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The spoken opening line (at most 25 words).

463k views

More views than 52% of the library · #283 of 598

Runtime
2:24
Posted
Jun 11, 2026
Pace
181 wpm
Castform on X

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2:24 · Jun 11, 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 CastformRuntime 2:24. First five seconds: Intro or brand. Company named at 0s. Call to action at 2:11.0–5s hook · Intro or brandCompany named at 0s0s Company namedCall to action at 2:112:11 Call to action0:000:361:121:482:24
  • First five secondsIntro or brand
  • Company named0s
  • Call to action2:11

Not detected: product named, demo starts

Narration pace

181 words a minute · dense

Narration pace: 181 words per minute; library median 142.SparseConversationalBriskDenselibrary median 142

Launches at this pace have a median of 670k views (n=71). 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

  • 0.8× the median demo first launch (558k, n=140)
  • 1.0× the median dev tool launch (465k, n=76)
  • 1.1× 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. Demo firstn=140 · median 558k
  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
Demo first140557,771197,9071,810,652138,357,050
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