How Runway launched on X
303K views, ranked 1305 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, we're sharing new research on GWM Worlds 2. Our latest General World Model that generates interactive real-time simulations in continuous 720p video at 24 fps with 48000 Hz audio. Built on top of our foundational audio-visual generation model, GWM Worlds 2 allows you to
How it compares
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| Compared with | Launches | Median views | This one | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product news the same kind of announcement | 769 | 805K | 0.4x | 528 |
| over 100K followers accounts of a similar size | 611 | 1.4M | 0.2x | 525 |
| Every launch all of them, for scale | 1981 | 688K | 0.4x | 1305 |
What this launch shows
Runway posted this from an account with 291K followers and reached 1 times that many people. Accounts of that size usually reach 2.4 times their following.
This one did not get far past the people who already followed it. It ranks 525 of 611 launches from accounts that size. Against every launch in the directory it is below the median of 688K views, at rank 1305 of 1981.
Quote posts led, 63 of them at 2.1 per 10,000 views against a median of 1.3.
People were adding their own take, which is how a launch gets argued about and carried into audiences the account does not have. Bookmarks: 406. Reposts: 111.
The post opens with “Today, we're sharing new research on GWM Worlds 2”, a first-person opening that the founder-account launches in the directory use most. It carries a 2:24 video against a directory median of 65 seconds. Videos over 90 seconds have a median of 651K views in the directory.
The copy runs 46 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 Thursday. Launches posted on a Thursday have a median of 724K views in the directory, and Friday is the strongest day at 880K.
Giving people something to reply to covers this: the conversation is what carried this one. For the next one, read what viral AI launches share: model launches are the largest category in the directory and travel on the demo.
X analytics explained is the guide for it: what each of these numbers means, with benchmarks by account size. This launch sits in the Frontier Lab and Consumer AI directories.
Questions about this launch
When did Runway launch?
Runway posted the launch on X on 3 September 2026.
How many views did the Runway launch post get?
302,915 views at the last read, ranked 1305 of the 1981 AI launches Doomers tracks, 1 times the account's following.
Who posted the Runway launch?
@runwayml, which has 291K followers.
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