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Middle of the pack
Beat 62% of Show HN launches that day
#49 of 164 on Nov 4
0.0% of Social & Community launches (0 of 7) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Social & Community →
points · traction gained Nov 10, 10:45 UTC → Nov 11, 10:42 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+
Traction frozen — tracking ended at 166h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.
comments
listed Nov 4, 12:28 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 3points
- Comments
- 3
- Rank in SOCL this week
- —not listed in the last 7 days
- Rank overall this week
- —
- Sector hit rate
- 0.0%0/7 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 3Nov 4, 21:23 UTC
- Last reading
- 3Nov 11, 10:42 UTC
- Readings
- 8over 166h
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Top on Nov 4 · 164 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1A decent text-to-image model trained for ~$20K (Apache 2.0 Weights)286 points
- #2After a decade of reversing, I got co-op working in DOS Wing Commander256 points
- #3Vegetable Gardening for Engineers217 points
- #4I built a tool that prices a pre-built PC part by part122 points
- #5Kino AI (YC S23)AI media manager and video editor112 points
More in Social & Community · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- An online shop where your friends can hurry the courier7 points▲ +1
- Dating app based on your LinkedIn profile5 points0
- Sparks Dating reply assistant focused on natural conversarion3 points▲ +1
- Gongu, USCIS processing times next to community-reported waits2 points0
- AppPageEmbeddable community, roadmaps, and support hubs for apps2 points▲ +2
Grades · each graded against other Social & Community 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
B0.06 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 69% · vs 44 Social & Community · 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 · #49 of 164 Show HN launches on 2026-11-04
- #47Decipher saves you from specs and docs you rubber stamp3 points
- #48Shield KYA3 points
- #49MarkovChat3 points
- #50Inbox Classic, a Outlook Express-like modern desktop mail client3 points
- #51Headline Redline3 points
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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