Launch Videos

250,000 users found Pilot on their own.

The spoken opening line (at most 25 words).

655k views

More views than 60% of the library · #235 of 598

Runtime
2:18
Posted
Jul 27, 2026
Pace
167 wpm
Pilot Protocol on X

1/ Today we're introducing Pilot Protocol: the Network OS for agents. A network where…

2:18 · Jul 27, 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 Pilot ProtocolRuntime 2:18. First five seconds: Other spoken line. Product named at 0s. Company named at 2:14.0–5s hook · Other spoken lineProduct named at 0s0s Product namedCompany named at 2:142:14 Company named0:000:341:091:442:18
  • First five secondsOther spoken line
  • Company named2:14
  • Product named0s

Not detected: demo starts, call to action

Narration pace

167 words a minute · brisk

Narration pace: 167 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 benchmark or stat launch (1.2M, n=31)
  • 1.7× the median AI agent launch (377k, n=164)
  • 1.6× 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. 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
Benchmark or stat311,233,026128,8492,273,08811,035,212
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