//Launch · Oct 16, 2026

Tesla · tesla-turns-future-flying

Posted by @elonmusk on Oct 16, 2026, 01:57 UTC. Below the launch-wave threshold.

quoters in the first hour
29
quoters in four hours
70
repeat quoters in four hours (11%)
8
sentinels in four hours
1

The Launch

  • CompanyTesla
  • Producttesla-turns-future-flying
  • Kindproduct
  • Groupfrontier labs
  • Author@elonmusk
  • Author’s followers at first read241,501,941
  • Views at read79,647,941
  • Quoters retrieved343
  • Quoters in 24 hours163
  • Agency roster accounts in four hours0
  • 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.

Turns out the future does have flying cars https://t.co/6fexPp6SXI
@elonmusk

Quoters Over the First Four Hours

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

t01 h4 h70

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

  • 5th quoter12
  • 10th quoter22
  • 20th quoter36
  • 50th quoter136
  • 100th quoter380
  • median minute of quotes in four hours76

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.

  • other19
  • creator18
  • founder10
  • media8
  • marketing or sales6
  • engineer or researcher5
  • investor3
  • 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
70 of 70 quoters
@TheRabbitHole · The Rabbit Hole7yes———media
@dom_kwok · Dom Kwok | EasyA8————founder
@WallStreetApes · Wall Street Apes11————media
@NeoAIForecast · Neo12————creator
@BryanDeanWright · BDW12————media
@chickenpakodi · Chicken Pakodi15————engineer or researcher
@SamPancher · Sam Pancher15————media
@PoweredByNino · Nino 🇵🇸16————other
@EricKLein_ · Eric Klein20————other
@SpaceBasedFox · Gene22————creator
@jai_mansukhanii · jai28————founder
@Prisonmitch · Prison Mitch28————creator
@ardahanayisi · Batu30—————
@kevincorke · Kevin Corke30————media
@TechSalesGuy · Tech Sales Guy32————marketing or sales
@md__tips · MD SEM TIPS35————creator
@UnstructuredCap · UnstructuredCap35————investor
@XLN1999 · Lakshmi Narayana35————founder
@danielmigrania · Daniel Migraña36————creator
@Timcast · Tim Pool36————creator
@dsog · Khaled37————founder
@minchoi · Min Choi39yes———creator
@notathrv · atharv39————founder
@umesh_ai · Umesh40yes———creator
@Geiger_Capital · Geiger Capital52————other
@javiernegre10 · Javier Negre53————media
@Bluestown901 · bbowden1854————other
@Not_the_Bee · Not the Bee55————other
@Rayobbg · Rama56————other
@JimStrabo · Jim Strabo63————other
@ombachi13 · dennis ombachi OLY64————creator
@DougTenNapel · Doug TenNapel65————creator
@CodeByNZ · NZ ☄️66yes———creator
@AIGuide_ · Grant Miller68yes———marketing or sales
@kero_gami · けろ神さま@ソユかわ原理主義過激派☄️72————other
@selfcomestomine · EVO / エボサイ80————creator
@poteto · lauren83————engineer or researcher
@ksorbs · Kevin Sorbo84————creator
@ZplusC1Bst · ZplusC1Bst93————other
@MonicaCrowley · Monica Crowley106————other
@BruceWayneKxip · BruceWayne Jatt107————other
@kmr_dilip · Dilip Kumar110————investor
@erigganewmoney · 𝙴𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚊111————creator
@Zaoist4 · Zaoist 🇺🇸🇰🇵🇻🇦121————other
@samirande_ · Sam ☕121————engineer or researcher
@dani_avila7 · Daniel San128————engineer or researcher
@cz_binance · CZ 🔶 BNB133————founder
@Rxgards · Rx133————other
@johnnymaga · johnny maga134————other
@voidyaps · void.136yes———marketing or sales
@Prince8bx · PrinCe140————other
@karinabao · Karina Bao145————investor
@tr1ckastley · trickastley150————marketing or sales
@tokifyi · toki153————founder
@indrajaal892 · Aman_zzz161————other
@CalebJHull · Caleb Hull162————marketing or sales
@jaguring1 · 小猫遊りょう(たかにゃし・りょう)177————other
@empire_h1867 · 🇦🇹アドリアドリア🇭🇺178————creator
@EganPeltan · Egan Peltan186————founder
@tarat_211 · TaraT186————creator
@AureaLibe · Aurea193————creator
@kangminlee · Kangmin Lee | 이강민197————creator
@AyushkWadhwa · Ayush Wadhwa210————founder
@_pitingo_ · ᴘɪᴛɪɴɢᴏ213————other
@SridharanAnand · Buggy Human219————other
@Inevitablewest · Inevitable West221————media
@code_kartik · Kartik222yes———engineer or researcher
@LarryMadowo · Larry Madowo222————media
@trikcode · Wise230yesyes——founder
@birkankrbg · Birkan Karabağ235————marketing or sales

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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