How did Starlink in Papua New Guinea do on X?
Starlink posted the Starlink in Papua New Guinea launch from @Starlink on May 1, 2026. The post has 21,671,813 views, 2,564 likes, 436 reposts, 113 quotes and 449 replies, an engagement rate of 0.02%. It ranks #50 of the 2,981 launches Gridd tracks.
Starlink's high-speed, low-latency internet is now available in Papua New Guinea! 🛰️🇵🇬❤️ → http://starlink.com/papuanewguinea
- 122xthe median launch178K median views
- #50of the launches we trackout of 2,981
- 11xits own following1,911,385 followers
- Views
- 21.7M
- Likes
- 2.6K
- Reposts
- 436
- Quotes
- 113
- Replies
- 449
- Bookmarks
- 139
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, 21.7M views would cost $2.2M. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $542K.
The post reached about 11 views for every follower of @Starlink.
What launched?
Starlink launched its high-speed, low-latency satellite internet service in Papua New Guinea, making it available to customers there.
How does it compare with other launches?
Starlink in Papua New Guinea has more views than 98% of the 2,981 launches Gridd tracks: 122x the median launch's 178K views.
- Starlink in Papua New Guinea21.7M
- Median tracked launch178K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Starlink in Papua New Guinea | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 21.7M | 178K |
| Engagement rate | 0.02% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 11 | 2.6 |
| Quote posts | 113 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 0.1 | 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 Gibraltar (27.2M views), Starlink in Kyrgyz Republic (26.1M views), Starlink in Tajikistan (22.1M 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 | 61x | #7 |
| Accounts over 1M followers | 283 | 1.8M | 12x | #32 |
| Image launch posts | 660 | 151.4K | 143x | #10 |
| Every launch | 2,981 | 178K | 122x | #50 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 1.9M followers, the post reached 11 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 22 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 32 of 283 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 113 quote posts, 0.1 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 Papua New Guinea! 🛰️🇵🇬❤️ → http://starlink.com/papuanewguinea". The post runs 13 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 Friday (UTC). Friday launches have a median of 163.1K 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 Papua New Guinea launch from @Starlink on May 1, 2026.
- How many views did Starlink in Papua New Guinea get on X?
- 21,671,813 views. Starlink posted it from @Starlink on May 1, 2026, and the post has 2,564 likes, 436 reposts, 113 quotes, 449 replies and 139 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Starlink in Papua New Guinea a big launch on X?
- It ranks #50 of the 2,981 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 98% of them and 122x the median launch's 178K views. Its engagement rate is 0.02%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 21.7M 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, 21.7M views would cost $2.2M. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $542K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/starlink-in-papua-new-guinea, 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.