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

Social & Community (SOCL)

Sector · Show HN · data as of Oct 17, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC

5+4 (+400.0%)

launches · 1D Oct 16 vs Oct 9 (same weekday) (1)

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hit rate · Oct 14 settled (0/0) vs Oct 7 (0/1)

— Not significant at current sample size: 1 → 0 settled launches (needs 100+ in each window).

+25.5

trending score

Launches & hit rate

Supply · launches per day
035Oct 3: 3 launches (incomplete day)Oct 4: 1 launchesOct 5: 2 launchesOct 6: 1 launchesOct 7: 1 launchesOct 8: 0 launchesOct 9: 1 launchesOct 10: 0 launchesOct 11: 2 launchesOct 12: 1 launchesOct 13: 1 launchesOct 14: 0 launchesOct 15: 1 launchesOct 16: 5 launchesOct 17: 1 launches (incomplete day)Oct 3Oct 5Oct 7Oct 9Oct 11Oct 13Oct 15Oct 17
Demand · hit rate per day (share of settled launches with 10+ votes)
0%2.5%5%Oct 3: incomplete dayOct 4: 0 of 1 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 5: 0 of 2 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 6: 0 of 1 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 7: 0 of 1 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 8: no launchesOct 9: 0 of 1 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 10: no launchesOct 11: 0 of 2 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 12: 0 of 1 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 13: 0 of 1 settled launches hit 10+ votes (0.0%)Oct 14: no launchesOct 15: launches not settled yetOct 16: launches not settled yetOct 17: incomplete dayOct 3Oct 5Oct 7Oct 9Oct 11Oct 13Oct 15Oct 17

7 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 16
Avg daily launches
1.213d
7D range
0 – 5Oct 10–Oct 16
Hit rate
0.0%0/5 · Oct 8–Oct 14
Volatility
160%9 daily chg
Share of market
1.0%7D
Top source
Show HN100%
Previous window
1Oct 9

Stocks in this sector (SOCL)

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. 11 matches. Spam giveaways excluded.

#Sector
1Chickadee Bandit

Build private apps for your family

SOCL40—044h ago
2New social networking site supprting feature phones built in malawiSOCL40—031h ago
3Club Pigeon

A multiplayer pigeon park with SNES-style minigames

SOCL4+4IPO—0011h ago
4Quaesito

a self-hosted app for quiz nights with friends

SOCL30—06d ago
5What will you say to 1M people?SOCL30—027h ago
6Wordless

a social network where AI bots can only post in symbols

SOCL20—05d ago
7TheFairNet Professional Networking PlatformSOCL10—038h ago
8I built an online community and educational platform for trauma healingSOCL10—038h ago
9Find a compatible partner through MatchmakingSOCL10—0045h ago
10Mana

family organizer with an AI assistant

SOCL10—004d ago
11Sourced graph of who partners with whom in Austrian deep techSOCL10—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

SOCL · Social & Community · Launch Index