How did Obsidian 1.8.0 do on X?
Obsidian posted the Obsidian 1.8.0 launch from @obsdmd on Dec 18, 2024. The post has 47,675 views, 379 likes, 26 reposts, 6 quotes and 10 replies, an engagement rate of 0.88%. It ranks #2597 of the 3,785 launches Gridd tracks.
Obsidian 1.8.0 (early access) is now available to Catalyst members for desktop and mobile! - New web viewer plugin - New command to download local images - Improvements for iCloud on mobile Web viewer is a new core plugin that lets you open external links within Obsidian. This simplifies reading linked content without leaving the app and makes multitasking on web research projects easier. This plugin is disabled by default, and needs to be enabled manually in settings. Download attachments for current file is a new command that downloads all externally embedded images and replaces the external links with internal embeds. iCloud no longer waits to finish syncing your configuration files. If a configuration file was offloaded, it will be redownloaded and you will be prompted to reload the app once the file was been synced. See the full release notes at /changelog
- 40%the median launch119.4K median views
- #2597of the launches we trackout of 3,785
- 0.2xits own following221,459 followers
- Views
- 47.7K
- Likes
- 379
- Reposts
- 26
- Quotes
- 6
- Replies
- 10
- Bookmarks
- 43
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, 47.7K views would cost $5K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 21x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 0.2 views for every follower of @obsdmd.
What launched?
Obsidian released version 1.8.0 in early access with a new web viewer core plugin, a command to download local images and iCloud improvements on mobile.
How does it compare with other launches?
Obsidian 1.8.0 has more views than 31% of the 3,785 launches Gridd tracks: 40% of the median launch's 119.4K views.
- Obsidian 1.8.047.7K
- Median tracked launch119.4K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Obsidian 1.8.0 | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 47.7K | 119.4K |
| Engagement rate | 0.88% | 0.58% |
| Views per follower | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| Quote posts | 6 | 20 |
| Saves per 10K views | 9.0 | 15.0 |
Other Obsidian launches we track: Obsidian 1.12 (1.3M views), Obsidian Bases (391.7K views), Obsidian 1.13 (273.4K views), Obsidian 1.11 (192.8K views), Obsidian Community site (171.1K views), Obsidian Web Clipper 1.0 (169.6K views). All 33 Obsidian 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 | 1.0x | #150 |
| Accounts 100K to 1M followers | 1,516 | 113.9K | 42% | #1065 |
| Text-only launch posts | 418 | 72.1K | 66% | #242 |
| Every launch | 3,785 | 119.4K | 40% | #2597 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 221.5K 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 42% as far as usual for its size. It ranks 1065 of 1516 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 6 quote posts, 1.3 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 "Obsidian 1.8.0 (early access) is now available to Catalyst members for desktop and mobile!". The post runs 143 words, against a median of 38 for launch posts here, and leads with no media: text-only launches have a median of 72.1K views, against 125K 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 Wednesday (UTC). Wednesday launches have a median of 124.8K 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 Obsidian?
- In its own words on X: "The free and flexible app for your private thoughts. For help and deeper discussions, join our community" Obsidian posted the Obsidian 1.8.0 launch from @obsdmd on Dec 18, 2024.
- How many views did Obsidian 1.8.0 get on X?
- 47,675 views. Obsidian posted it from @obsdmd on Dec 18, 2024, and the post has 379 likes, 26 reposts, 6 quotes, 10 replies and 43 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Obsidian 1.8.0 a big launch on X?
- It ranks #2597 of the 3,785 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 31% of them and 40% of the median launch's 119.4K views. Its engagement rate is 0.88%, against a median of 0.58%.
- What would 47.7K 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, 47.7K views would cost $5K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 21x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/obsidian-1-8-0, 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.