How did Cloudflare EmDash do on X?
Cloudflare posted the EmDash launch from @CloudflareDev on Apr 1, 2026. The post has 520,821 views, 1,706 likes, 274 reposts, 171 quotes and 54 replies, an engagement rate of 0.42%. It ranks #857 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Introducing EmDash — the spiritual successor to WordPress. Serverless. TypeScript. Securely sandboxed plugins via Dynamic Workers. https://cfl.re/3NPVfev
- 3.0xthe median launch175K median views
- #857of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 5.7xits own following91,815 followers
- Views
- 520.8K
- Likes
- 1.7K
- Reposts
- 274
- Quotes
- 171
- Replies
- 54
- Bookmarks
- 1K
What would these views cost to buy?
At $100 per 1,000 views, the rate a brand pays an agency charging $100K for one million views, 520.8K views would cost $52K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 1.9x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 5.7 views for every follower of @CloudflareDev.
What launched?
Cloudflare introduced EmDash, a serverless TypeScript successor to WordPress with securely sandboxed plugins running on Dynamic Workers.
How does it compare with other launches?
Cloudflare EmDash has more views than 70% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 3.0x the median launch's 175K views.
- Cloudflare EmDash520.8K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Cloudflare EmDash | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 520.8K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.42% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 5.7 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 171 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 19.4 | 14.2 |
Other Cloudflare launches we track: Cloudflare /crawl endpoint (10.7M views), Cloudflare Developers Kitesurf (1.4M views), Cloudflare Jev on AI Gateway (189.4K views), Cloudflare OS (23.1K views) and Cloudflare Developers WebMCP on Cloudflare (18.6K views). All 6 Cloudflare launches, or every developer tools launch.
Against launches like it
A launch only means something against comparable ones. These are the groups it belongs to, and where it sits in each.
| Compared with | Launches | Median views | This one | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Developer tools launches | 595 | 111.1K | 4.7x | #135 |
| Accounts 10K to 100K followers | 1,135 | 99.4K | 5.2x | #255 |
| Text-only launch posts | 279 | 122.7K | 4.2x | #60 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 3.0x | #857 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 91.8K followers, the post reached 5.7 times the account's following. Launches from accounts 10K to 100K followers reach a median of 3.1 times their following, so this one went about 1.8 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 255 of 1135 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 171 quote posts, 3.3 per 10,000 views against a median of 1.7. More people than usual added their own take, and a quote post is what carries a launch to audiences the account does not have.
The first line is "Introducing EmDash — the spiritual successor to WordPress.". The post runs 16 words, against a median of 39 for launch posts here, and leads with no media: text-only launches have a median of 122.7K views, against 183.4K for the rest.
There is a link in the post. Launch posts with a link have a median of 160.8K views in the tracker.
It went out on a Wednesday (UTC). Wednesday launches have a median of 178.8K views; the strongest day is Tuesday at 192.3K.
Every comparison is against the 2839 launches in the tracker, read on Nov 14, 2026. Medians, not averages. See the state of launches on X for the full breakdown.
Questions about this launch
- What is Cloudflare?
- In its own words on X: "Have questions, or building something cool with Cloudflare's Developer products? We're here to help. For help with your account please try @CloudflareHelp" Cloudflare posted the EmDash launch from @CloudflareDev on Apr 1, 2026.
- How many views did Cloudflare EmDash get on X?
- 520,821 views. Cloudflare posted it from @CloudflareDev on Apr 1, 2026, and the post has 1,706 likes, 274 reposts, 171 quotes, 54 replies and 1,010 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Cloudflare EmDash a big launch on X?
- It ranks #857 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 70% of them and 3.0x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.42%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 520.8K views on X cost to buy?
- At $100 per 1,000 views, the rate a brand pays an agency charging $100K for one million views, 520.8K views would cost $52K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 1.9x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/cloudflare-emdash, read from the post on X on Nov 14, 2026. Free to cite with a link (CC BY 4.0). Get every launch as JSON.