How did Starlink in Iraq do on X?
Starlink posted the Starlink in Iraq launch from @Starlink on Jul 29, 2026. The post has 471,365 views, 4,889 likes, 451 reposts, 109 quotes and 366 replies, an engagement rate of 1.23%. It ranks #895 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Starlink's high-speed, low-latency internet is now available in Iraq! 🛰️🇮🇶❤️ → http://starlink.com/iraq
- 2.7xthe median launch175K median views
- #895of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 0.2xits own following1,911,167 followers
- Views
- 471.4K
- Likes
- 4.9K
- Reposts
- 451
- Quotes
- 109
- Replies
- 366
- Bookmarks
- 363
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, 471.4K views would cost $47K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 2.1x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 0.2 views for every follower of @Starlink.
What launched?
Starlink launched its high-speed, low-latency satellite internet service in Iraq, announced from the company account with a link to the country page.
How does it compare with other launches?
Starlink in Iraq has more views than 68% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 2.7x the median launch's 175K views.
- Starlink in Iraq471.4K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Starlink in Iraq | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 471.4K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 1.23% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 0.2 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 109 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 7.7 | 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 in Cote d'Ivoire (1.6M views). All 11 Starlink launches, or every infrastructure 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure launches | 159 | 74.3K | 6.3x | #25 |
| Accounts over 1M followers | 224 | 2.2M | 21% | #162 |
| Image launch posts | 620 | 143.1K | 3.3x | #171 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 2.7x | #895 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 1.9M followers, the post reached 0.2 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 46% as far as usual for its size. It ranks 162 of 224 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 109 quote posts, 2.3 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 "Starlink's high-speed, low-latency internet is now available in Iraq! 🛰️🇮🇶❤️ → http://starlink.com/iraq". 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 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 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 Starlink?
- In its own words on X: "Fast, affordable internet available all around the world. Engineered by @SpaceX" Starlink posted the Starlink in Iraq launch from @Starlink on Jul 29, 2026.
- How many views did Starlink in Iraq get on X?
- 471,365 views. Starlink posted it from @Starlink on Jul 29, 2026, and the post has 4,889 likes, 451 reposts, 109 quotes, 366 replies and 363 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Starlink in Iraq a big launch on X?
- It ranks #895 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 68% of them and 2.7x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 1.23%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 471.4K 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, 471.4K views would cost $47K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 2.1x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/starlink-in-iraq, 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.