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Every launch is a stock: its traction is its votes, its sector is its category, and LNCH is the whole market. How it works

Data as of Oct 18, 2026, 12:36 PM UTC · traction last updated Oct 18, 13:29 UTC · updates about once a day

Traction is early-adopter votes (Product Hunt) or points (Show HN), not usage. It stops updating about 31–36 hours after launch on Product Hunt and 7 days on Show HN. Categories come from keyword rules (about 70–75% accurate). Nothing is estimated.

LNCHLaunch Index · all sectors
387+42 (+12.2%)

launches · Oct 15–Oct 17 vs Oct 8–Oct 10 (same weekday)

Hit rate (settled)
7.8%
— · Oct 13–Oct 15 vs Oct 6–Oct 8
Trend · Volatility
+5.7 · 27%
41 hits of 527 settled
daily launches, 14 complete days

Biggest vote gain between the two latest ingest runs (Oct 17, 13:13 UTC → Oct 18, 13:29 UTC, 24.3h). Launches listed since the earlier run (IPOs) are left out — their “gain” would just be first-day votes — and appear in New Listings instead. 5 matches. Spam giveaways excluded.

#Sector
1Tinywm

a scrolling window manager for macOS, inspired by Niri

PROD12+7▲ +140.0%0043h ago
2I got tired of btop not seeing my Mac's chip, so I built siltopPROD17+2▲ +13.3%530h ago
3Donut Browser, the most private anti-detect browserPROD5+1—042h ago
4Lisorto

Tidy your Mac's Downloads on-device, see every move first

PROD4+1—12d ago
5Pdf2epub

free PDF to ePub converter with real chapters

PROD3+1—12d 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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