How did Starlink on Lufthansa do on X?
Starlink posted the Starlink on Lufthansa launch from @Starlink on Aug 19, 2026. The post has 663,879 views, 5,751 likes, 516 reposts, 43 quotes and 176 replies, an engagement rate of 0.98%. It ranks #728 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Starlink’s high-speed internet is now available onboard @lufthansa 🛰️✈️
- 3.8xthe median launch175K median views
- #728of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 0.3xits own following1,911,013 followers
- Views
- 663.9K
- Likes
- 5.8K
- Reposts
- 516
- Quotes
- 43
- Replies
- 176
- Bookmarks
- 166
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, 663.9K views would cost $66K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 1.5x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 0.3 views for every follower of @Starlink.
What launched?
Starlink made its high-speed internet available onboard Lufthansa flights, bringing its satellite service to the airline's passengers.
How does it compare with other launches?
Starlink on Lufthansa has more views than 74% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 3.8x the median launch's 175K views.
- Starlink on Lufthansa663.9K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Starlink on Lufthansa | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 663.9K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.98% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 0.3 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 43 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 2.5 | 14.2 |
Other Starlink launches we track: Starlink Mini 2 (32.3M views), Starlink in the UAE (5.3M 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). All 11 Starlink launches, or every infrastructure 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure launches | 159 | 74.3K | 8.9x | #18 |
| Accounts over 1M followers | 224 | 2.2M | 30% | #151 |
| Image launch posts | 620 | 143.1K | 4.6x | #137 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 3.8x | #728 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 1.9M followers, the post reached 0.3 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 64% as far as usual for its size. It ranks 151 of 224 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 43 quote posts, 0.6 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 internet is now available onboard @lufthansa 🛰️✈️". The post runs 9 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 no link in the post. Launch posts without a link have a median of 184.9K views in the tracker.
It went out on a Wednesday (UTC). Wednesday launches have a median of 178.8K 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 on Lufthansa launch from @Starlink on Aug 19, 2026.
- How many views did Starlink on Lufthansa get on X?
- 663,879 views. Starlink posted it from @Starlink on Aug 19, 2026, and the post has 5,751 likes, 516 reposts, 43 quotes, 176 replies and 166 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Starlink on Lufthansa a big launch on X?
- It ranks #728 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 74% of them and 3.8x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.98%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 663.9K 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, 663.9K views would cost $66K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 1.5x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/starlink-on-lufthansa, 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.