How did Runway Gen-4.5 Image to Video do on X?
Runway posted the Gen-4.5 Image to Video launch from @runwayml on Jan 21, 2026. The post has 765,180 views, 4,030 likes, 448 reposts, 167 quotes and 224 replies, an engagement rate of 0.64%. It ranks #669 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Introducing Image to Video for Gen-4.5, the world's best video model. Built for longer stories. Precise camera control. Coherent narratives. And characters that stay consistent. Gen-4.5 Image to Video is available now for all paid plans.
- 4.4xthe median launch175K median views
- #669of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 2.6xits own following296,883 followers
- Views
- 765.2K
- Likes
- 4K
- Reposts
- 448
- Quotes
- 167
- Replies
- 224
- Bookmarks
- 2K
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, 765.2K views would cost $77K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 1.3x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 2.6 views for every follower of @runwayml.
What launched?
Runway launched Image to Video for Gen-4.5, with camera control and consistent characters, available now on all paid plans.
How does it compare with other launches?
Runway Gen-4.5 Image to Video has more views than 76% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 4.4x the median launch's 175K views.
- Runway Gen-4.5 Image to Video765.2K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Runway Gen-4.5 Image to Video | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 765.2K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.64% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 2.6 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 167 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 26.3 | 14.2 |
Other Runway launches we track: Runway Gen-3 Alpha Text to Video (4.1M views), Runway Agent 2.0 (954.9K views), Runway Gen-4 (741.7K views), Runway Aleph (649.5K views), Runway MCP (623.6K views), Runway Agent (577.6K views). All 23 Runway 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 | 2.9x | #424 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 3.0x | #219 |
| Video launch posts | 1,940 | 192.5K | 4.0x | #494 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 4.4x | #669 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 296.9K followers, the post reached 2.6 times the account's following. Launches from accounts 100K to 1M followers reach a median of 1.0 times their following, so this one went about 2.6 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 219 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 167 quote posts, 2.2 per 10,000 views against a median of 1.7. More 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 Image to Video for Gen-4.5, the world's best video model.". The post runs 36 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 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 Runway?
- In its own words on X: "Building AI to simulate the world." Runway posted the Gen-4.5 Image to Video launch from @runwayml on Jan 21, 2026.
- How many views did Runway Gen-4.5 Image to Video get on X?
- 765,180 views. Runway posted it from @runwayml on Jan 21, 2026, and the post has 4,030 likes, 448 reposts, 167 quotes, 224 replies and 2,013 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Runway Gen-4.5 Image to Video a big launch on X?
- It ranks #669 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 76% of them and 4.4x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.64%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 765.2K 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, 765.2K views would cost $77K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 1.3x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/runway-gen-4-5-image-to-video, 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.