//Launch wave · Sep 22, 2026

Anthropic · anthropic-claude-opus-5-5

Posted by @claudeai on Sep 22, 2026, 16:31 UTC. A launch wave under the published rule.

quoters in the first hour
81
quoters in four hours
121
repeat quoters in four hours (20%)
24
sentinels in four hours
5

The Launch

  • CompanyAnthropic
  • Productanthropic-claude-opus-5-5
  • Kindfeature or version
  • Groupfrontier labs
  • Author@claudeai
  • Author’s followers at first read1,979,172
  • Views at read29,454,849
  • Quoters retrieved355
  • Quoters in 24 hours180
  • Agency roster accounts in four hours3
  • In the Doomers launch directoryyes (Doomers public launch directory, CC BY 4.0)

The Launch Post

The post as it was read, shown as written.

Introducing Claude Opus 5.5, the first model in our new Claude 5.5 family. It performs at the level of Claude Fable 5.1 for most tasks, and costs 40% less to run than Opus 5. https://t.co/Q9C2VKQ79f
@claudeai

Quoters Over the First Four Hours

Cumulative quoters; the dashed line is the comparison launch (comparator nearest in account size).

t01 h4 h121

Minute Marks: The minute after the launch post at which each quoter count was reached.

  • 5th quoter2
  • 10th quoter6
  • 20th quoter12
  • 50th quoter28
  • 100th quoter94
  • median minute of quotes in four hours36

Agency Claims

What agencies’ own public pages say about this launch, quoted as read.

No agency claim about this launch was found on the pages read.

Who Quoted Early

Role of the accounts that quoted inside four hours, read from their bios.

  • creator37
  • engineer or researcher32
  • founder25
  • other18
  • marketing or sales4
  • media4
  • no role (no bio)1

Every Quoter in the First Four Hours

In order of the minute they quoted. Bios and names are shown as written.

