How Raycast launched on X
468K views, ranked 1288 of the 2314 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.
5:56
Introducing the all-new primary keyboard for iOS. No more keyboard switching. 🎙️ Dictation ⌨️ Swipe typing and autocorrect ✨ AI Commands and Quick Fix ⚡ Snippet expansion and Quicklinks 😍 Smart Emoji search 🎨 Five themes
In the Doomers Launch Index
A Launch Score of 43 for October 2026, ahead of 35% of that month’s launches past 100K views. See the October 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 with | Launches | Median views | This one | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consumer and creative AI launches from accounts 25K to 100K followers | 51 | 1.4M | 0.3x | 39 |
| Product release the same kind of announcement | 1150 | 566K | 0.8x | 621 |
| 25K to 100K followers accounts of a similar size | 314 | 812K | 0.6x | 199 |
| Every launch all of them, for scale | 2314 | 603K | 0.8x | 1288 |
What this launch shows
Raycast posted this from an account with 99K followers and reached 4.7 times that many people. Accounts of that size usually reach 17.1 times their following.
This one did not get far past the people who already followed it. It ranks 199 of 314 launches from accounts that size. Against every launch in the directory it is below the median of 603K views, at rank 1288 of 2314.
Saves led. 1K people bookmarked it, 27.3 per 10,000 views against a directory median of 12.
A bookmark is a plan to come back, and it tracks signups and demo requests more closely than a like does. The rest: 174 replies, 75 quotes, 88 reposts.
The post opens with “Introducing the all-new primary keyboard for iOS”, the same first word as 25% of launches in the directory. It carries a 5:56 video against a directory median of 66 seconds. Videos over 90 seconds have a median of 590K views in the directory.
The copy runs 37 words, about the usual length for a launch post here, where the median is 41. The body carries a link, so the post had somewhere to send the reader and paid a little reach for it.
It went out on a Thursday. Launches posted on a Thursday have a median of 631K views in the directory, and Friday is the strongest day at 647K.
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 X analytics explained: what each of these numbers means, with benchmarks by account size. Every launch we track in Consumer AI is on that vertical's directory page.
Questions about this launch
When did Raycast launch?
Raycast posted the launch on X on 29 October 2026.
How many views did the Raycast launch post get?
468,391 views at the last read, ranked 1288 of the 2314 AI launches Doomers tracks, 5 times the account's following.
Who posted the Raycast launch?
@raycast, which had 99,112 followers when it posted.
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