How did Sakana AI Sakana Fugu do on X?
Sakana AI posted the Sakana Fugu launch from @SakanaAILabs on Jun 22, 2026. The post has 26,531,742 views, 37,645 likes, 5,840 reposts, 3,885 quotes and 1,186 replies, an engagement rate of 0.18%. It ranks #28 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Introducing Sakana Fugu: A full multi-agent orchestration system accessible via a single model API. Our ‘Fugu Ultra’ model matches the performance of Fable and Mythos, delivering frontier capability without the risk of export controls. Try it: https://sakana.ai/fugu 🐡
- 152xthe median launch175K median views
- #28of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 187xits own following142,109 followers
- Views
- 26.5M
- Likes
- 37.6K
- Reposts
- 5.8K
- Quotes
- 3.9K
- Replies
- 1.2K
- Bookmarks
- 28.9K
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, 26.5M views would cost $2.7M. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $663K.
The post reached about 187 views for every follower of @SakanaAILabs.
What launched?
Sakana AI launched Fugu, a multi-agent orchestration system reachable through a single API, with its Fugu Ultra model matching Fable and Mythos performance.
How does it compare with other launches?
Sakana AI Sakana Fugu has more views than 99% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 152x the median launch's 175K views.
- Sakana AI Sakana Fugu26.5M
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Sakana AI Sakana Fugu | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 26.5M | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.18% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 187 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 3.9K | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 10.9 | 14.2 |
Other Sakana AI launches we track: Sakana AI Fugu-Cyber (594K views), Sakana AI Fugu Max and Fugu Ultra v2 (388.2K views), Sakana AI Fugu-Ultra v1.1 (326.7K views), Sakana AI Fugu-Ultra on OpenRouter (227K views), Sakana AI Claude Code-compatible interface (136.5K views), Sakana AI Fugu on OpenCode (128.9K views). All 8 Sakana AI 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 | 264.5K | 100x | #22 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 105x | #8 |
| Video launch posts | 1,940 | 192.5K | 138x | #22 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 152x | #28 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 142.1K followers, the post reached 187 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 191 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 8 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 3,885 quote posts, 1.5 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 Sakana Fugu: A full multi-agent orchestration system accessible via a single model API.". The post runs 37 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 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 Monday (UTC). Monday launches have a median of 181.4K 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 Sakana AI?
- In its own words on X: "Building Frontier AI in Japan Try Sakana Chat, Translate, Marlin, Namazu, Fugu 🐡" Sakana AI posted the Sakana Fugu launch from @SakanaAILabs on Jun 22, 2026.
- How many views did Sakana AI Sakana Fugu get on X?
- 26,531,742 views. Sakana AI posted it from @SakanaAILabs on Jun 22, 2026, and the post has 37,645 likes, 5,840 reposts, 3,885 quotes, 1,186 replies and 28,905 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Sakana AI Sakana Fugu a big launch on X?
- It ranks #28 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 99% of them and 152x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.18%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 26.5M 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, 26.5M views would cost $2.7M. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $663K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/sakana-ai-fugu, 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.
