Changelog
Dated X platform changes. Every entry links at least one official or first-hand source.
October 2026
2026-10-13Product3 sources
X Premium is folded into “The X Subscription” bundle
One plan now covers Grok, Grok Bot, Cursor and X Premium perks: Free, Plus $8, Premium $30, Super $100, Ultra $200 a month.
2026-10-09Policy2 sources
New X Terms of Service take effect
Updated Terms are live. Outside the EU/EFTA/UK, Texas law and courts apply, with AAA arbitration as the fallback; scraping still needs written permission.
2026-10-02API & Pricing2 sources
X API adds free credits for new pay-per-use accounts
$20 when you save a first payment card, plus a match of your first auto-recharge up to $50. Credits expire after 3 months.
September 2026
2026-09-18Algorithm2 sources
Under the Hood shows legal withholding and opens to all eligible accounts
The visibility report now says if a post was withheld in a country because of a legal demand, and which country.
2026-09-08Monetization2 sources
Revenue Sharing ends; Original Content Rewards opens to former members
Creator Revenue Sharing paid out through 7 Sep. From 8 Sep, former members can apply to Original Content Rewards if they meet its thresholds.
2026-09-02Monetization2 sources
US creator payouts move from Stripe to X Money
US payouts for Original Content Rewards and Subscriptions now go to X Money. Creators outside the US stay on Stripe.
2026-09-01Feature1 source
Video length limits documented: 20 min default, 125 min for Premium
The X API docs now list upload limits by account type. Premium/verified accounts can post video up to 125 minutes and 16 GB.
August 2026
2026-08-14Algorithm1 source
Repo clarifies ranking weights and adds a Brazil election filter
X says the weights scale predicted probabilities, not raw counts, so “1 report = 468 likes” is a misreading.
2026-08-13Algorithm2 sources
X expands its open-source algorithm and pilots “Under the Hood”
Ranking weights, visibility-filtering code and Phoenix training code are now public, plus a downloadable report of labels on your account.
2026-08-08Monetization2 sources
X announces Original Content Rewards to replace Revenue Sharing
Revenue Sharing closes to new members. The new program pays on qualified impressions and favours original posts.
June 2026
2026-06-11API & Pricing1 source
X API adds endpoints to draft and publish Articles
Long-form Articles can now be drafted and published programmatically.
2026-06-03Feature1 source
Posts can carry a paid-partnership label via the API
Setting paid_partnership: true when posting via the API labels the post as paid promotion.
April 2026
2026-04-20API & Pricing3 sources
API repricing: posts with links now cost $0.20 each
Owned Reads fall to $0.001, a normal post rises to $0.015, a post with a URL costs $0.20. Follow, like and quote-post writes are gone from self-serve.
2026-04-11Monetization2 sources
X cuts Revenue Sharing payouts for aggregator accounts
Head of product Nikita Bier said aggregators were paid 60% this cycle, with another 20% cut next cycle.
February 2026
2026-02-23Policy1 source
API replies only allowed when the author “summons” you
On self-serve tiers, programmatic replies now need the original author to have @mentioned or quoted the replying account.
2026-02-06API & Pricing2 sources
X API launches pay-per-use pricing
Buy credits and pay per request. It comes with a new Developer Console, official SDKs, a Playground and an MCP server.