How did Starlink in Senegal do on X?
Starlink posted the Starlink in Senegal launch from @Starlink on Feb 3, 2026. The post has 18,367,742 views, 5,683 likes, 1,028 reposts, 264 quotes and 450 replies, an engagement rate of 0.04%. It ranks #65 of the 2,981 launches Gridd tracks.
Starlink’s high-speed, low-latency internet is now available in Senegal! 🛰️🇸🇳❤️ → http://starlink.com/senegal
- 103xthe median launch178K median views
- #65of the launches we trackout of 2,981
- 9.6xits own following1,911,387 followers
- Views
- 18.4M
- Likes
- 5.7K
- Reposts
- 1K
- Quotes
- 264
- Replies
- 450
- Bookmarks
- 513
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, 18.4M views would cost $1.8M. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $459K.
The post reached about 9.6 views for every follower of @Starlink.
What launched?
Starlink launched its high-speed, low-latency satellite internet service in Senegal, making it available to customers there.
How does it compare with other launches?
Starlink in Senegal has more views than 98% of the 2,981 launches Gridd tracks: 103x the median launch's 178K views.
- Starlink in Senegal18.4M
- Median tracked launch178K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Starlink in Senegal | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 18.4M | 178K |
| Engagement rate | 0.04% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 9.6 | 2.6 |
| Quote posts | 264 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 0.3 | 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 | 51x | #9 |
| Accounts over 1M followers | 283 | 1.8M | 10x | #38 |
| Image launch posts | 660 | 151.4K | 121x | #12 |
| Every launch | 2,981 | 178K | 103x | #65 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 1.9M followers, the post reached 9.6 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 19 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 38 of 283 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 264 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 Senegal! 🛰️🇸🇳❤️ → http://starlink.com/senegal". 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 Tuesday (UTC). Tuesday launches have a median of 197.9K views, the strongest day in the tracker.
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 Senegal launch from @Starlink on Feb 3, 2026.
- How many views did Starlink in Senegal get on X?
- 18,367,742 views. Starlink posted it from @Starlink on Feb 3, 2026, and the post has 5,683 likes, 1,028 reposts, 264 quotes, 450 replies and 513 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Starlink in Senegal a big launch on X?
- It ranks #65 of the 2,981 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 98% of them and 103x the median launch's 178K views. Its engagement rate is 0.04%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 18.4M 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, 18.4M views would cost $1.8M. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $459K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/starlink-in-senegal, 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.