How did Starlink in Somalia do on X?
Starlink posted the Starlink in Somalia launch from @Starlink on Aug 5, 2025. The post has 17,072,704 views, 3,585 likes, 566 reposts, 470 quotes and 1,345 replies, an engagement rate of 0.03%. It ranks #67 of the 2,981 launches Gridd tracks.
Starlink's high-speed, low-latency internet is now available in Somalia! 🛰️🇸🇴❤️ → http://starlink.com/somalia
- 96xthe median launch178K median views
- #67of the launches we trackout of 2,981
- 8.9xits own following1,911,385 followers
- Views
- 17.1M
- Likes
- 3.6K
- Reposts
- 566
- Quotes
- 470
- Replies
- 1.3K
- Bookmarks
- 261
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, 17.1M views would cost $1.7M. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $427K.
The post reached about 8.9 views for every follower of @Starlink.
What launched?
Starlink launched its high-speed, low-latency satellite internet service in Somalia, making it available to customers there.
How does it compare with other launches?
Starlink in Somalia has more views than 98% of the 2,981 launches Gridd tracks: 96x the median launch's 178K views.
- Starlink in Somalia17.1M
- Median tracked launch178K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Starlink in Somalia | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 17.1M | 178K |
| Engagement rate | 0.03% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 8.9 | 2.6 |
| Quote posts | 470 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 0.2 | 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 | 48x | #10 |
| Accounts over 1M followers | 283 | 1.8M | 9.4x | #39 |
| Image launch posts | 660 | 151.4K | 113x | #13 |
| Every launch | 2,981 | 178K | 96x | #67 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 1.9M followers, the post reached 8.9 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 18 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 39 of 283 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 470 quote posts, 0.3 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 Somalia! 🛰️🇸🇴❤️ → http://starlink.com/somalia". 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 Somalia launch from @Starlink on Aug 5, 2025.
- How many views did Starlink in Somalia get on X?
- 17,072,704 views. Starlink posted it from @Starlink on Aug 5, 2025, and the post has 3,585 likes, 566 reposts, 470 quotes, 1,345 replies and 261 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Starlink in Somalia a big launch on X?
- It ranks #67 of the 2,981 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 98% of them and 96x the median launch's 178K views. Its engagement rate is 0.03%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 17.1M 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, 17.1M views would cost $1.7M. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $427K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/starlink-in-somalia, 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.