How did xAI Voice Cloning do on X?
xAI posted the Voice Cloning launch from @SpaceXSI on May 1, 2026. The post has 204,033,833 views, 26,301 likes, 2,496 reposts, 474 quotes and 1,376 replies, an engagement rate of 0.02%. It ranks #1 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Voice Cloning is now live via the xAI API! Create a custom voice in less than 2 minutes or select from our library of 80+ voices across 28 languages to personalize your voice agents, audiobooks, video game characters, and more. http://x.ai/news/grok-custom-voices
- 1166xthe median launch175K median views
- #1of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 98xits own following2,089,563 followers
- Views
- 204M
- Likes
- 26.3K
- Reposts
- 2.5K
- Quotes
- 474
- Replies
- 1.4K
- Bookmarks
- 11.7K
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, 204M views would cost $20.4M. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $5.1M.
The post reached about 98 views for every follower of @SpaceXSI.
What launched?
xAI launched Voice Cloning via its API, letting users create a custom voice in under two minutes or pick from 80+ voices across 28 languages.
How does it compare with other launches?
xAI Voice Cloning has more views than 100% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 1166x the median launch's 175K views.
- xAI Voice Cloning204M
- Median tracked launch175K
- #2: OpenAI GPT-6 Astra139.4M
| Metric | xAI Voice Cloning | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 204M | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.02% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 98 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 474 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 0.6 | 14.2 |
Other xAI launches we track: xAI Grok Build (73.2M views) and xAI Grok 4.7 (41.6M views). All 3 xAI 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 | 264.5K | 771x | #1 |
| Accounts over 1M followers | 224 | 2.2M | 91x | #1 |
| Video launch posts | 1,940 | 192.5K | 1,060x | #1 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 1,166x | #1 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 2.1M followers, the post reached 98 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 181 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 1 of 224 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 474 quote posts, 0.0 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 "Voice Cloning is now live via the xAI API!". The post runs 40 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 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 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 xAI Voice Cloning get on X?
- 204,033,833 views. xAI posted it from @SpaceXSI on May 1, 2026, and the post has 26,301 likes, 2,496 reposts, 474 quotes, 1,376 replies and 11,690 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was xAI Voice Cloning a big launch on X?
- It ranks #1 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 100% of them and 1166x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.02%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 204M 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, 204M views would cost $20.4M. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $5.1M.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/xai-voice-cloning, 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.