LAUNCH·INDEX

Games & Entertainment (GAME)

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

57+2 (+3.6%)

launches · 7D Oct 24–Oct 30 vs Oct 17–Oct 23 (55)

9.3%—

hit rate · Oct 22–Oct 28 settled (5/54) vs Oct 15–Oct 21 (3/53)

— Not significant at current sample size: +3.6pp, 53 → 54 settled launches (needs 100+ in each window).

+1.6

trending score

Launches & hit rate

Supply · launches per day
01020Oct 17: 6 launchesOct 18: 5 launchesOct 19: 7 launchesOct 20: 10 launchesOct 21: 9 launchesOct 22: 10 launchesOct 23: 8 launchesOct 24: 3 launchesOct 25: 7 launchesOct 26: 11 launchesOct 27: 7 launchesOct 28: 8 launchesOct 29: 8 launchesOct 30: 13 launchesOct 31: 1 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 6 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 18: 1 of 5 settled launches hit 10+ votes (20.0%)Oct 19: 0 of 7 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 20: 1 of 10 settled launches hit 10+ votes (10.0%)Oct 21: 0 of 9 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 22: 1 of 10 settled launches hit 10+ votes (10.0%)Oct 23: 1 of 8 settled launches hit 10+ votes (12.5%)Oct 24: 0 of 3 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 25: 1 of 7 settled launches hit 10+ votes (14.3%)Oct 26: 2 of 11 settled launches hit 10+ votes (18.2%)Oct 27: 0 of 7 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 28: 0 of 8 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)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
13Oct 30
Avg daily launches
7.427d
7D range
3 – 13Oct 24–Oct 30
Hit rate
9.3%5/54 · Oct 22–Oct 28
Volatility
56%26 daily chg
Share of market
5.7%7D
Top source
Show HN100%
Previous window
55Oct 17–Oct 23

Stocks in this sector (GAME)

Biggest vote gain between the two latest ingest runs (Oct 30, 16:20 UTC → Oct 31, 15:35 UTC, 23.3h). 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.

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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