How did Vim Royale do on X?

Vim Royale posted the Vim Royale launch from @Jitesh_117 on May 22, 2026. The post has 158,576 views, 648 likes, 61 reposts, 12 quotes and 39 replies, an engagement rate of 0.48%. It ranks #1479 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.

jitesh💙@Jitesh_117 · 4.9K followersView on X
introducing vim royale - real-time multiplayer duels - Race to clean broken code - elo-based matchmaking - replay & study every match - bot mode + singleplayer - built-in vimtutor to learn vim motions
May 22, 2026 · 158,576 views
  • 91%the median launch175K median views
  • #1479of the launches we trackout of 2839
  • 32xits own following4,894 followers
Views
158.6K
Likes
648
Reposts
61
Quotes
12
Replies
39
Bookmarks
462

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, 158.6K views would cost $16K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 6.3x what this post got, for about $25K.

The post reached about 32 views for every follower of @Jitesh_117.

What launched?

Vim Royale launched real-time multiplayer vim duels with elo-based matchmaking, match replays, bot mode, single player and a built-in vimtutor.

How does it compare with other launches?

Vim Royale has more views than 48% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 91% of the median launch's 175K views.

  • Vim Royale158.6K
  • Median tracked launch175K
  • #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
Views on the launch post, read from X on Nov 14, 2026.
MetricVim RoyaleMedian launch
Views158.6K175K
Engagement rate0.48%0.48%
Views per follower322.8
Quote posts1227
Saves per 10K views29.114.2

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 withLaunchesMedian viewsThis oneRank
Consumer launches98256.5K62%#56
Accounts under 10K followers571131K1.2x#270
Video launch posts1,940192.5K82%#1048
Every launch2,839175K91%#1479

What this launch shows

From an account with 4.9K followers, the post reached 32 times the account's following. Launches from accounts under 10K followers reach a median of 61 times their following, so this one went about 53% as far as usual for its size. It ranks 270 of 571 launches from accounts that size.

It drew 12 quote posts, 0.8 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 "introducing vim royale". The post runs 34 words, against a median of 39 for launch posts here, and leads with a video: video launches have a median of 192.5K views, against 137.6K 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 Friday (UTC). Friday launches have a median of 162.2K 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

How many views did Vim Royale get on X?
158,576 views. Vim Royale posted it from @Jitesh_117 on May 22, 2026, and the post has 648 likes, 61 reposts, 12 quotes, 39 replies and 462 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
Was Vim Royale a big launch on X?
It ranks #1479 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 48% of them and 91% of the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.48%, against a median of 0.48%.
What would 158.6K 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, 158.6K views would cost $16K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 6.3x what this post got, for about $25K.

Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/vim-royale, 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.