How did Starlink in Cote d'Ivoire do on X?
Starlink posted the Starlink in Cote d'Ivoire launch from @Starlink on Jul 16, 2026. The post has 1,578,106 views, 1,761 likes, 342 reposts, 90 quotes and 128 replies, an engagement rate of 0.15%. It ranks #423 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Starlink's high-speed, low-latency internet is now available in Côte d'Ivoire! 🛰️🇨🇮❤️ → http://starlink.com/cotedivoire
- 9.0xthe median launch175K median views
- #423of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 0.8xits own following1,911,167 followers
- Views
- 1.6M
- Likes
- 1.8K
- Reposts
- 342
- Quotes
- 90
- Replies
- 128
- Bookmarks
- 155
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, 1.6M views would cost $158K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $39K.
The post reached about 0.8 views for every follower of @Starlink.
What launched?
Starlink launched its high-speed, low-latency internet service in Cote d'Ivoire, with availability announced through its country page.
How does it compare with other launches?
Starlink in Cote d'Ivoire has more views than 85% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 9.0x the median launch's 175K views.
- Starlink in Cote d'Ivoire1.6M
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Starlink in Cote d'Ivoire | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 1.6M | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.15% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 90 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 1.0 | 14.2 |
Other Starlink launches we track: Starlink Mini 2 (32.3M views), Starlink in the UAE (5.3M views), Starlink in Uganda (4.3M views), Starlink in Equatorial Guinea (2.9M views), Starlink Mobile in Brazil (2.5M views), Starlink Mobile in Bangladesh (1.3M views). All 11 Starlink launches, or every hardware 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardware launches | 98 | 281K | 5.6x | #30 |
| Accounts over 1M followers | 224 | 2.2M | 70% | #123 |
| Image launch posts | 620 | 143.1K | 11x | #80 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 9.0x | #423 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 1.9M followers, the post reached 0.8 times the account's following. Launches from accounts over 1M followers reach a median of 0.5 times their following, so this one went about 1.5 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 123 of 224 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 90 quote posts, 0.6 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 "Starlink's high-speed, low-latency internet is now available in Côte d'Ivoire! 🛰️🇨🇮❤️ → http://starlink.com/cotedivoire". The post runs 12 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 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 Thursday (UTC). Thursday launches have a median of 162.1K 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 Starlink?
- In its own words on X: "Fast, affordable internet available all around the world. Engineered by @SpaceX" Starlink posted the Starlink in Cote d'Ivoire launch from @Starlink on Jul 16, 2026.
- How many views did Starlink in Cote d'Ivoire get on X?
- 1,578,106 views. Starlink posted it from @Starlink on Jul 16, 2026, and the post has 1,761 likes, 342 reposts, 90 quotes, 128 replies and 155 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Starlink in Cote d'Ivoire a big launch on X?
- It ranks #423 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 85% of them and 9.0x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.15%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 1.6M 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, 1.6M views would cost $158K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $39K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/starlink-in-cote-d-ivoire, 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.