LAUNCH·INDEX
LNCH1,007+7.6%

Experimental: traction = early-adopter votes (PH) / points (HN), not downloads or usage; updated about once a day and frozen ~31–36h after launch on Product Hunt (7 days on Show HN); sectors come from keyword rules (~70–75% accurate); data starts Oct 3 (HN) / Oct 9 (PH). “—” means not enough data; nothing is estimated. How it works

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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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LNCHLaunch Index · all sectors
451+26 (+6.1%)

launches · Oct 14–Oct 16 vs Oct 7–Oct 9 (same weekday)

Hit rate (settled)
8.1%
— · Oct 12–Oct 14 vs Oct 5–Oct 7
Trend · Volatility
+2.9 · 27%
40 hits of 496 settled
daily launches, 13 complete days

Highest traction among products launched in the last 7 days. Traction for older Product Hunt launches is frozen (votes stop being re-read ~31–36h after launch; Show HN after 7 days), so this is each product’s last recorded traction. 16 matches. Spam giveaways excluded.

#Sector
1I wrote an email app that accepts only one sender per inboxCOMM11400.0%13d ago
2Aporium

A UMAP galaxy of 5800 philosophy excerpts in conversation

COMM40—006d ago
3An Email-to-iMessage GatewayCOMM30—03d ago
4One link, one message

replace it by paying $1 more than the last

COMM30—05d ago
5Peer-to-peer instant messaging with proof-of-work spam protectionCOMM30—007d ago
6P2P Browser-to-Browser WebRTC Zoom/Meets Ultraminimal PoCCOMM20—06d ago
7GmailClass

Chrome extension that labels Gmail emails

COMM2+2IPO—18h ago
8Quick Chat

Bring Back ChatGPT Classic's Option-Space Chat Bar

COMM20—03d ago
9Let Muse book your services and leave you a messageCOMM20—04d ago
10Forwarder.cc

Static-site forms sent to your inbox, pay per message

COMM20—002d ago
11Mailbox Viewer

publish FOIA email dumps as a static Gmail-like site

COMM20—006d ago
12A newsletter powered by JevCOMM20—006d ago
13PearlPBX2

open call center solution on Asterisk

COMM10—04d ago
14Cedric, the AI teammates that works in Slack and joins meetingsCOMM10—002d ago
15Form to EmailCOMM10—004d ago
16Notifications for Lit Web ComponentsCOMM10—006d 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

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