How Profound announced its Series D on X
217K views, ranked 1393 of the 1981 launches we track. Reach and saves both sit close to where the rest of this list sits.
1:37
Excited to share @profound has raised a $180M Series D, co-led by @sequoia and @kleinerperkins. Winning in AI Search requires an inhuman amount of work. That is why we are building the AI platform for marketers, underpinned by two things: 1/ Your AI Marketer, a marketing expert
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funding announcement the same kind of announcement | 247 | 419K | 0.5x | 161 |
| 5K to 25K followers accounts of a similar size | 479 | 582K | 0.4x | 327 |
| Every launch all of them, for scale | 1981 | 688K | 0.3x | 1393 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 10K followers, this reached 22 times the account's own following. The median for 5K to 25K followers is 50.8 times, so this one stayed closer to home than most.
It ranks 327 of 479 launches from accounts that size. Against every launch in the directory it is below the median of 688K views, at rank 1393 of 1981.
Replies led. 162 of them, 7.5 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 252, reposts at 96.
The first line is “Excited to share @profound has raised a $180M Series D, co-led by @sequoia and @kleinerperkins”. It carries a 1:37 video against a directory median of 65 seconds. Videos over 90 seconds have a median of 651K views in the directory.
The copy runs 48 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 Tuesday. Launches posted on a Tuesday have a median of 651K views in the directory, and Friday is the strongest day at 880K.
How to announce a funding round covers this: the round is the news and the post has to turn it into customers and hires.
For the next one, read giving people something to reply to: the conversation is what carried this one. X analytics explained is the guide for it: what each of these numbers means, with benchmarks by account size.
Questions about this launch
When did Profound launch?
Profound posted the launch on X on 15 September 2026.
How many views did the Profound launch post get?
216,641 views at the last read, ranked 1393 of the 1981 AI launches Doomers tracks, 22 times the account's following.
Who posted the Profound launch?
@dbabbs, which has 10K followers.
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