Middle of the pack
Beat 43% of Show HN launches that day
#75 of 132 on Oct 30
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points · since listing → Oct 31, 15:35 UTC
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 6, 15:48 UTC).
comments
listed Oct 30, 15:48 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 2points
- Comments
- 0
- Rank in SECR this week
- #8of 36 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #295of 998 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 2.9%1/35 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 2Oct 31, 15:35 UTC
- Last reading
- 2Oct 31, 15:35 UTC
- Readings
- 1over 24h
Grades · each graded against other Security & Privacy launches from the same source
Momentum
——
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Not re-read in the latest run, so no recent gain
Velocity
A0.09 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 84% · vs 110 Security & Privacy · 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
Still being tracked; graded once settled (48h)
Launch-day race · #75 of 132 Show HN launches on 2026-10-30
- #73Hashsync2 points
- #74Brotli2bitcoin.com Live Hacking CTF2 points
- #75Keyward2 points
- #76Play Nightmare1 points
- #77Dbprint1 points
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Data as of Oct 31, 2026, 3:03 PM UTC. Sector comes from keyword rules on the title and tagline and can be wrong. How it works