How did Starlink in Gibraltar do on X?
Starlink posted the Starlink in Gibraltar launch from @Starlink on Apr 30, 2026. The post has 27,242,298 views, 1,874 likes, 338 reposts, 73 quotes and 300 replies, an engagement rate of 0.01%. It ranks #31 of the 2,981 launches Gridd tracks.
Starlink's high-speed, low-latency internet is now available in Gibraltar! 🛰️🇬🇮❤️ → http://starlink.com/gibraltar
- 153xthe median launch178K median views
- #31of the launches we trackout of 2,981
- 14xits own following1,911,387 followers
- Views
- 27.2M
- Likes
- 1.9K
- Reposts
- 338
- Quotes
- 73
- Replies
- 300
- Bookmarks
- 95
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, 27.2M views would cost $2.7M. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $681K.
The post reached about 14 views for every follower of @Starlink.
What launched?
Starlink launched its high-speed, low-latency satellite internet service in Gibraltar, making it available to customers there.
How does it compare with other launches?
Starlink in Gibraltar has more views than 99% of the 2,981 launches Gridd tracks: 153x the median launch's 178K views.
- Starlink in Gibraltar27.2M
- Median tracked launch178K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Starlink in Gibraltar | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 27.2M | 178K |
| Engagement rate | 0.01% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 14 | 2.6 |
| Quote posts | 73 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 0.0 | 13.7 |
Other Starlink launches we track: Starlink in Kuwait (44.3M views), Starlink in Central African Republic (40.8M views), Starlink Mini 2 (32.3M views), Starlink in Kyrgyz Republic (26.1M views), Starlink in Tajikistan (22.1M views), Starlink in Papua New Guinea (21.7M views). All 30 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 | 140 | 356.9K | 76x | #4 |
| Accounts over 1M followers | 283 | 1.8M | 15x | #21 |
| Image launch posts | 660 | 151.4K | 180x | #5 |
| Every launch | 2,981 | 178K | 153x | #31 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 1.9M followers, the post reached 14 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 28 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 21 of 283 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 73 quote posts, 0.0 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 Gibraltar! 🛰️🇬🇮❤️ → http://starlink.com/gibraltar". The post runs 11 words, against a median of 39 for launch posts here, and leads with an image: image launches have a median of 151.4K views, against 186.4K for the rest.
There is a link in the post. Launch posts with a link have a median of 160.7K views in the tracker.
It went out on a Thursday (UTC). Thursday launches have a median of 170K views; the strongest day is Tuesday at 197.9K.
Every comparison is against the 2,981 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 Gibraltar launch from @Starlink on Apr 30, 2026.
- How many views did Starlink in Gibraltar get on X?
- 27,242,298 views. Starlink posted it from @Starlink on Apr 30, 2026, and the post has 1,874 likes, 338 reposts, 73 quotes, 300 replies and 95 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Starlink in Gibraltar a big launch on X?
- It ranks #31 of the 2,981 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 99% of them and 153x the median launch's 178K views. Its engagement rate is 0.01%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 27.2M 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, 27.2M views would cost $2.7M. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $681K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/starlink-in-gibraltar, 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.