How did Reason Machines Reason do on X?

Reason Machines posted the Reason launch from @reasonmachines on Oct 13, 2026. The post has 714,598 views, 2,974 likes, 181 reposts, 95 quotes and 189 replies, an engagement rate of 0.48%. It ranks #699 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.

Reason Machines (YC F26)@reasonmachines · 15K followersView on X
Introducing Reason: A state-of-the-art harness on cost efficiency for free Beating Codex+Astra on Terminal-Bench 4.0 while being 22% cheaper.
Reason Machines Reason launch post media
Oct 13, 2026 · 714,598 views
  • 4.1xthe median launch175K median views
  • #699of the launches we trackout of 2839
  • 48xits own following14,957 followers
Views
714.6K
Likes
3K
Reposts
181
Quotes
95
Replies
189
Bookmarks
2.1K

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, 714.6K views would cost $71K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 1.4x what this post got, for about $25K.

The post reached about 48 views for every follower of @reasonmachines.

What launched?

Reason Machines launched Reason, a free coding agent harness that it says beats Codex on Terminal-Bench 4.0 while costing 22 percent less.

How does it compare with other launches?

Reason Machines Reason has more views than 75% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 4.1x the median launch's 175K views.

  • Reason Machines Reason714.6K
  • Median tracked launch175K
  • #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
Views on the launch post, read from X on Nov 14, 2026.
MetricReason Machines ReasonMedian launch
Views714.6K175K
Engagement rate0.48%0.48%
Views per follower482.8
Quote posts9527
Saves per 10K views29.114.2

Other Reason Machines launches we track: Reason Machines (496.8K views), Reason Machines Aspen (104.2K views) and Reason Machines Multiplayer Coding Agent (74.4K views). All 4 Reason Machines launches, or every developer tools 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 withLaunchesMedian viewsThis oneRank
Developer tools launches595111.1K6.4x#106
Accounts 10K to 100K followers1,13599.4K7.2x#207
Image launch posts620143.1K5.0x#130
Every launch2,839175K4.1x#699

What this launch shows

From an account with 15K followers, the post reached 48 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 15 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 207 of 1135 launches from accounts that size.

It drew 95 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 Reason:". The post runs 19 words, against a median of 39 for launch posts here, and leads with an image: image launches have a median of 143.1K views, against 186.1K 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 Reason Machines?
In its own words on X: "World's most effective coding agent, now yours. Backed by @ycombinator" Reason Machines posted the Reason launch from @reasonmachines on Oct 13, 2026.
How many views did Reason Machines Reason get on X?
714,598 views. Reason Machines posted it from @reasonmachines on Oct 13, 2026, and the post has 2,974 likes, 181 reposts, 95 quotes, 189 replies and 2,078 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
Was Reason Machines Reason a big launch on X?
It ranks #699 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 75% of them and 4.1x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.48%, against a median of 0.48%.
What would 714.6K 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, 714.6K views would cost $71K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 1.4x what this post got, for about $25K.

Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/reason-machines-reason, 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.