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Strong launch
Beat 70% of Show HN launches that day
#54 of 188 on Nov 3
#3 of 5 Marketing & SEO launches on Show HN on Nov 3. 6.7% of Marketing & SEO launches (1 of 15) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Marketing & SEO →
points · traction gained Nov 9, 10:27 UTC → Nov 10, 10:45 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+
Traction frozen — tracking ended at 159h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.
comments
listed Nov 3, 19:42 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 3points
- Comments
- 1
- Rank in MKTG this week
- —not listed in the last 7 days
- Rank overall this week
- —
- Sector hit rate
- 6.7%1/15 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 3Nov 4, 21:23 UTC
- Last reading
- 3Nov 10, 10:45 UTC
- Readings
- 7over 159h
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Top on Nov 3 · 188 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1HackerTVHN's most-recommended Youtube videos as 24/7 TV channels488 points
- #2Hacker Times, a New York Times-inspired version of Hacker News475 points
- #3Uncracked City, detective game where you question LLM suspects that lie127 points
- #4KairosOpen-source risk and fraud decisioning platform107 points
- #5I built a little browser game to practice Vim commands72 points
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- Live counts of AI assistants reading a diaspora business directory3 points0
- Handbrakea free, private driving log, no trackers, no ads2 points0
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Grades · each graded against other Marketing & SEO 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
B0.06 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 72% · vs 46 Marketing & SEO · 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 · #54 of 188 Show HN launches on 2026-11-03
- #52Mallard3 points
- #53Traccia3 points
- #54Twitter but you can only use paint3 points
- #55Graftfork3 points
- #56I got tired of GitHub trending, so I built my own3 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