How did Raindrop rd-signal-2 do on X?
Raindrop posted the rd-signal-2 launch from @benhylak on Aug 11, 2026. The post has 164,460 views, 995 likes, 70 reposts, 18 quotes and 72 replies, an engagement rate of 0.7%. It ranks #1454 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
introducing rd-signal-2: a frontier classification model that is 1600x cheaper than GPT 5.6 Sol. free to try in @raindrop_ai, and available via a new API for training/hosting custom classifiers with Zero Data Retention.
- 94%the median launch175K median views
- #1454of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 3.0xits own following54,032 followers
- Views
- 164.5K
- Likes
- 995
- Reposts
- 70
- Quotes
- 18
- Replies
- 72
- Bookmarks
- 848
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, 164.5K views would cost $16K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 6.1x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 3.0 views for every follower of @benhylak.
What launched?
Raindrop launched rd-signal-2, a classification model priced far below GPT 5.6 Sol, free in Raindrop and available through a new API for custom classifiers.
How does it compare with other launches?
Raindrop rd-signal-2 has more views than 49% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 94% of the median launch's 175K views.
- Raindrop rd-signal-2164.5K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Raindrop rd-signal-2 | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 164.5K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.7% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 3.0 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 18 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 51.6 | 14.2 |
Other Raindrop launches we track: Raindrop Simulate (80.8K views). All 2 Raindrop launches, or every ai 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI launches | 1,462 | 263K | 63% | #862 |
| Accounts 10K to 100K followers | 1,135 | 99.4K | 1.7x | #451 |
| Video launch posts | 1,940 | 192.5K | 85% | #1031 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 94% | #1454 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 54K followers, the post reached 3.0 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 99% as far as usual for its size. It ranks 451 of 1135 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 18 quote posts, 1.1 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 rd-signal-2: a frontier classification model that is 1600x cheaper than GPT 5.6 Sol.". The post runs 33 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
- How many views did Raindrop rd-signal-2 get on X?
- 164,460 views. Raindrop posted it from @benhylak on Aug 11, 2026, and the post has 995 likes, 70 reposts, 18 quotes, 72 replies and 848 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Raindrop rd-signal-2 a big launch on X?
- It ranks #1454 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 49% of them and 94% of the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.7%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 164.5K 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, 164.5K views would cost $16K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 6.1x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/raindrop-rd-signal-2, 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.