How OpenAI launched on X
4.3M views, ranked 218 of the 1981 launches we track. Reach and saves both sit close to where the rest of this list sits.
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ChatGPT can now remember your activity across the apps and websites on your computer. With Computer History in the desktop app, future interactions feel more personalized and require less explanation.
How it compares
A launch means nothing against no one. These are the launches it is actually comparable to, and where this one sits among them.
| Compared with | Launches | Median views | This one | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product news the same kind of announcement | 769 | 805K | 5.4x | 102 |
| over 100K followers accounts of a similar size | 611 | 1.4M | 3.1x | 139 |
| Every launch all of them, for scale | 1981 | 688K | 6.3x | 218 |
What this launch shows
OpenAI posted this from an account with 5.4M followers and reached about 80.2% of them. The median for over 100K followers is 2.4 times, so this one stayed closer to home than most.
It ranks 139 of 611 launches from accounts that size. Against every launch in the directory it sits at 6.3 times the median of 688K views.
Quote posts led, 840 of them at 1.9 per 10,000 views against a median of 1.3.
People were adding their own take, which is how a launch gets argued about and carried into audiences the account does not have. Bookmarks: 4K. Reposts: 973.
The first line is “ChatGPT can now remember your activity across the apps and websites on your computer”. It carries a 28-second video against a directory median of 65 seconds. Videos under 30 seconds have a median of 850K views in the directory.
The copy runs 31 words, about the usual length for a launch post here, where the median is 41. There is a link in the body, which costs a post some reach and buys it a place to send people.
It went out on a Thursday. Launches posted on a Thursday have a median of 724K views in the directory, and Friday is the strongest day at 880K.
What viral AI launches share covers this: model launches are the largest category in the directory and travel on the demo. For the next one, read X analytics explained: what each of these numbers means, with benchmarks by account size. This launch sits in the Frontier Lab and Consumer AI directories.
Questions about this launch
When did OpenAI launch?
OpenAI posted the launch on X on 13 August 2026.
How many views did the OpenAI launch post get?
4,345,281 views at the last read, ranked 218 of the 1981 AI launches Doomers tracks, 1 times the account's following.
Who posted the OpenAI launch?
@OpenAI, which has 5.4M followers.
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