How did Zed Terminal Threads do on X?
Zed posted the Terminal Threads launch from @zeddotdev on May 20, 2026. The post has 310,347 views, 1,554 likes, 99 reposts, 64 quotes and 98 replies, an engagement rate of 0.58%. It ranks #1103 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Terminal Threads are live in Zed v1.3.5! You can now run claude, amp, pi, or any terminal-based workflow as a managed thread in the Threads Sidebar, right next to your other agent threads.
- 1.8xthe median launch175K median views
- #1103of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 3.6xits own following86,718 followers
- Views
- 310.3K
- Likes
- 1.6K
- Reposts
- 99
- Quotes
- 64
- Replies
- 98
- Bookmarks
- 311
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, 310.3K views would cost $31K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 3.2x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 3.6 views for every follower of @zeddotdev.
What launched?
Zed released Terminal Threads in v1.3.5, letting users run claude, amp, pi or any terminal-based workflow as a managed thread in the Threads Sidebar.
How does it compare with other launches?
Zed Terminal Threads has more views than 61% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 1.8x the median launch's 175K views.
- Zed Terminal Threads310.3K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Zed Terminal Threads | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 310.3K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.58% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 3.6 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 64 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 10.0 | 14.2 |
Other Zed launches we track: Zed editor (445.3K views), Zed Delta (306.7K views) and Zed Delta on web (28.6K views). All 4 Zed launches, or every developer tools 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developer tools launches | 595 | 111.1K | 2.8x | #182 |
| Accounts 10K to 100K followers | 1,135 | 99.4K | 3.1x | #329 |
| Image launch posts | 620 | 143.1K | 2.2x | #225 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 1.8x | #1103 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 86.7K followers, the post reached 3.6 times the account's following. Launches from accounts 10K to 100K followers reach a median of 3.1 times their following, so this one went about 1.2 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 329 of 1135 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 64 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 "Terminal Threads are live in Zed v1.3.5!". The post runs 33 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 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 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 Zed?
- In its own words on X: "We are Zed Industries. - Delta: A multiplayer environment for coding with agents, powered by DeltaDB. - Zed: The world's fastest IDE. Open source. AI optional." Zed posted the Terminal Threads launch from @zeddotdev on May 20, 2026.
- How many views did Zed Terminal Threads get on X?
- 310,347 views. Zed posted it from @zeddotdev on May 20, 2026, and the post has 1,554 likes, 99 reposts, 64 quotes, 98 replies and 311 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Zed Terminal Threads a big launch on X?
- It ranks #1103 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 61% of them and 1.8x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.58%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 310.3K 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, 310.3K views would cost $31K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 3.2x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/zed-terminal-threads, 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.