Launch Videos
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.@with_sherpa turns more website visitors into customers by running experiments…
No clear spoken opening: the video opens on music, text or visuals. Shown instead: the start of the post text.
22k views
Fewer views than 93% of the library · #559 of 598
- Runtime
- 1:13
- Posted
- Apr 27, 2026
- Pace
- 105 wpm
.@with_sherpa turns more website visitors into customers by running experiments…
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Launch anatomy
When each beat happens. Beats that weren’t found are left out; the full transcript isn’t published.
- First five secondsOther spoken line
Not detected: company named, product named, demo starts, call to action
105 words a minute · conversational
Launches at this pace have a median of 346k views (n=185). Pace covers the whole runtime, pauses included.
Show the data
| Pace | Median views | Videos (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Sparse (0–80) | 571,511 | 84 |
| Conversational (80–140) | 346,258 | 185 |
| Brisk (140–180) | 326,715 | 215 |
| Dense (180–+) | 670,380 | 71 |
How it compares
- 1.0× the median customer story launch (22k, n=1)
- 0.1× the median AI agent launch (377k, n=164)
- 0.1× the library median (407k, n=598)
- All launchesn=598 · median 407k: 598 launches, median 407,120 views
- Customer storyn=1 · median 22k: 1 launches, median 21,652 views
- AI agentn=164 · median 377k: 164 launches, median 376,795 views
One launch Median This launchViews, log scale
Show the data
| Group | Videos | Median | 25th pct | 75th pct | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All launches | 598 | 407,120 | 103,030 | 1,346,326 | 138,357,050 |
| Customer story | 1 | 21,652 | 21,652 | 21,652 | 21,652 |
| AI agent | 164 | 376,795 | 101,539 | 1,583,684 | 138,357,050 |
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Hook style, category, “why it worked” and the takeaway are AI-assisted labels, not hand-reviewed. Beat timings miss some moments: “not detected” does not mean it never happened.
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