How Base launched on X
527K views, ranked 1151 of the 1981 launches we track. Reach and saves both sit close to where the rest of this list sits.
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Today marks 3 years of Base A lot has happened: - Almost $5B in TVL - $46T in stablecoin volume - 90% of all x402 transactions All of this is thanks to the builders and believers Still day one
How it compares
A launch means nothing against no one. These are the launches it is actually comparable to, and where this one sits among them.
| Compared with | Launches | Median views | This one | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coming out of stealth the same kind of announcement | 11 | 915K | 0.6x | 9 |
| over 100K followers accounts of a similar size | 611 | 1.4M | 0.4x | 500 |
| Every launch all of them, for scale | 1981 | 688K | 0.8x | 1151 |
What this launch shows
Base posted this from an account with 1.6M followers and reached about 33.8% of them. For over 100K followers the usual multiple is 2.4, so the ranking model showed this to fewer strangers than it shows most launches.
It ranks 500 of 611 launches from accounts that size. Against every launch in the directory it is below the median of 688K views, at rank 1151 of 1981.
Replies led. 1K of them, 20.6 per 10,000 views against a median of 2.3. The post started a conversation, and the ranking model pays for conversation with reach in the hours after.
Bookmarks came in at 104, reposts at 964. One bookmark for every 36.7 likes is a low ratio for a launch, and reads as entertainment more than intent.
It starts “Today marks 3 years of Base”, a first-person opening that the founder-account launches in the directory use most. It carries a 7-second video against a directory median of 65 seconds. Videos under 30 seconds have a median of 850K views in the directory.
The copy runs 40 words, about the usual length for a launch post here, where the median is 41. There is a link in the body, which costs a post some reach and buys it a place to send people.
It went out on a Sunday. Launches posted on a Sunday have a median of 526K views in the directory, and Friday is the strongest day at 880K.
Stealth mode startups covers this: a first public post carries years of work, and that story is the asset. For the next one, read giving people something to reply to: the conversation is what carried this one.
Why posts from large accounts under-reach is the guide for it: a post seen by fewer people than follow the account was held back by the ranking model.
Questions about this launch
When did Base launch?
Base posted the launch on X on 9 August 2026.
How many views did the Base launch post get?
527,116 views at the last read, ranked 1151 of the 1981 AI launches Doomers tracks, 0 times the account's following.
Who posted the Base launch?
@base, which has 1.6M followers.
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