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What's going viral on X this week
Postel tracked 9,528 English posts from 1,781 creators on X in the week of October 26 to November 1, 2026, and 906 of them went viral: at least 3 times their creator's usual views and 10,000 views in all. Posts with a video went viral 1.4 times as often as text-only ones (13% against 9%).
PostelUpdated Oct 26 – Nov 1, 2026 · 9,528 posts · 906 went viral · how we count
This week's top 10
@jahirsheikh8 · 5.3K followers
1,421×their usual
ok dumb question... if password managers store all my passwords in one place, isn't that just one hack away from losing everything? 😭
1.7M views · Oct 29
@LudovicCreator · 38.2K followers
118×their usual
Magnific Move is out: motion graphics you direct by talking. Animated charts, launch videos, logo reveals, UI demos. Describe what you want, point at what to change, switch between 16:9, 9:16 and 1:1. Every layer stays editable. I tested it on a logo reveal for a gothic…
162.8K views · Oct 29 · Video · Announces something
@zuess05 · 4.8K followers
110×their usual
In 2026, "I built an app" is starting to sound a lot like "I made a PowerPoint."
121K views · Oct 29 · The sharp take
@KevinPicchi · 4.1K followers
99.9×their usual
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67.9K views · Oct 27 · Photo · Announces something
@code_kartik · 10.5K followers
80.3×their usual
Learn aws, kubernetes and deploy your agents on it and you are top 1% ai engineer.
98.9K views · Oct 28 · Leads with a number
@WillManidis · 149.6K followers
70×their usual
The benefits of abundant intelligence will accrue far outside of San Fransisco. Spent the last year writing about capital, sovereignty, and the coming reordering of economic power. THE COMMANDING HEIGHTS
1.8M views · Oct 29 · Photo
@aschmelyun · 15.8K followers
62.4×their usual
Every time someone stars this repo, their GitHub profile picture is printed out and stuck to my wall Add yours next 📸
72.5K views · Oct 29 · Video
@felixrieseberg · 112.2K followers
57×their usual
The coding interview is dead, at least for my team at Anthropic. I've seen enough to know that it no longer provides signal. I removed it from loops this month. I have a spicy, optimistic take - I think there's an opportunity for junior engineers:
2.7M views · Oct 27 · Takes a side
@azamsharp · 21.1K followers
50.9×their usual
I am developing two apps simultaneously. One is Vibe Coded and other is not. Vibe coded app was done start to finish in 24 hours (submitted for review). Hand-coded + AI assisted (AI used as a reference like Google) I was able to complete a single feature in 24 hours. Both…
44.2K views · Oct 30 · Starts with I or we
@NickAbraham12 · 30.6K followers
44×their usual
"Cold email is dead" vs. "Cold email bought me a house"
142.3K views · Oct 27 · Photo · Takes a side
The openings behind them
Of the week's 906 viral posts, 192 passed our content check (no politics, gossip or news about other people). This is how they opened. Posts that were lists did best: 13% of them went viral, against 10% of all the posts we could compare.
