How did Roughdraft do on X?
Roughdraft posted the Roughdraft launch from @nbaschez on May 20, 2026. The post has 402,550 views, 1,254 likes, 94 reposts, 62 quotes and 161 replies, an engagement rate of 0.39%. It ranks #969 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks.
Introducing Roughdraft! A new open source project designed to make collaboration with agents better. The idea is to bring commenting and suggested changes to markdown (e.g. plan docs) in a nice interface. Free, local, etc. 👉 https://www.roughdraft.md 👈
- 2.3xthe median launch175K median views
- #969of the launches we trackout of 2839
- 7.9xits own following50,826 followers
- Views
- 402.6K
- Likes
- 1.3K
- Reposts
- 94
- Quotes
- 62
- Replies
- 161
- Bookmarks
- 1.7K
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, 402.6K views would cost $40K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 2.5x what this post got, for about $25K.
The post reached about 7.9 views for every follower of @nbaschez.
What launched?
Nathan Baschez launched Roughdraft, a free, local, open source project that adds commenting and suggested changes to markdown files for collaboration with agents.
How does it compare with other launches?
Roughdraft has more views than 66% of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks: 2.3x the median launch's 175K views.
- Roughdraft402.6K
- Median tracked launch175K
- #1: xAI Voice Cloning204M
| Metric | Roughdraft | Median launch |
|---|---|---|
| Views | 402.6K | 175K |
| Engagement rate | 0.39% | 0.48% |
| Views per follower | 7.9 | 2.8 |
| Quote posts | 62 | 27 |
| Saves per 10K views | 42.7 | 14.2 |
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 | 3.6x | #159 |
| Accounts 10K to 100K followers | 1,135 | 99.4K | 4.0x | #296 |
| Video launch posts | 1,940 | 192.5K | 2.1x | #711 |
| Every launch | 2,839 | 175K | 2.3x | #969 |
What this launch shows
From an account with 50.8K followers, the post reached 7.9 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 2.6 times further than usual for its size. It ranks 296 of 1135 launches from accounts that size.
It drew 62 quote posts, 1.5 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 "Introducing Roughdraft!". The post runs 37 words, against a median of 39 for launch posts here, and leads with a video: video launches have a median of 192.5K views, against 137.6K 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
- How many views did Roughdraft get on X?
- 402,550 views. Roughdraft posted it from @nbaschez on May 20, 2026, and the post has 1,254 likes, 94 reposts, 62 quotes, 161 replies and 1,719 bookmarks. Gridd re-reads these numbers from the post every six hours; these were read on Nov 14, 2026.
- Was Roughdraft a big launch on X?
- It ranks #969 of the 2839 launches Gridd tracks, with more views than 66% of them and 2.3x the median launch's 175K views. Its engagement rate is 0.39%, against a median of 0.48%.
- What would 402.6K 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, 402.6K views would cost $40K. Gridd guarantees one million views, 2.5x what this post got, for about $25K.
Source: Gridd launch tracker, gridd.agency/launches/roughdraft, 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.