How patch launched on X

290K views, ranked 1566 of the 2533 launches we track. It was saved at well above the usual rate, which is the signal that matters more than reach for anything with a considered purchase behind it.

Posted 2026-11-09 by @rehan_shei · engagement read 2026-11-12

patch launch post on X0:47
Rehan Sheikh
Rehan Sheikh
@rehan_shei · 14K followers
Open on X →

Introducing patch: build and play games. - Every game dev tool in one CLI and MCP - 50,000+ open-source assets - Remix any game on patch, or mod the ones on your PC - Ship it to everyone on patch, opensource :) We're opening it to everyone today:

2K likes174 reposts 106 replies47 quotes 3K bookmarks
290K
Views
1x the median launch
#1566
Of the launches we track
out of 2533
20x
Its own following
14,492 followers when it posted
106.5
Saves per 10K views
8.7x the median rate

In the Doomers AI Launch Index

A Launch Score of 45 for November 2026, ahead of 37% of that month’s launches past 100K views. See the November 2026 index and how the score works.

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 withLaunchesMedian viewsThis oneRank
Developer tools launches
from accounts 5K to 25K followers
152349K0.8x83
Product release
the same kind of announcement
1265542K0.5x761
5K to 25K followers
accounts of a similar size
643465K0.6x378
Every launch
all of them, for scale
2533575K0.5x1566

What this launch shows

The post went out from an account with 14K followers. It was seen 20 times over. For 5K to 25K followers the usual multiple is 40.3, so the ranking model showed this to fewer strangers than it shows most launches.

It ranks 378 of 643 launches from accounts that size. Against every launch in the directory it is below the median of 575K views, at rank 1566 of 2533.

Saves led. 3K people bookmarked it, 106.5 per 10,000 views against a directory median of 12.2. A bookmark is a plan to come back, and it tracks signups and demo requests more closely than a like does.

The rest: 106 replies, 47 quotes, 174 reposts. One bookmark for every 0.6 likes is a high ratio and usually means a product people intend to try.

It starts “Introducing patch: build and play games”, the same first word as 25% of launches in the directory. It carries a 47-second video against a directory median of 66 seconds. Videos between 30 and 90 seconds have a median of 499K views in the directory.

The copy runs 50 words, about the usual length for a launch post here, where the median is 42. 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 Monday. Launches posted on a Monday have a median of 534K views in the directory, and Wednesday is the strongest day at 617K.

Attributing signups to a launch covers this: a save rate this high is the number to follow into the product. For the next one, read developer marketing strategy: developers try before they read, so the post has to let them.

X analytics explained is the guide for it: what each of these numbers means, with benchmarks by account size. This launch sits in the Developer Tool and Consumer AI directories.

Questions about this launch

When did patch launch?

patch posted the launch on X on 9 November 2026.

How many views did the patch launch post get?

289,863 views at the last read, ranked 1566 of the 2533 AI launches Doomers AI tracks, 20 times the account's following.

Who posted the patch launch?

@rehan_shei, which had 14,492 followers when it posted.

Planning something like this?

We run launches on X for AI companies, with creators who already hold the audience you want reaching.