Enter the views and likes from any launch post. The tool computes the views-per-like ratio in your browser and returns an Authenticity Grade on FORKOFF's RADAR thresholds: organic below the ~500:1 ceiling, distribution-amplified above it, fraud-tier past ~5,000:1. Free, and nothing leaves the page.
Both numbers come straight off the post. Nothing is sent anywhere: the ratio and the grade are computed in your browser from the two numbers you type. Shorthand like 2M or 450k works.
At or above roughly 5,000 views per like the reach is statistically near-impossible for genuine viral distribution. A ratio this extreme is the signature of bought views.
Treat the number as bought. Do not report it as an organic result, and discount any pitch that leans on it as proof of reach.
A view is cheap to manufacture. A like is a real person choosing to engage. When reach outruns engagement by an order of magnitude, the extra reach did not come from organic pull, so the ratio between the two is a forensic tell that a raw view count can hide.
Organic ceiling
Around 500 views per like. Genuine viral distribution brings engagement with it, so the ratio stays inside this band. This is what a grade-A launch reads.
For the deeper background behind this number, read the audit of 134 X launches that established the organic-versus-bought signature.
Fraud-tier line
Around 5,000 views per like. A gap this wide between reach and engagement is statistically near-impossible for real distribution, so the reach is almost certainly bought.
~500:1
Organic ceiling
Views per like below which reach reads earned
~5,000:1
Fraud-tier line
Ratio too extreme for genuine viral reach
5B+
Views processed
The FORKOFF distribution ledger behind RADAR
$0
Cost to run
Free, computed live in your browser
Two inputs, one ratio, three bands. The same views-forensics RADAR runs on a corpus of real launches, applied to the one you paste.
Read the two numbers off the post
Open the launch post and note the view count and the like count. Those are the only two inputs. Nothing else about the post changes the grade.
Compute the views-per-like ratio
The tool divides views by likes in your browser. A launch with 2,000,000 views and 400 likes is 5,000 views per like; one with 1,000,000 views and 4,000 likes is 250 views per like.
Read the band
The ratio lands in one of three bands on the gauge: organic at or below 500:1 (grade A), distribution-amplified from 500:1 to 5,000:1 (grade C), or fraud-tier at or above 5,000:1 (grade F).
Act on the grade
Grade A: the reach is earned, so amplify it. Grade C: audit where the reach came from before citing the number. Grade F: treat the view count as bought and do not report it as an organic result.
Any time a launch view count is being used as proof, the views-per-like ratio is the cheapest sanity check available before you trust the number.
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Authorship
Kshitij JK
Founder, FORKOFF
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Methodology
The ~500:1 organic ceiling and ~5,000:1 fraud-tier line come from FORKOFF's RADAR view-forensics: a first-party corpus of real X launch videos scored on the views-per-like method. The checker applies those thresholds to the single post you enter, computing the ratio client-side with no data leaving the browser.
Sources cited
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