How did Z.ai GLM-5.1 do on X?
Z.ai posted the GLM-5.1 launch from @Zai_org on Apr 7, 2026. The post has 4,359,109 views, 10,646 likes, 1,280 reposts, 667 quotes and 529 replies, an engagement rate of 0.3%. It ranks #192 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Introducing GLM-5.1: The Next Level of Open Source - Top-Tier Performance: #1 in open source and #3 globally across SWE-Bench Pro, Terminal-Bench, and NL2Repo. - Built for Long-Horizon Tasks: Runs autonomously for 8 hours, refining strategies through thousands of iterations. Blog: http://z.ai/blog/glm-5.1 Weights: http://huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-5.1 API: http://docs.z.ai/guides/llm/glm-5.1 Coding Plan: http://z.ai/subscribe Coming to http://chat.z.ai in the next few days.
- 25xthe median launch175K median views
- #192of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 26xits own following169,464 followers
- Views
- 4.4M
- Likes
- 10.6K
- Reposts
- 1.3K
- Quotes
- 667
- Replies
- 529
- Bookmarks
- 4.1K
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, 4.4M views would cost $436K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $109K.
The post reached about 26 views for every follower of @Zai_org.
What launched?
Z.ai launched GLM-5.1, an open-source model built for long-horizon tasks that runs autonomously for 8 hours.
How does it compare with other launches?
Z.ai GLM-5.1 has more views than 93% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 25x the median launch's 175K views.
- Z.ai GLM-5.14.4M
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Z.ai GLM-5.1 | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 4.4M | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.3% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 26 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 667 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 9.4 | 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-5V-Turbo (2M views), Z.ai GLM-4.7-Flash (1.7M views), Z.ai GLM-5 (1.5M 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 | 264.5K | 16x | #127 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 909 | 252.6K | 17x | #48 |
| Image launch posts | 620 | 143.1K | 30x | #38 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 25x | #192 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 169.5K followers, the post reached 26 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 26 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 48 of 909 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 667 quote posts, 1.5 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 GLM-5.1: The Next Level of Open Source". The post runs 52 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 Tuesday (UTC). Tuesday launches have a median of 192.3K views, the strongest day in the tracker.
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-5.1 launch from @Zai_org on Apr 7, 2026.
- How many views did Z.ai GLM-5.1 get on X?
- 4,359,109 views. Z.ai posted it from @Zai_org on Apr 7, 2026, and the post has 10,646 likes, 1,280 reposts, 667 quotes, 529 replies and 4,086 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Z.ai GLM-5.1 a big launch on X?
- It ranks #192 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 93% of them and 25x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.3%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 4.4M 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, 4.4M views would cost $436K. At Gridd's rate of about $25 per 1,000 views, the same views would cost about $109K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/z-ai-glm-5-1, 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.