did PlanetScale Postgres 18 get on X?
- 34,497 views. PlanetScale posted it from @PlanetScale on Dec 17, 2025, and the post has 451 likes, 25 reposts, 2 quotes, 6 replies and 53 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was PlanetScale Postgres 18 a big launch on X?
- It ranks #2340 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 18% of them and 20% of the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 1.4%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 34.5K 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, 34.5K views would cost $3K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 29x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/planetscale-postgres-18, 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.