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
3,265+572 (+21.2%)

launches · Oct 14–Oct 16 vs Oct 11–Oct 13

Hit rate (settled)
6.0%
— · Oct 12–Oct 14 vs Oct 9–Oct 11
Trend · Volatility
+9.6 · 36%
188 hits of 3,149 settled
daily launches, 8 complete days

Launches: Weekday effect likely: Wed–Fri is compared with Sun–Tue, not the same weekdays last week (not enough history yet; expected from about Oct 19). Launch counts and hit rates swing a lot by weekday.Hit rate: Weekday effect likely: Mon–Wed is compared with Fri–Sun, not the same weekdays last week (not enough history yet; expected from about Oct 21). Launch counts and hit rates swing a lot by weekday.

Most buzz (comments gained) over the latest interval (Oct 17, 02:39 UTC → Oct 17, 13:13 UTC, 10.6h). 17 matches. Spam giveaways excluded.

#Sector
1Parrot

Smart Meeting Assistant for Mac that helps during the call

COMM66+66IPO—212h ago
2Scowld

An open-source AI companion for voice, vision and chat

COMM4+4IPO—112h ago
3Hintly for Google Meet™

Real-time hints for every term you miss on Google Meet

COMM132+3▲ +2.3%136h ago
4Davetly.org

Free digital invitations you share with one WhatsApp link

COMM2+2IPO—112h ago
5Lounest

Chat, voice, and screen sharing for your people

COMM2+2IPO—112h ago
6MailMind AI

Reply to any email in any language — one click

COMM2+2IPO—112h ago
7xy – Translation Messenger

Each on your own phone — chat in 231 languages

COMM2+2IPO—112h ago
8CallsKept

Missed-call text-back + AI receptionist for small business

COMM2+2IPO—112h ago
9VerbX: AI Translate & Chat

Talk Local. Listen Global

COMM2+2IPO—112h ago
10Tickdown

Animated countdown timers for high-converting emails

COMM1+1IPO—112h ago
11Remi

An AI receptionist that answers every call and books it

COMM1+1IPO—112h ago
12SourcePing

Discord alerts for releases, streams and restocks

COMM1+1IPO—112h ago
13NestoDesk

Find and reuse ChatGPT conversations on Windows

COMM1+1IPO—112h ago
14Phone Sniper SMS Blasting Tool

Phone Sniper SMS is a powerful SMS marketing platform.

COMM1+1IPO—112h ago
15NextGenSoft AI Advisor

Your next project starts with a conversation.

COMM1+1IPO—112h ago
16Opivv

Record your screen, share instantly, skip meetings

COMM1+1IPO—112h ago
17Nudgebox

Send push notifications without building an app

COMM5600.0%136h 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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