How did Craft 2.8.5 do on X?
Craft posted the Craft 2.8.5 launch from @craftdocsapp on Jul 1, 2024. The post has 8,528 views, 88 likes, 5 reposts, 0 quotes and 6 replies, an engagement rate of 1.16%. It ranks #3691 of the 3,785 launches Gridd tracks.
☀️2.8.5 Release is Live! 🤖 Updated AI Assistant 🎉 New Mac insert sidebar ✨ Whiteboards improvements 🪟 Major Windows update 🎥 Updated Presentation mode on Publish Page 🪄 Magic Link for email login https://documents.craft.me/v2.8.5
- 7%the median launch119.4K median views
- #3691of the launches we trackout of 3,785
- 0.2xits own following34,555 followers
- Views
- 8.5K
- Likes
- 88
- Reposts
- 5
- Quotes
- 0
- Replies
- 6
- Bookmarks
- 3
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, 8.5K views would cost $1K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 117x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 0.2 views for every follower of @craftdocsapp.
What launched?
Craft released version 2.8.5 with an updated AI Assistant, a new Mac insert sidebar, whiteboard improvements, a major Windows update and Magic Link email login.
How does it compare with other launches?
Craft 2.8.5 has more views than 2% of the 3,785 launches Gridd tracks: 7% of the median launch's 119.4K views.
- Craft 2.8.58.5K
- Median tracked launch119.4K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Craft 2.8.5 | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 8.5K | 119.4K |
| Engagement rate | 1.16% | 0.58% |
| Views per follower | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| Quote posts | 0 | 20 |
| Saves per 10K views | 3.5 | 15.0 |
Other Craft launches we track: Craft Tags and Web Clipper (415.9K views), Craft update (97.6K views), Craft 2.7.4 (26K views), Craft v3.4 (20.1K views), Craft Summer Release (15.7K views), Craft 2.7.6 (13.4K views). All 16 Craft launches, or every productivity 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Productivity launches | 301 | 47.2K | 18% | #287 |
| Accounts 10K to 100K followers | 1,322 | 74.1K | 12% | #1262 |
| Image launch posts | 897 | 84.9K | 10% | #860 |
| Every launch | 3,785 | 119.4K | 7% | #3691 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 34.6K followers, the post reached 0.2 times the account's following. Launches from accounts 10K to 100K followers reach a median of 2.3 times their following, so this one went about 11% as far as usual for its size. It ranks 1262 of 1322 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 0 quote posts, 0.0 per 10,000 views against a median of 1.7. Fewer 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 "☀️2.8.5 Release is Live!". The post runs 33 words, against a median of 38 for launch posts here, and leads with an image: image launches have a median of 84.9K views, against 130.9K for the rest.
There is a link in the post. Launch posts with a link have a median of 109.6K views in the tracker.
It went out on a Monday (UTC). Monday launches have a median of 131.2K views; the strongest day is Tuesday at 137.9K.
Every comparison is against the 3,785 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 Craft?
- In its own words on X: "Your ideas. Your style. Apple’s Mac App of the Year." Craft posted the Craft 2.8.5 launch from @craftdocsapp on Jul 1, 2024.
- How many views did Craft 2.8.5 get on X?
- 8,528 views. Craft posted it from @craftdocsapp on Jul 1, 2024, and the post has 88 likes, 5 reposts, 0 quotes, 6 replies and 3 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Craft 2.8.5 a big launch on X?
- It ranks #3691 of the 3,785 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 2% of them and 7% of the median launch's 119.4K views. Its engagement rate is 1.16%, against a median of 0.58%.
- What would 8.5K 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, 8.5K views would cost $1K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 117x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/craft-2-8-5, 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.