X Has 550 Million Active Users, Grok’s ‘Spicy Mode’ May Cause ‘Reputational Harm’: SpaceX IPO Filing

BreakingBusinessX Has 550 Million Active Users, Grok’s ‘Spicy Mode’ May Cause ‘Reputational Harm’: SpaceX IPO FilingBySiladitya Ray,Forbes Staff. Siladitya Ray is a New Delhi-based Forbes news team reporter.Follow AuthorMay 21, 2026, 04:27am EDTMay 21, 2026, 04:29am EDTToplineSpaceX’s IPO filing disclosed that X has around 550 million monthly active users, and a fifth of them use xAI’s chatbot Grok’s features, as the company also acknowledged the potential reputational and legal risks posed by the AI tool’s “spicy” mode, including “nonconsensual or exploitative imagery” and misinformation.The filing says X users generate 350 million posts per day.Getty ImagesKey FactsIn its S-1 Filing with the SEC, SpaceX disclosed that X’s users generate approximately 350 million posts per day, and that across both Grok and X, 1.3 billion accounts were active in the twelve months ended March 31.The filing also also noted that 117 million monthly active users used Grok’s AI features, though it’s unclear whether this includes people who tweet at the chatbot’s X handle, @grok.The filing tout’s Grok’s “deep integration” with the social media platform as a strength, saying it allows for freshness and relevance and “enhances Grok’s truth-seeking capabilities.”In the three months that ended in March, Grok’s Imagine content generation tool produced “approximately 10 billion images and over 2 billion videos per month.” if (!window.cnxel) { window.cnxel = {}; window.cnxel.cmd = []; var iframe = document.createElement('iframe'); iframe.style.display = 'none'; iframe.onload = function() { var iframeDoc = iframe.contentWindow.document; var script = iframeDoc.createElement('script'); script.src = '//cd.elements.video/player.js?cid=62cec241-7d09-4462-afc2-f72f8d8ef40a'; script.setAttribute('defer', '1'); script.setAttribute('type', 'text/javascript'); iframeDoc.body.appendChild(script); }; document.head.appendChild(iframe); const preloadResourcesEndpoint = 'https://cds.elements.video/a/preload-re...