Launch Videos

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853k views

More views than 66% of the library · #200 of 598

Runtime
1:23
Posted
May 18, 2026
Pace
160 wpm
Chatbase on X

We just crossed $10M in ARR at @Chatbase! 🎉 🎉 And today, we're launching Chatbase as the…

1:23 · May 18, 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 ChatbaseRuntime 1:23. First five seconds: Claim or number. Company named at 12s. Demo starts at 17s.0–5s hook · Claim or numberCompany named at 12s12s Company namedDemo starts at 17s17s Demo starts0:000:210:421:021:23
  • First five secondsClaim or number
  • Company named12s
  • Demo starts17s

Not detected: product named, call to action

Narration pace

160 words a minute · brisk

Narration pace: 160 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

  • 3.1× the median founder story launch (279k, n=43)
  • 2.3× the median AI agent launch (377k, n=164)
  • 2.1× 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. Founder storyn=43 · median 279k
  3. AI agentn=164 · median 377k

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
AI agent164376,795101,5391,583,684138,357,050

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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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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