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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 % gain over the latest interval (Oct 17, 13:13 UTC → Oct 18, 13:29 UTC, 24.3h), among products whose previous traction was 5+ (below that, 2 → 6 votes would read as +200%). 4 matches. Spam giveaways excluded.

#Sector
1Online Piano

Play a Free Virtual Piano Keyboard

MDIA13+7▲ +116.7%034h ago
2Camera Controls and Motion for AI Video PromptsMDIA11+2▲ +22.2%044h ago
3XY Music NotationMDIA86+1▲ +1.2%24d ago
4Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboardMDIA571+1▲ +0.2%04d 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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