How did Z.ai GLM-5 do on X?
Z.ai posted the GLM-5 launch from @Zai_org on Feb 11, 2026. The post has 1,501,014 views, 5,264 likes, 759 reposts, 312 quotes and 320 replies, an engagement rate of 0.44%. It ranks #444 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Introducing GLM-5: From Vibe Coding to Agentic Engineering GLM-5 is built for complex systems engineering and long-horizon agentic tasks. Compared to GLM-4.5, it scales from 355B params (32B active) to 744B (40B active), with pre-training data growing from 23T to 28.5T tokens. Try it now: http://chat.z.ai Weights: http://huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-5 Tech Blog: http://z.ai/blog/glm-5 OpenRouter (Previously Pony Alpha): http://openrouter.ai/z-ai/glm-5 Rolling out from Coding Plan Max users: http://z.ai/subscribe
- 8.6xthe median launch175K median views
- #444of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 8.9xits own following169,465 followers
- Views
- 1.5M
- Likes
- 5.3K
- Reposts
- 759
- Quotes
- 312
- Replies
- 320
- Bookmarks
- 1.4K
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, 1.5M views would cost $150K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $38K.
The post reached about 8.9 views for every follower of @Zai_org.
What launched?
Z.ai launched GLM-5, a 744B-parameter model built for complex systems engineering and long-horizon agentic tasks, with open weights and a tech blog.
How does it compare with other launches?
Z.ai GLM-5 has more views than 84% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 8.6x the median launch's 175K views.
- Z.ai GLM-51.5M
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Z.ai GLM-5 | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 1.5M | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.44% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 8.9 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 312 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 9.5 | 14.2 |
Other Z.ai launches we track: Z.ai GLM-5.2 (7.7M views), Z.ai GLM-5.3-Flash (7M views), Z.ai GLM-5.3 (5.9M views), Z.ai GLM-5.1 (4.4M views), Z.ai GLM-5V-Turbo (2M views), Z.ai GLM-4.7-Flash (1.7M views). All 20 Z.ai 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 | 5.7x | #274 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 5.9x | #138 |
| Image launch posts | 620 | 143.1K | 10x | #85 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 8.6x | #444 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 169.5K followers, the post reached 8.9 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 9.1 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 138 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 312 quote posts, 2.1 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 GLM-5: From Vibe Coding to Agentic Engineering". The post runs 59 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 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 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 Z.ai?
- In its own words on X: "The AI Lab behind GLM models, dedicated to inspiring the development of AGI to benefit humanity." Z.ai posted the GLM-5 launch from @Zai_org on Feb 11, 2026.
- How many views did Z.ai GLM-5 get on X?
- 1,501,014 views. Z.ai posted it from @Zai_org on Feb 11, 2026, and the post has 5,264 likes, 759 reposts, 312 quotes, 320 replies and 1,426 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Z.ai GLM-5 a big launch on X?
- It ranks #444 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 84% of them and 8.6x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.44%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 1.5M 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, 1.5M views would cost $150K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $38K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/z-ai-glm-5, 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.