How did Sakana AI Sakana Namazu API do on X?
Sakana AI posted the Sakana Namazu API launch from @SakanaAILabs on Aug 3, 2026. The post has 52,952 views, 211 likes, 22 reposts, 7 quotes and 9 replies, an engagement rate of 0.47%. It ranks #2105 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Introducing Sakana Namazu: An LLM API with Japanese-vibes! Today we’re rolling out an upgraded version of our LLM, Namazu, now available as an API. Try Sakana Namazu API: https://sakana.ai/namazu 🐟
- 30%the median launch175K median views
- #2105of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 0.4xits own following142,109 followers
- Views
- 53K
- Likes
- 211
- Reposts
- 22
- Quotes
- 7
- Replies
- 9
- Bookmarks
- 39
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, 53K views would cost $5K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 19x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 0.4 views for every follower of @SakanaAILabs.
What launched?
Sakana AI launched an upgraded version of its Namazu LLM, now available as an API.
How does it compare with other launches?
Sakana AI Sakana Namazu API has more views than 26% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 30% of the median launch's 175K views.
- Sakana AI Sakana Namazu API53K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Sakana AI Sakana Namazu API | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 53K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.47% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 0.4 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 7 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 7.4 | 14.2 |
Other Sakana AI launches we track: Sakana AI Sakana Fugu (26.5M views), 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). 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 | 263K | 20% | #1190 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 21% | #780 |
| Text-only launch posts | 279 | 122.7K | 43% | #186 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 30% | #2105 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 142.1K followers, the post reached 0.4 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 38% as far as usual for its size. It ranks 780 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 7 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 Sakana Namazu: An LLM API with Japanese-vibes!". The post runs 29 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 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 Namazu API launch from @SakanaAILabs on Aug 3, 2026.
- How many views did Sakana AI Sakana Namazu API get on X?
- 52,952 views. Sakana AI posted it from @SakanaAILabs on Aug 3, 2026, and the post has 211 likes, 22 reposts, 7 quotes, 9 replies and 39 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Sakana AI Sakana Namazu API a big launch on X?
- It ranks #2105 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 26% of them and 30% of the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.47%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 53K 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, 53K views would cost $5K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 19x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/sakana-ai-sakana-namazu-api, 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.