This reading’s conditionsAs of 25 Sep 2026 13:30Z · 7 platforms · 17–23 Aug 2026
- As of
- 25 Sep 2026 13:30Z
- Coverage computed
- 26 Sep 2026 19:23Z
- Facts checked
- 26 Sep 2026 19:21:13Z
How posts were linked to the subject
- Unambiguous alias, V2
- 7 posts linked. Precision 93.3% (95% interval 84.1% to 97.4%), n 60 links judged, 0 unclear, run 18.
Measured statements
Written by fixed rules from this reading’s stored figures. No model writes them.
6 statements withheld. n 6 people, below the threshold of 20 people. No posts about xAI API on Hacker News between 17 and 23 August 2026. No posts about xAI API on arXiv between 17 and 23 August 2026. Withheld for platforms not counted this week: Bluesky, Google News and Exa.
What this reading rests on
| Platform | Days counted | How the posts were collected |
|---|---|---|
| 7 of 7 | Loaded afterwards from an archive | |
| Hacker News | 7 of 7 | Loaded afterwards from an archive |
| arXiv | 7 of 7 | Loaded afterwards from an archive |
Not counted: Bluesky, YouTube, Google News and Exa, not being collected yet.
A day counts once it has settled: once the posts still expected for it are below the threshold, or, for posts loaded afterwards from an archive, once they’re loaded. Coverage day by day is in this reading’s conditions. How coverage is recorded.
This reading was made with methods that are still being validated. Every figure says which state it’s in.
Why: Its methods are still being validated.
- Released
- 2 Oct 2026
- Release
- 2026-W34
- Window
- 17–23 Aug 2026
- Version
- 1 · superseded
- Next release
- Wednesday 2 Sep 2026
- Method
- 005c-series-v2
Attention
How many people posted about xAI API on each platform, and xAI API’s share of that platform’s posts. One row per platform, each on its own terms.
Not counted this week. Bluesky, Google News and Exa have no day in this window that counts, so they have no figures here.
Reddit. People hidden: n 6 people, below the threshold of 20 people. Share and posts hidden: n 7 posts, below the threshold of 20 posts.
Hacker News. People hidden: n 0 people, below the threshold of 20 people. Share and posts hidden: n 0 posts, below the threshold of 20 posts.
arXiv. People not applicable: arXiv posts are articles, which have no authors, so people aren’t counted. Share and posts hidden: n 0 posts, below the threshold of 20 posts.
In development. Spam, bot and incentive posts were removed with labels that agree with a stronger model at κ 0.65, below the 0.80 needed to drop this mark. The agreement is model-to-model.
Posts published 17–23 Aug 2026, as of 25 Sep 2026 13:30Z; in development. People count distinct platform identities and are never added across platforms. Share is xAI API’s posts over all posts AIDRAN captured on that platform in the window. Reddit’s posts include its comments. A normal share is xAI API's share of each platform's posts in the 11 earlier stored weeks of the same era (2026-W23, 2026-W24, 2026-W25, 2026-W26, 2026-W27, 2026-W28, 2026-W29, 2026-W30, 2026-W31, 2026-W32, 2026-W33), per platform. Its figures are in those readings. Choose any number to see what it rests on and the posts behind it.
Communities
The communities the conversation about xAI API happened in, grouped by platform.
Posts about xAI API by community, 17–23 Aug 2026, as of 25 Sep 2026 13:30Z; in development. Each platform is drawn on its own scale. The word after each community is its type: who is there, not what it’s about (users are people who use one AI product; builders build with AI). A post counts once, in the community it was posted in.
Change
Nothing in this reading could be compared with the previous reading of xAI API, for 10–16 Aug 2026.
10 measures not compared, and why
- People posting about xAI API, Reddit. n 0 people between 10 and 16 August 2026, below the threshold of 100 people for a change. n 0 people between 17 and 23 August 2026, below the threshold of 100 people for a change. Between 10 and 16 August 2026: n 3 people, below the threshold of 20 people. Between 17 and 23 August 2026: n 6 people, below the threshold of 20 people.
- People posting about xAI API, Bluesky. n 0 people between 10 and 16 August 2026, below the threshold of 100 people for a change. n 0 people between 17 and 23 August 2026, below the threshold of 100 people for a change. Between 10 and 16 August 2026: Not counted this week: Bluesky has no day between 10 and 16 August 2026 that AIDRAN counts, so there's no figure to show. Between 17 and 23 August 2026: Not counted this week: Bluesky has no day between 17 and 23 August 2026 that AIDRAN counts, so there's no figure to show.
- People posting about xAI API, Hacker News. n 0 people between 10 and 16 August 2026, below the threshold of 100 people for a change. n 0 people between 17 and 23 August 2026, below the threshold of 100 people for a change. Between 10 and 16 August 2026: n 0 people, below the threshold of 20 people. Between 17 and 23 August 2026: n 0 people, below the threshold of 20 people.
- People posting about xAI API, arXiv. Between 10 and 16 August 2026: arXiv posts are articles, which have no authors, so people aren't counted. Between 17 and 23 August 2026: arXiv posts are articles, which have no authors, so people aren't counted.
- People posting about xAI API, Exa. Between 10 and 16 August 2026: Exa posts are articles, which have no authors, so people aren't counted. Between 17 and 23 August 2026: Exa posts are articles, which have no authors, so people aren't counted.
