How did Starlink on Ascension Island do on X?
Starlink posted the Starlink on Ascension Island launch from @Starlink on Jul 25, 2026. The post has 113,696 views, 1,467 likes, 141 reposts, 14 quotes and 64 replies, an engagement rate of 1.48%. It ranks #1933 of the 3,785 launches Gridd tracks.
Starlink's high-speed, low-latency internet is now available on Ascension Island! 🛰️🇦🇨❤️ → http://starlink.com/ascensionisland

- 95%the median launch119.4K median views
- #1933of the launches we trackout of 3,785
- <0.1xits own following1,911,458 followers
- Views
- 113.7K
- Likes
- 1.5K
- Reposts
- 141
- Quotes
- 14
- Replies
- 64
- Bookmarks
- 38
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, 113.7K views would cost $11K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 8.8x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 0.1 views for every follower of @Starlink.
What launched?
Starlink launched its high-speed, low-latency satellite internet service on Ascension Island, making it available to customers there.
How does it compare with other launches?
Starlink on Ascension Island has more views than 49% of the 3,785 launches Gridd tracks: 95% of the median launch's 119.4K views.
- Starlink on Ascension Island113.7K
- Median tracked launch119.4K
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| Metric | Starlink on Ascension Island | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 113.7K | 119.4K |
| Engagement rate | 1.48% | 0.58% |
| Views per follower | <0.1 | 1.5 |
| Quote posts | 14 | 20 |
| Saves per 10K views | 3.3 | 15.0 |
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 45 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 | 207 | 155.4K | 73% | #115 |
| Accounts over 1M followers | 360 | 1M | 11% | #319 |
| Image launch posts | 897 | 84.9K | 1.3x | #408 |
| Every launch | 3,785 | 119.4K | 95% | #1933 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 1.9M followers, the post reached <0.1 times the account's following. Launches from accounts over 1M followers reach a median of 0.3 times their following, so this one went about 21% as far as usual for its size. It ranks 319 of 360 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 14 quote posts, 1.2 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 on Ascension Island! 🛰️🇦🇨❤️ → http://starlink.com/ascensionisland". The post runs 12 words, against a median of 38 for launch posts here, and leads with an image: image launches have a median of 84.9K views, against 130.9K for the rest.
There is a link in the post. Launch posts with a link have a median of 109.6K views in the tracker.
It went out on a Saturday (UTC). Saturday launches have a median of 102.5K views; the strongest day is Tuesday at 137.9K.
Every comparison is against the 3,785 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 on Ascension Island launch from @Starlink on Jul 25, 2026.
- How many views did Starlink on Ascension Island get on X?
- 113,696 views. Starlink posted it from @Starlink on Jul 25, 2026, and the post has 1,467 likes, 141 reposts, 14 quotes, 64 replies and 38 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Starlink on Ascension Island a big launch on X?
- It ranks #1933 of the 3,785 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 49% of them and 95% of the median launch's 119.4K views. Its engagement rate is 1.48%, against a median of 0.58%.
- What would 113.7K 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, 113.7K views would cost $11K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 8.8x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/starlink-on-ascension-island, 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.
