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Beat 77% of Show HN launches that day

#19 of 109 on Oct 25

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40

points · traction gained Oct 30, 16:20 UTC → Oct 31, 15:35 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+

Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 1, 04:26 UTC).

4

comments · buzz 0 in latest interval

8d

listed Oct 25, 04:26 UTC

Traction (points) over time

035Oct 25Oct 26Oct 27Oct 28Oct 29Oct 30Oct 31ListedOct 25, 14:05 UTC · 4 points · 0 comments · 10h after listingOct 26, 16:23 UTC · 4 points · 1 comments · 36h after listingOct 27, 16:09 UTC · 4 points · 2 comments · 60h after listingOct 28, 16:45 UTC · 4 points · 4 comments · 84h after listingOct 29, 16:38 UTC · 4 points · 4 comments · 108h after listingOct 30, 16:20 UTC · 4 points · 4 comments · 132h after listingOct 31, 15:35 UTC · 4 points · 4 comments · 155h after listing
7 readings (one per daily ingest run). Dots are recorded values; lines just connect them — nothing in between is measured.

Key statistics

Traction
4points
Comments
4
Rank in MISC this week
#15of 88 HN
Rank overall this week
#130of 998 HN
Sector hit rate
8.0%7/88 · 7D
Traction line
Below10+ points
First reading
4Oct 25, 14:05 UTC
Last reading
4Oct 31, 15:35 UTC
Readings
7over 155h

Grades · each graded against other Other launches from the same source

Momentum

C

+0 points

Traction gained in the latest daily interval

Better than 48% · vs 77 still-tracked Other · Show HN launches

Velocity

B

0.08 points/h

Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)

Better than 79% · vs 338 Other · 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

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