Launch Videos

90% of the code.

The spoken opening line (at most 25 words).

29k views

Fewer views than 91% of the library · #545 of 598

Runtime
1:03
Posted
Apr 28, 2026
Pace
153 wpm
Y Combinator on X

Are you missing out on the next 10x engineer? Saffron (@trysaffron) lets companies…

1:03 · 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 Y CombinatorRuntime 1:03. First five seconds: Claim or number. Company named at 12s. Call to action at 57s.0–5s hook · Claim or numberCompany named at 12s12s Company namedCall to action at 57s57s Call to action0:000:160:320:471:03
  • First five secondsClaim or number
  • Company named12s
  • Call to action57s

Not detected: product named, demo starts

Narration pace

153 words a minute · brisk

Narration pace: 153 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

  • 0.0× the median benchmark or stat launch (1.2M, n=31)
  • 0.1× the median dev tool launch (465k, n=76)
  • 0.1× 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. Benchmark or statn=31 · median 1.2M
  3. dev tooln=76 · median 465k

One launch Median This launchViews, log scale

Show the data
GroupVideosMedian25th pct75th pctMax
All launches598407,120103,0301,346,326138,357,050
Benchmark or stat311,233,026128,8492,273,08811,035,212
dev tool76464,900185,732938,0914,777,820

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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