- xAI API’s share of Reddit posts. n 3 posts between 10 and 16 August 2026, below the threshold of 100 posts for a change. n 7 posts between 17 and 23 August 2026, below the threshold of 100 posts for a change. Between 10 and 16 August 2026: n 3 posts, below the threshold of 20 posts. Between 17 and 23 August 2026: n 7 posts, below the threshold of 20 posts.
- xAI API’s share of Bluesky posts. n 0 posts between 10 and 16 August 2026, below the threshold of 100 posts for a change. n 0 posts between 17 and 23 August 2026, below the threshold of 100 posts for a change. Between 10 and 16 August 2026: Not counted this week: Bluesky has no day between 10 and 16 August 2026 that AIDRAN counts, so there's no figure to show. Between 17 and 23 August 2026: Not counted this week: Bluesky has no day between 17 and 23 August 2026 that AIDRAN counts, so there's no figure to show.
- xAI API’s share of Hacker News posts. n 0 posts between 10 and 16 August 2026, below the threshold of 100 posts for a change. n 0 posts between 17 and 23 August 2026, below the threshold of 100 posts for a change. Between 10 and 16 August 2026: n 0 posts, below the threshold of 20 posts. Between 17 and 23 August 2026: n 0 posts, below the threshold of 20 posts.
- xAI API’s share of arXiv posts. n 0 posts between 10 and 16 August 2026, below the threshold of 100 posts for a change. n 0 posts between 17 and 23 August 2026, below the threshold of 100 posts for a change. Between 10 and 16 August 2026: n 0 posts, below the threshold of 20 posts. Between 17 and 23 August 2026: n 0 posts, below the threshold of 20 posts.
- xAI API’s share of Exa posts. n 0 posts between 10 and 16 August 2026, below the threshold of 100 posts for a change. n 0 posts between 17 and 23 August 2026, below the threshold of 100 posts for a change. Between 10 and 16 August 2026: Not counted this week: Exa has no day between 10 and 16 August 2026 that AIDRAN counts, so there's no figure to show. Between 17 and 23 August 2026: Not counted this week: Exa has no day between 17 and 23 August 2026 that AIDRAN counts, so there's no figure to show.
Change compares this reading with the previous stored reading of the same subject, usually last week’s, and both endpoints stay visible with their dates. Each value carries its n; open it for its full conditions, coverage included.
Conditions
What every figure on this page rests on.
- As of
- 25 Sep 2026 13:30Z
- Coverage computed
- 26 Sep 2026 19:23Z
- Facts checked
- 26 Sep 2026 19:21:13Z
- Posts without facts
- 0
- Author coverage basis
- posts with an identifiable platform identity; article sources have none by definition
Coverage in this window, day by day for each platform, is drawn once: in the conditions rail beside the measured statements.
Coverage in this window
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Bluesky
- 2026-08-17 · not started
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YouTube
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Hacker News
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arXiv
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Google News
- 2026-08-17 · not started
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Exa
- 2026-08-17 · not started
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- 2026-08-19 · not started
- 2026-08-20 · not started
- 2026-08-21 · not started
- 2026-08-22 · not started
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Excluded: posts not about AI
Posts linked to xAI API that relevance run 8 labels not about AI, Reddit
Labels from relevance run 8, an open model.
n 0 posts · Reddit · 17–23 Aug 2026 · 7 days: 7 backfilled
Posts linked to xAI API that relevance run 8 labels not about AI, Hacker News
Labels from relevance run 8, an open model.
n 0 posts · Hacker News · 17–23 Aug 2026 · 7 days: 7 backfilled
Posts linked to xAI API that relevance run 8 labels not about AI, arXiv
Labels from relevance run 8, an open model.
n 0 posts · arXiv · 17–23 Aug 2026 · 7 days: 7 backfilled
Each platform’s share is stated on its own and never combined.
Excluded: spam, bots and incentive posts
Posts linked to xAI API about AI that run 9 labels spam, bot or incentive, Reddit
Labels from run 9, an open model.
n 1 posts · Reddit · 17–23 Aug 2026 · 7 days: 7 backfilled
Posts linked to xAI API about AI that run 9 labels spam, bot or incentive, Hacker News
Labels from run 9, an open model.
n 0 posts · Hacker News · 17–23 Aug 2026 · 7 days: 7 backfilled
Posts linked to xAI API about AI that run 9 labels spam, bot or incentive, arXiv
Labels from run 9, an open model.
n 0 posts · arXiv · 17–23 Aug 2026 · 7 days: 7 backfilled
Each platform’s share is stated on its own and never combined.
Not counted this week, so not shown: Bluesky, Google News and Exa.
These conditions were frozen when the reading was created and are never recomputed.
Not in this reading yet
Parts this method doesn’t produce yet. They’re named, never shown as empty.
- Frames
- Frames aren’t measured yet.
- Register
- Register isn’t measured yet.
- Frame evidence
- Quotes for frames come with frames. The quotes here are the fixed samples behind this reading’s figures.
Cite this reading
In development Published 2 Oct 2026. Release 2026-W34. Its figures never change: a correction or revision is a new reading. Cite it with its permanent link.
AIDRAN. 'xAI API', release 2026-W34, reading r_201c3ed7e794 (v1). Published 2 October 2026.
Permanent link /r/r_201c3ed7e794
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References
xAI API as its maker describes it. Chosen by hand and checked, and not part of the measurement.