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LNCH1,007+7.6%
Gemini 4 Argon plays St…HN228▲+42Jockey by TwelveLabsPH412▲+36WonderhopHN100▲+41Harness by AutonomousPH326▲+26FakeipediaHN29▲+27Tesla RoadsterPH244▲+25SignWithPH213▲+19Stoke MoneyHN29▲+8DottrPH120▲+9FlipflopHN140▲+5Muse Spark OpenPH84▲+7Camera Controls and Mot…HN9▲+5PomeradoPH171▲+6Fly a Tesla Roadster ov…HN8▲+4Memory ChessPH120▲+5rStationHN53▲+3Nemotron 3.5 Super VLPH77▲+5Things to Do APIHN6▲+2Tetriz HarnessPH67▲+5Netsat, a shared intern…HN3▲+2Hintly for Google Meet™PH132▲+3Guitoro, a virtual guit…HN570▲+1iKnowMyMacPH62▲+3UnfencedHN311▲+1

Experimental: traction = early-adopter votes (PH) / points (HN), not downloads or usage; updated about once a day and frozen ~31–36h after launch on Product Hunt (7 days on Show HN); sectors come from keyword rules (~70–75% accurate); data starts Oct 3 (HN) / Oct 9 (PH). “—” means not enough data; nothing is estimated. How it works

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points · traction gained Oct 14, 14:36 UTC → Oct 15, 14:14 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+

Traction frozen — tracking ended at 145h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.

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listed Oct 9, 13:31 UTC

Traction (points) over time

011Oct 10Oct 11Oct 12Oct 13Oct 14Oct 15Oct 16Oct 17ListedTracking endedNo readings after tracking ended; traction stays at the last recorded valueOct 10, 11:16 UTC · 1 points · 1 comments · 22h after listingOct 10, 16:19 UTC · 1 points · 1 comments · 27h after listingOct 11, 15:36 UTC · 1 points · 1 comments · 50h after listingOct 12, 18:53 UTC · 1 points · 1 comments · 77h after listingOct 13, 17:00 UTC · 1 points · 1 comments · 99h after listingOct 14, 14:36 UTC · 1 points · 1 comments · 121h after listingOct 15, 14:14 UTC · 1 points · 1 comments · 145h 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
1points
Comments
Rank in WRIT this week
—not listed in the last 7 days
Rank overall this week
—
Sector hit rate
5.3%1/19 · 7D
Traction line
Below10+ points
First reading
1Oct 10, 11:16 UTC
Last reading
1Oct 15, 14:14 UTC
Readings
7over 145h

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Data as of Oct 17, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC. Sector comes from keyword rules on the title and tagline and can be wrong. How it works