Launch Videos

Before I joined Rippling, I was a founder.

The spoken opening line (at most 25 words).

4.3M views

More views than 92% of the library · #42 of 598

Runtime
0:30
Posted
Apr 28, 2026
Pace
170 wpm
Rippling on X

Today, we launched @Rippling Automated Compliance, starting with SOC 2. We have a unique…

0:30 · Apr 28, 2026

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Launch anatomy

When each beat happens. Beats that weren’t found are left out; the full transcript isn’t published.

Launch anatomy for RipplingRuntime 0:30. First five seconds: Other spoken line. Company named at 0s.0–5s hook · Other spoken lineCompany named at 0s0s Company named0:000:080:150:220:30
  • First five secondsOther spoken line
  • Company named0s

Not detected: product named, demo starts, call to action

Narration pace

170 words a minute · brisk

Narration pace: 170 words per minute; library median 142.SparseConversationalBriskDenselibrary median 142

Launches at this pace have a median of 327k views (n=215). Pace covers the whole runtime, pauses included.

Show the data
PaceMedian viewsVideos (n)
Sparse (0–80)571,51184
Conversational (80–140)346,258185
Brisk (140–180)326,715215
Dense (180–+)670,38071

How it compares

  • 15× the median founder story launch (279k, n=43)
  • 30× the median enterprise SaaS launch (142k, n=61)
  • 11× the library median (407k, n=598)
Where this launch landsEach dot is one launch. The ringed dot is this one.
  1. All launchesn=598 · median 407k
  2. Founder storyn=43 · median 279k
  3. enterprise SaaSn=61 · median 142k

One launch Median This launchViews, log scale

Show the data
GroupVideosMedian25th pct75th pctMax
All launches598407,120103,0301,346,326138,357,050
Founder story43278,53064,9921,099,29639,909,098
enterprise SaaS61142,33032,387515,67219,483,811

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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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Videos belong to the companies that posted them and play through X’s official embed, which loads only after you click. Hook labels and “why it worked” notes are AI-assisted analysis and can be wrong. Curated from public launch posts on X. Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Corrections and removal