The Observatory
A new word every day, three challenges and your own galaxy
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Strong launch
Beat 72% of Product Hunt launches that day
#91 of 1,300 on Nov 3
#2 of 31 Writing & Content launches on Product Hunt on Nov 3. 3.7% of Writing & Content launches (8 of 218) reached 10+ votes in the last 7 days. See Writing & Content →
votes · no readings
Traction frozen — tracking ended after listing. Product Hunt votes are re-read for ~48h (with one daily run, the last reading lands ~31–36h in).
comments
listed Nov 3, 08:01 UTC
Traction (votes) over time
No traction readings recorded for this product.
Key statistics
- Traction
- 2votes
- Comments
- 1
- Rank in WRIT this week
- —not listed in the last 7 days
- Rank overall this week
- —
- Sector hit rate
- 3.7%8/218 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ votes
- First reading
- —
- Last reading
- —
- Readings
- 0
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Top on Nov 3 · 1,300 Product Hunt launches that day, by votes
- #1
Synter CanvasYour AI agent runs ads across 30+ ad platforms134 votes - #2
Calendarly Your calendar and tasks, right on your iPhone Lock Screen109 votes - #3
WavefunctionA minimal, open-source coding agent for your Mac87 votes - #4
PowerShipsWhere battleships meets powers!85 votes - #5
Infino AISearch, vectors and SQL over one Parquet copy, for agents78 votes
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Grades · each graded against other Writing & Content launches from the same source
Momentum
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Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Not re-read in the latest run, so no recent gain
Velocity
B0.04 votes/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 76% · vs 707 Writing & Content · Product Hunt launches, last 30 days
Engagement
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Comments per 10 votes
Needs 10+ votes; below that the ratio is mostly noise
Staying Power
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Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Needs 10+ votes and readings from two runs
Launch-day race · #91 of 1,300 Product Hunt launches on 2026-11-03
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Data as of Nov 13, 2026, 9:22 AM UTC. Sector comes from keyword rules on the title and tagline and can be wrong. How it works