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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
3,394−252 (−6.9%)

launches · Oct 15–Oct 17 vs Oct 12–Oct 14

Hit rate (settled)
5.9%
▲ +1.2pp · Oct 13–Oct 15 vs Oct 10–Oct 12
Trend · Volatility
+31.7 · 31%
248 hits of 4,207 settled
daily launches, 9 complete days

Launches: Weekday effect likely: Thu–Sat is compared with Mon–Wed, not the same weekdays last week (not enough history yet; expected from about Oct 19). Launch counts and hit rates swing a lot by weekday.Hit rate: Weekday effect likely: Tue–Thu is compared with Sat–Mon, not the same weekdays last week (not enough history yet; expected from about Oct 21). Launch counts and hit rates swing a lot by weekday.

Most buzz (comments gained) over the latest interval (Oct 17, 13:13 UTC → Oct 18, 13:29 UTC, 24.3h). 12 matches. Spam giveaways excluded.

Mixed sources. Traction is Product Hunt votes (PH) or Show HN points (HN) — not the same unit, and PH has ~7× the launches. So each source is ranked on its own and the two are alternated (PH #1, HN #1, PH #2, HN #2, …); the # column is that combined order. Pick a source above to see one source’s full ranking.

#SectorSrc
1Fakeipedia

Wikipedia for worlds that don't exist

WRITHN42+13▲ +44.8%437h ago
2TypeKey

AI writing tools and a keyboard for your iPhone

WRITPH10+10IPO—36h ago
3Biblio Times, your RSS feeds, typeset as a morning newspaper (Mac/iOS)WRITHN4+1—230h ago
4Syllaby Mobile App

Save Up to 70% Of Your Content-Creation Time on the Go

WRITPH9+9IPO—16h ago
5MIRA Stories

The AI online photo book: photos in, story out

WRITPH3+3IPO—16h ago
6SeoJae Story

Classic books in easy English, with Korean under every line

WRITPH2+2IPO—16h ago
7The Whole Day

News that ends

WRITPH2+2IPO—16h ago
8RewriteAI

Turn robotic AI text into natural, human-sounding writing

WRITPH1+1IPO—16h ago
9Bookfolio Creator

Write, design & publish beautiful books for free

WRITPH1+1IPO—16h ago
10ContentHub: Save Links

Save the content you love. Find it when you need it.

WRITPH1+1IPO—16h ago
11Heddle

Write X threads & LinkedIn posts from what you read

WRITPH1+1IPO—16h ago
12Markdown Viewer

A Markdown workspace with notes, diagrams and export

WRITPH1+1IPO—16h 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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