| Opening | Share of viral posts |
|---|---|
| No clear hookthe opening matches none of the other rows9% of the 5,316 posts that opened this way went viral | 40%77 posts |
| Leads with a numbera figure, amount or percentage in the opening line“Learn aws, kubernetes and deploy your agents on it and you are top 1% ai engineer.” @code_kartik on X (opens in a new tab)10% of the 1,726 posts that opened this way went viral | 25%48 posts |
| A listthree or more lines that start with a number, dash, bullet or arrow13% of the 512 posts that opened this way went viral | 11%22 posts |
| Asks a questionthe opening line asks a question“Can’t we have a powerful language like C with a simple syntax like python?” @IamAroke on X (opens in a new tab)8% of the 647 posts that opened this way went viral | 8%16 posts |
| Starts with I or wethe opening line starts with I, my, we or our“I am developing two apps simultaneously. One is Vibe Coded and other is not.” @azamsharp on X (opens in a new tab)10% of the 681 posts that opened this way went viral | 8%15 posts |
| Takes a sidethe opening line pushes back: unpopular opinion, stop, nobody, most people, overrated, is dead“The coding interview is dead, at least for my team at Anthropic. I've seen enough to know that it no longer provides signal. I removed it from loops this month.” @felixrieseberg on X (opens in a new tab)Too few posts opened this way to say how often they went viral | 4%8 posts |
| Announces somethingthe opening line launches, introduces or ships something“Magnific Move is out: motion graphics you direct by talking.” @LudovicCreator on X (opens in a new tab)Too few posts opened this way to say how often they went viral | 2%4 posts |
| Promises a how or whythe opening line starts with how, why, what or here's“What people in the tech bubble don’t understand is that AI is not as widely adopted as they imagine.” @PromptLLM on X (opens in a new tab)Too few posts opened this way to say how often they went viral | 1%2 posts |
By topic
Each topic page covers the last four weeks, so it has enough posts to show what's working there.
- AI68 viral posts passed our check this week
- Startups and founders23 viral posts passed our check this week
- Software developers30 viral posts passed our check this week
- Careers and work29 viral posts passed our check this week
- Marketing and sales15 viral posts passed our check this week
- Design10 viral posts passed our check this week
- Investing10 viral posts passed our check this week
- Content creators7 viral posts passed our check this week
Every month: the hooks behind the month's most viral posts. Across 2026, with ranges and a CSV: what made X posts go viral.
How we count
Postel's library follows thousands of individual creators on X: founders, builders, writers and other people posting as themselves. Brands, news and fan accounts, politicians and aggregators are kept out. This page reads their original English posts from Oct 26 – Nov 1, 2026 (9,528 of them), leaving out replies and reposts.
A post counts as viral when it gets at least 3 times its creator's usual views and 10,000 views in all. A creator's usual is the median views of their posts over the 60 days before the period ended, leaving out posts younger than three days. Comparing each post with its own creator means a big account's ordinary post doesn't count, and a small account's unusually big post does.
A model then reads every viral post and leaves out politics, gossip, news about other people, health claims, get-rich pitches, giveaways and anything else this page shouldn't feature. A second, stricter model approves each post before it's shown with its creator's name. The list ranks the approved posts by how far each beat its creator's usual, one post per creator. Openings are sorted by the plain rules in the table.
Every post links to the original on X. Creators: if you'd rather your post weren't on this page, send its link through the contact form and it comes off within a few days.
Questions
What is going viral on X right now?
In the week of Oct 26 – Nov 1, 2026, 906 of the 9,528 English posts Postel tracked from creators on X went viral: each got at least 3 times its creator's usual views and 10,000 views in all. The 10 that beat their creator's usual by the most are on this page, with a link to each post on X.
How does Postel decide a post went viral?
A post counts as viral when it gets at least 3 times its creator's usual views and 10,000 views in all. A creator's usual is the median views of their posts over the 60 days before the week ended (leaving out the last three days), so a big account's normal post doesn't count and a small account's unusually big post does.
Whose posts are on this list?
Only individual creators: founders, builders, writers and other people posting as themselves. Brands, news and fan accounts, politicians and aggregators are kept out of Postel's library, and every post on this page passes a content check that leaves out politics, gossip, news about other people, giveaways and anything else this page shouldn't feature.
How often is this page updated?
Every Tuesday, with the week (Monday to Sunday) that just ended. It waits a day so Sunday's posts have time to gather views.
Can I see what's going viral in my niche?
Yes. The topic pages linked on this page (AI, startups, developers, careers, marketing and sales, design, investing and content creators) cover the last four weeks. Inside Postel, the full library is searchable by keyword, and For You picks the viral posts that fit what you write about and drafts your own take on each.
I'm on this list. Can I have my post removed?
Yes. Send the post's link through the contact form at postel.app/contact and it comes off this page and every page like it within a few days. The page shows the start of your post (up to 280 characters) with your name and a link to it on X, never its photos or videos.