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I'm excited to announce Databento's $97M Series B led by @NEA, with participation from…

No clear spoken opening: the video opens on music, text or visuals. Shown instead: the start of the post text.

160k views

Fewer views than 69% of the library · #416 of 598

Runtime
1:03
Posted
Jul 9, 2026
Pace
152 wpm
Databento on X

I'm excited to announce Databento's $97M Series B led by @NEA, with participation from…

1:03 · Jul 9, 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 DatabentoRuntime 1:03. First five seconds: Claim or number. Company named at 15s.0–5s hook · Claim or numberCompany named at 15s15s Company named0:000:160:320:471:03
  • First five secondsClaim or number
  • Company named15s

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

Narration pace

152 words a minute · brisk

Narration pace: 152 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

  • 0.5× the median funding announcement launch (303k, n=91)
  • 0.4× the median funding launch (394k, n=94)
  • 0.4× 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. Funding announcementn=91 · median 303k
  3. fundingn=94 · median 394k

One launch Median This launchViews, log scale

Show the data
GroupVideosMedian25th pct75th pctMax
All launches598407,120103,0301,346,326138,357,050
Funding announcement91302,61799,0731,218,57114,373,501
funding94393,739148,4161,118,00414,373,501

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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