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Beat 90% of Show HN launches that day
#15 of 198 on Nov 10
#1 of 9 Video, Audio & Music launches on Show HN on Nov 10. 6.1% of Video, Audio & Music launches (3 of 49) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Video, Audio & Music →
points · traction gained Nov 12, 10:31 UTC → Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 17, 19:18 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Nov 10, 19:18 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 6points
- Comments
- 2
- Rank in MDIA this week
- #4of 41 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #88of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 6.1%3/49 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 5Nov 11, 10:42 UTC
- Last reading
- 6Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 3over 63h
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Top on Nov 10 · 198 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1Get your coding agent off ~2019 JavaScript, onto modern web primitives439 points
- #2Valencia, Spain in Sim City/Isometric View252 points
- #3A 15 MB self-hosted Netflix and Spotify for your media server168 points
- #4AircadProfessional drafting and 3D modeling in the browser90 points
- #5I have trained 15 blood glucose forecasting models on my own data20 points
More in Video, Audio & Music · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- We compressed a 31B video+audio diffusion model to 14B, 6 steps, INT884 points0
- I built a Rick and Morty explainer video generator11 points▲ +11
- Emma, a real-time AI video persona from Nuance Labs9 points0
- Inches TVInspiring Moments, 24/76 points▲ +6
- IMDb for YouTube (Long-Form Videos Only)5 points0
Grades · each graded against other Video, Audio & Music launches from the same source
Momentum
C+0 points
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Better than 50% · vs 32 still-tracked Video, Audio & Music · Show HN launches
Velocity
A0.13 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 88% · vs 224 Video, Audio & Music · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
——
Comments per 10 points
Needs 10+ points; below that the ratio is mostly noise
Staying Power
——
Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Needs 10+ points and readings from two runs
Launch-day race · #15 of 198 Show HN launches on 2026-11-10
- #13WallHang7 points
- #14Video Analysis with Homomorphic Encryption6 points
- #15Umless, open-source on-device dictation that writes what you meant6 points
- #16We built a way to remove inherited biases from decision models6 points
- #17Commune, one feed for newsletters on Beehiiv, Kit, Ghost, and more6 points
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