How did Linear Markdown and text file drop do on X?
Linear posted the Markdown and text file drop launch from @linear on Sep 18, 2026. The post has 21,805 views, 188 likes, 4 reposts, 7 quotes and 12 replies, an engagement rate of 0.97%. It ranks #3209 of the 3,785 launches Gridd tracks.
New: You can now drop .md and .txt files into Linear as content instead of attachments.
- 18%the median launch119.4K median views
- #3209of the launches we trackout of 3,785
- 0.2xits own following116,112 followers
- Views
- 21.8K
- Likes
- 188
- Reposts
- 4
- Quotes
- 7
- Replies
- 12
- Bookmarks
- 46
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, 21.8K views would cost $2K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 46x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 0.2 views for every follower of @linear.
What launched?
Linear launched support for dropping .md and .txt files into Linear as content instead of attachments.
How does it compare with other launches?
Linear Markdown and text file drop has more views than 15% of the 3,785 launches Gridd tracks: 18% of the median launch's 119.4K views.
- Linear Markdown and text file drop21.8K
- Median tracked launch119.4K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Linear Markdown and text file drop | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 21.8K | 119.4K |
| Engagement rate | 0.97% | 0.58% |
| Views per follower | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| Quote posts | 7 | 20 |
| Saves per 10K views | 21.1 | 15.0 |
Other Linear launches we track: Linear Agent (6.3M views), Linear Customer Requests (3.1M views), Linear Initiatives (1.5M views), Linear Loops (637.1K views), Linear Mobile (469.7K views), Linear Agent in Slack (325.5K views). All 71 Linear 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 | 46% | #212 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 1,516 | 113.9K | 19% | #1310 |
| Video launch posts | 2,470 | 144.7K | 15% | #2178 |
| Every launch | 3,785 | 119.4K | 18% | #3209 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 116.1K followers, the post reached 0.2 times the account's following. Launches from accounts 100K to 1M followers reach a median of 0.5 times their following, so this one went about 36% as far as usual for its size. It ranks 1310 of 1516 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 7 quote posts, 3.2 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 "New: You can now drop .md and .txt files into". The post runs 16 words, against a median of 38 for launch posts here, and leads with a video: video launches have a median of 144.7K views, against 77.9K for the rest.
There is no link in the post. Launch posts without a link have a median of 127.4K views in the tracker.
It went out on a Friday (UTC). Friday launches have a median of 101.1K 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
- How many views did Linear Markdown and text file drop get on X?
- 21,805 views. Linear posted it from @linear on Sep 18, 2026, and the post has 188 likes, 4 reposts, 7 quotes, 12 replies and 46 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Linear Markdown and text file drop a big launch on X?
- It ranks #3209 of the 3,785 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 15% of them and 18% of the median launch's 119.4K views. Its engagement rate is 0.97%, against a median of 0.58%.
- What would 21.8K 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, 21.8K views would cost $2K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 46x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/linear-markdown-and-text-file-drop, 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.