LAUNCH·INDEX

Finance & Fintech (FINT)

Sector · Show HN · data as of Oct 31, 2026, 3:03 PM UTC

26+4 (+18.2%)

launches · 7D Oct 24–Oct 30 vs Oct 17–Oct 23 (22)

6.9%—

hit rate · Oct 22–Oct 28 settled (2/29) vs Oct 15–Oct 21 (1/19)

— Not significant at current sample size: +1.6pp, 19 → 29 settled launches (needs 100+ in each window).

+6.9

trending score

Launches & hit rate

Supply · launches per day
0510Oct 17: 1 launchesOct 18: 2 launchesOct 19: 5 launchesOct 20: 5 launchesOct 21: 1 launchesOct 22: 6 launchesOct 23: 2 launchesOct 24: 1 launchesOct 25: 6 launchesOct 26: 5 launchesOct 27: 2 launchesOct 28: 7 launchesOct 29: 4 launchesOct 30: 1 launchesOct 31: 4 launches (incomplete day)Oct 17Oct 19Oct 21Oct 23Oct 25Oct 27Oct 29Oct 31
Demand · hit rate per day (share of settled launches with 10+ votes)
0%10%20%Oct 17: 0 of 1 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 18: 0 of 2 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 19: 0 of 5 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 20: 0 of 5 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 21: 0 of 1 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 22: 0 of 6 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 23: 0 of 2 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 24: 0 of 1 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 25: 1 of 6 settled launches hit 10+ votes (16.7%)Oct 26: 0 of 5 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 27: 0 of 2 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 28: 1 of 7 settled launches hit 10+ votes (14.3%)Oct 29: launches not settled yetOct 30: launches not settled yetOct 31: incomplete dayOct 17Oct 19Oct 21Oct 23Oct 25Oct 27Oct 29Oct 31

3 days left blank: votes still coming in (launches under 48h old), incomplete day, or no launches — not shown as zero.

Faded bars are incomplete days (today, or days before every selected source was being collected).

Key statistics

Launches
1Oct 30
Avg daily launches
2.827d
7D range
1 – 7Oct 24–Oct 30
Hit rate
6.9%2/29 · Oct 22–Oct 28
Volatility
160%25 daily chg
Share of market
2.6%7D
Top source
Show HN100%
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22Oct 17–Oct 23

Stocks in this sector (FINT)

Launched on Oct 30 (the latest complete UTC day) or listed since the previous run (IPO), ranked by current traction. Product Hunt launches all list at 07:01 UTC; their traction has had at most one or two daily updates. 5 matches. Spam giveaways excluded.

#Sector
1How I take notes as a VC, and the app I built for itFINT2+2IPO—112d ago
2Readeck sync for Kobo's stock readerFINT2+2IPO—002d ago
3BondScovery

Fixed income analytics and bond screener

FINT1+1IPO—112d ago
4Built an Android simulator with businesses, investing, and real estateFINT1+1IPO—002d ago
5Outlayr, an open-source expense tracker where each entry is a sentenceFINT10—003d 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