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The spoken opening line (at most 25 words).

479k views

More views than 53% of the library · #279 of 598

Runtime
2:12
Posted
Apr 29, 2026
Pace
144 wpm
Zed on X

Zed 1.0: Your last next editor.

2:12 · Apr 29, 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 ZedRuntime 2:12. First five seconds: Other spoken line. Company named at 0s. Call to action at 2:07.0–5s hook · Other spoken lineCompany named at 0s0s Company namedCall to action at 2:072:07 Call to action0:000:331:061:392:12
  • First five secondsOther spoken line
  • Company named0s
  • Call to action2:07

Not detected: product named, demo starts

Narration pace

144 words a minute · brisk

Narration pace: 144 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.

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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

  • 0.9× the median bold claim launch (532k, n=50)
  • 1.0× the median dev tool launch (465k, n=76)
  • 1.2× 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. Bold claimn=50 · median 532k
  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
Bold claim50532,014106,9571,889,27219,483,811
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