Product Hunt launches doubled while engagement halved

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Product Hunt Data Explorer

Product Hunt trends<br>Market structure and launch dynamics across 520,038 products (2013–2026).

Launches<br>520,038<br>2013–2026

Makers<br>337,391

Topics<br>432

Market snapshot<br>Median upvotes

Breakout rate (500+ upvotes)<br>0.5%

YoY launch growth<br>+11%

Repeat launchers<br>17.4%<br>in 2026

Launches over time<br>YearMonthWeek<br>520,038 launches · 152 buckets

One bar per calendar month · UTC launch time

Launches by weekday<br>Total posts grouped by day of week at launch (UTC). Product Hunt skews toward mid-week.

Launches by calendar month<br>All years combined — which months see the most launches on Product Hunt.

Repeat launchers over time<br>YearMonthWeek<br>14 buckets · Latest: 28.2% repeat

Share of launches from submitters with a prior launch (by UTC date in this dataset). Hover for counts.

Topic growth<br>YearMonthWeek<br>Top 5 · 14 periods

TechProductivityArtificial IntelligenceDeveloper ToolsMarketingOther

Gray base = all other topics. Hover a bar for counts and share per period.

Topic mix<br>Top 12 · 432 topics

TopicShare<br>Tech

10.7%<br>Productivity

8.7%<br>Artificial Intelligence

6.2%<br>Developer Tools

4.6%<br>Marketing

3.8%<br>SaaS

2.9%<br>Android

2.8%<br>iOS

2.5%<br>Design Tools

2.4%<br>Web App

2.4%<br>User Experience

1.9%<br>Education

1.8%

Other

49.3%

420 smaller topics roll up as Other. Tags overlap — one launch can have several topics.

Success benchmarks by year<br>Breakout rateMedian upvotesTop-5 day rate<br>14 years

500+ upvotes as % of all launches that year

Upvote distribution<br>How launches cluster by final upvote count — most products land below 250; the long tail drives mean above median.

Upvote percentiles over time<br>YearMonthWeek<br>14 periods

P50 (median)P90P99

How the upvote distribution shifts over time — P50 is the typical launch, P90/P99 track breakout performance.

Average upvotes per launch<br>YearMonthWeek<br>14 buckets · Latest: 8 avg votes

Mean upvotes per launch (UTC).

Average comments per launch<br>YearMonthWeek<br>14 buckets · Latest: 2 avg comments

Mean comments per launch (UTC).

launch launches yearmonthweek product hunt topics

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