How did Thinking Machines Inkling 2 Small do on X?
Thinking Machines posted the Inkling 2 Small launch from @thinkymachines on Nov 5, 2026. The post has 1,965,405 views, 6,287 likes, 584 reposts, 499 quotes and 291 replies, an engagement rate of 0.39%. It ranks #363 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Introducing Inkling 2 Small. Scoring 31 on the AA Intelligence Index, it's a big jump over its predecessor. Inkling 2 Small is available for fine-tuning and inference on Tinker today, with full weight release planned soon. https://thinkingmachines.ai/news/inkling-2-small
- 11xthe median launch175K median views
- #363of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 10xits own following189,961 followers
- Views
- 2M
- Likes
- 6.3K
- Reposts
- 584
- Quotes
- 499
- Replies
- 291
- Bookmarks
- 3.7K
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, 2M views would cost $197K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $49K.
The post reached about 10 views for every follower of @thinkymachines.
What launched?
Thinking Machines launched Inkling 2 Small, a model scoring 31 on the AA Intelligence Index, available for fine-tuning and inference on Tinker.
How does it compare with other launches?
Thinking Machines Inkling 2 Small has more views than 87% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 11x the median launch's 175K views.
- Thinking Machines Inkling 2 Small2M
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Thinking Machines Inkling 2 Small | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 2M | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.39% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 10 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 499 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 18.8 | 14.2 |
Other Thinking Machines launches we track: Thinking Machines Tinker (4.2M views). All 2 Thinking Machines launches, or every ai 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI launches | 1,462 | 263K | 7.5x | #229 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 7.8x | #105 |
| Text-only launch posts | 279 | 122.7K | 16x | #22 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 11x | #363 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 190K followers, the post reached 10 times the account's following. Launches from accounts 100K to 1M followers reach a median of 1.0 times their following, so this one went about 11 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 105 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 499 quote posts, 2.5 per 10,000 views against a median of 1.7. More 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 "Introducing Inkling 2 Small. Scoring 31 on the AA Intelligence Index, it's a big jump over its predecessor.". The post runs 36 words, against a median of 39 for launch posts here, and leads with no media: text-only launches have a median of 122.7K views, against 183.4K 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 Thinking Machines?
- In its own words on X: "Thinking, beeping, and booping. @tinkerapi" Thinking Machines posted the Inkling 2 Small launch from @thinkymachines on Nov 5, 2026.
- How many views did Thinking Machines Inkling 2 Small get on X?
- 1,965,405 views. Thinking Machines posted it from @thinkymachines on Nov 5, 2026, and the post has 6,287 likes, 584 reposts, 499 quotes, 291 replies and 3,699 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Thinking Machines Inkling 2 Small a big launch on X?
- It ranks #363 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 87% of them and 11x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.39%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 2M 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, 2M views would cost $197K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $49K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/thinking-machines-inkling-2-small, 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.