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Data as of Oct 17, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC · traction last updated Oct 17, 13:13 UTC · updates about once a day
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launches · Oct 14–Oct 16 vs Oct 7–Oct 9 (same weekday)
Biggest vote gain between the two latest ingest runs (Oct 17, 02:39 UTC → Oct 17, 13:13 UTC, 10.6h). Launches listed since the earlier run (IPOs) are left out — their “gain” would just be first-day votes — and appear in New Listings instead. 2 matches. Spam giveaways excluded.
| # | Sector | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemini 4 Argon plays StarCraft | AITL | 228 | +42 | ▲ +22.6% | 15 | 27h ago | |
| 2 | I built a tool to track what AI leaders say and how their views change | AITL | 118 | +1 | ▲ +0.9% | 0 | 3d ago |
Traction = current votes (PH) / points (HN) — early-adopter attention, not downloads or usage. Gained = traction gained between the two latest daily ingest runs; Gain % only when the previous traction was 5+. Buzz = comments gained in that interval. “frozen” = no longer tracked, so no current gain. How it works