LAUNCH·INDEX

Security & Privacy (SECR)

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

40+13 (+48.1%)

launches · 7D Oct 24–Oct 30 vs Oct 17–Oct 23 (27)

6.1%—

hit rate · Oct 22–Oct 28 settled (2/33) vs Oct 15–Oct 21 (5/24)

— Not significant at current sample size: −14.8pp, 24 → 33 settled launches (needs 100+ in each window).

+17.0

trending score

Launches & hit rate

Supply · launches per day
01020Oct 17: 2 launchesOct 18: 1 launchesOct 19: 3 launchesOct 20: 6 launchesOct 21: 4 launchesOct 22: 6 launchesOct 23: 5 launchesOct 24: 5 launchesOct 25: 3 launchesOct 26: 4 launchesOct 27: 4 launchesOct 28: 6 launchesOct 29: 13 launchesOct 30: 5 launchesOct 31: 0 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%50%100%Oct 17: 0 of 2 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 18: 0 of 1 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 19: 2 of 3 settled launches hit 10+ votes (66.7%)Oct 20: 2 of 6 settled launches hit 10+ votes (33.3%)Oct 21: 1 of 4 settled launches hit 10+ votes (25.0%)Oct 22: 1 of 6 settled launches hit 10+ votes (16.7%)Oct 23: 0 of 5 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 24: 1 of 5 settled launches hit 10+ votes (20.0%)Oct 25: 0 of 3 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 26: 0 of 4 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 27: 0 of 4 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 28: 0 of 6 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
5Oct 30
Avg daily launches
4.127d
7D range
3 – 13Oct 24–Oct 30
Hit rate
6.1%2/33 · Oct 22–Oct 28
Volatility
74%26 daily chg
Share of market
4.0%7D
Top source
Show HN100%
Previous window
27Oct 17–Oct 23

Stocks in this sector (SECR)

Most buzz (comments gained) over the latest interval (Oct 30, 16:20 UTC → Oct 31, 15:35 UTC, 23.3h). 0 matches. Spam giveaways excluded.

No product gained comments in the latest interval for this filter.

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