Filters

Only
121 of 121 quoters
@AnthropicAI · Anthropic1————other
@xikhar · Shikhar2————creator
@ErickSky · Erick2yes———creator
@Layton_Gott · Layton Gott2————engineer or researcher
@IterIntellectus · vittorio2————creator
@1kartikkabadi1 · Kartik3—————
@gkpacker · Gabriel Packer → visorfinance.app4————founder
@aiedge_ · AI Edge4————media
@haider1 · Haider.5yes———creator
@argofowl · 🥔🥔🥔6————engineer or researcher
@sarpstar · sarpstar6————creator
@sleepinyourhat · Sam Bowman8————engineer or researcher
@testingcatalog · 🚨 AI News | TestingCatalog8yesyes——media
@trq212 · Thariq9————other
@_catwu · cat9————engineer or researcher
@alexalbert__ · Alex Albert9————engineer or researcher
@kieranklaassen · Kieran Klaassen9————engineer or researcher
@zeeg · David Cramer11————founder
@fyzanshaik · fyzan11————engineer or researcher
@Box · Box12————other
@jozhukennedy · Jo Zhu Kennedy12————marketing or sales
@ClaudeDevs · ClaudeDevs13————other
@bcherny · Boris Cherny14————other
@Parsats_eth · PARSA17yesyes——creator
@neural_avb · AVB17————creator
@Prathkum · Pratham18yes—clickstrike.com—creator
@PromptLLM · Prompter18————creator
@pidotdev · Pi18————other
@HoussamDesigner · Houssam | Thumbnail Specialist19————creator
@1littlecoder · 1LittleCoder💻19————creator
@AboDantee · Majed | ابو دانتي19————engineer or researcher
@_sholtodouglas · Sholto Douglas20————engineer or researcher
@k_matsumaru · 松丸 彗吾(keigo matsumaru)21————creator
@alwayspriyesh · Priy21————engineer or researcher
@shub0414 · Shub21yes———creator
@orph_ · orph22————founder
@katelyn_lesse · Katelyn Lesse22————engineer or researcher
@Hesamation · ℏεsam23yes———engineer or researcher
@jkeatn · Jake Eaton23————engineer or researcher
@charlielamb · Charlie Lamb24————engineer or researcher
@gabrielbuzziv · Gabriel Buzzi24————founder
@Miguel07Code · Miguel Ángel25————engineer or researcher
@itsnoahd · Noah25————engineer or researcher
@mikeyk · Mike Krieger25————founder
@LexnLin · Leon Lin25————other
@G_Programming · Gentleman Programming25————creator
@farzyness · Farzad 🇺🇸 🇮🇷26————creator
@Saucisse_dev · Saucisse26————founder
@yahyavision · Yahyavision — Logo & Brand Designer27————marketing or sales
@UltraLinx · Oliur28————creator
@sammcallister · sam mcallister28————other
@punyakrit_22 · Punyakrit28yes———engineer or researcher
@robj3d3 · Rob Hallam31————founder
@Mr_Buzzoni · Mr. Buzzoni32yes———founder
@ajith_io · Ajith32————founder
@hey_madni · Madni Aghadi33yes—clickstrike.com—creator
@BreejeAnadkat · Breeje Anadkat35————engineer or researcher
@devjuninho · dev juninho ➔ otto.doti.gg35————engineer or researcher
@uppii_007 · uppii🥴35————other
@H3ndrick_ · Sebastine💙36————engineer or researcher
@PabloGrueso · Pablo Grueso36————founder
@sidin · www.sidin.co39————media
@riyadbkhsh · Riyad Bakhshiyev | Lifto40yes———founder
@poolio · Ben Poole40————engineer or researcher
@oviniciuslana · Vini Lana41————founder
@oiharshit · Harshit42————founder
@santtiagom_ · santi43————engineer or researcher
@Mithabhashi__ · 🍿43————other
@IA_Quijote · Don Quijote de la IA47yes———creator
@umiyuki_ai · うみゆき@AI研究48————creator
@cgtwts · CG48yesyes——creator
@Ben100__ · Ben 🏛️51yes———founder
@levie · Aaron Levie51————founder
@vasuman · vas55————founder
@FaztTech · Fazt56————creator
@guillaume_rygn · code w/Guillaume 💻57————creator
@danielkempe · Daniel57yes———other
@wesbos · Wes Bos58————creator
@vib3coded · Vib3Coded59————engineer or researcher
@Om_Codes_ · Om59yes———engineer or researcher
@_BDRz · بدر آل زيدان59————founder
@higgsfield · Higgsfield AI 🧩62————other
@notesbyfloat · float62————engineer or researcher
@pl4tinumeffects · PlatinumFX67————creator
@dhruvalgolakiya · Dhruval68————founder
@buccocapital · BuccoCapital Bloke68————other
@alextalksai · alex70yesyes——creator
@erhanmeydan · Erhan Meydan70————creator
@jarredsumner · Jarred Sumner74————founder
@Laurentia___ · Laurentia Romaniuk76————other
@IntCyberDigest · International Cyber Digest76————media
@arena · Arena.ai77————other
@thetripathi58 · Chidanand Tripathi77yesyes——creator
@dhruvtwt_ · Dhruv82————creator
@jurree · Jurre84————founder
@chetaslua · Chetaslua87yes—clickstrike.com—creator
@AlexFinn · Alex Finn89————founder
@0xLupin · Lupin91————founder
@allTheYud · Eliezer Yudkowsky93————engineer or researcher
@mathieuxtms · Mathieu Thomas94————founder
@silennai · Silen Naihin96————other
@liebert_2026 · Johan96yes———creator
@XFreeze · X Freeze98————creator
@Argona0x · Argona105————creator
@0xrinx · RinX 🪐106————engineer or researcher
@encorevitoo · Vitoo⚔️106————creator
@fardeentwt · fardeen108yes———engineer or researcher
@hxiao · Han Xiao110————engineer or researcher
@Gamingtronium · Gamingtronium115yes———creator
@NotTomBrown · Tom Brown121————founder
@BytexTechnology · Bytex128————other
@sashadem · Sasha de Marigny132————marketing or sales
@ravikiran_dev7 · Ray🫧141yes———engineer or researcher
@Sonecarox · Fernando Bertini143————creator
@mattyglesias · Matthew Yglesias156————creator
@Meme0rable · Sir Meemsalot157————creator
@ferlogs · Fernando161yes———engineer or researcher
@shannholmberg · Shann³185————marketing or sales
@boneGPT · bone196————founder
@atomic_chat_hq · atomic.chat228————other
@chaotictransfem · rachel228————engineer or researcher

What the numbers do not say

These counts show when public quotes of a launch post were posted and by which accounts. They do not show who asked anyone to post, whether money changed hands, or that the quoters acted together.
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