In its own words on X: "Fast, affordable internet available all around the world. Engineered by @SpaceX" Starlink posted the Starlink in the UAE launch from @Starlink on Sep 3, 2026.

How many views did Starlink in the UAE get on X?

5,289,263 views. Starlink posted it from @Starlink on Sep 3, 2026, and the post has 2,361 likes, 343 reposts, 134 quotes, 223 replies and 207 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.

Was Starlink in the UAE a big launch on X?

It ranks #161 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 94% of them and 30x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.06%, against a median of 0.48%.

How did Starlink in the UAE do on X?

Starlink posted the Starlink in the UAE launch from @Starlink on Sep 3, 2026. The post has 5,289,263 views, 2,361 likes, 343 reposts, 134 quotes and 223 replies, an engagement rate of 0.06%. It ranks #161 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.

Starlink in the UAE launch post media — Sep 3, 2026 · 5,289,263 views

30xthe median launch175K median views
#161of the launches we trackout of 2839
2.8xits own following1,911,166 followers

Views: 5.3M
Likes: 2.4K
Reposts: 343
Quotes: 134
Replies: 223
Bookmarks: 207

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, 5.3M views would cost $529K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $132K.

The post reached about 2.8 views for every follower of @Starlink.

What launched?

Starlink launched its high-speed, low-latency internet service in the United Arab Emirates.

How does it compare with other launches?

Starlink in the UAE has more views than 94% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 30x the median launch's 175K views.

Starlink in the UAE5.3M
Median tracked launch175K
#1: xAI Voice Cloning204M

Views on the launch post, read from X on Nov 14, 2026.

Metric	Starlink in the UAE	Median launch
Views	5.3M	175K
Engagement rate	0.06%	0.48%
Views per follower	2.8	2.8
Quote posts	134	27
Saves per 10K views	0.4	14.2

Other Starlink launches we track: Starlink Mini 2 (32.3M 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), Starlink Mobile in Bangladesh (1.3M views). All 11 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	98	281K	19x	#9
Accounts over 1M followers	224	2.2M	2.4x	#74
Image launch posts	620	143.1K	37x	#33
Every launch	2,839	175K	30x	#161

What this launch shows

From an account with 1.9M followers, the post reached 2.8 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 5.1 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 74 of 224 launches from accounts that size.

It drew 134 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 the United Arab Emirates! 🛰️🇦🇪❤️ → https://starlink.com/unitedarabemir…". The post runs 14 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 Thursday (UTC). Thursday launches have a median of 162.1K 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 the UAE launch from @Starlink on Sep 3, 2026.
How many views did Starlink in the UAE get on X?: 5,289,263 views. Starlink posted it from @Starlink on Sep 3, 2026, and the post has 2,361 likes, 343 reposts, 134 quotes, 223 replies and 207 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
Was Starlink in the UAE a big launch on X?: It ranks #161 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 94% of them and 30x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.06%, against a median of 0.48%.
What would 5.3M 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, 5.3M views would cost $529K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $132K.

Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/starlink-in-the-uae, 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.