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Each sector is a category of launches. Launches = supply; hit rate (share reaching 10+ votes) = demand. How it works

Data as of Oct 31, 2026, 7:01 AM UTC · latest complete day 2026-10-30 · settled through 2026-10-28

Heating up this week · categories where launches got traction most often (market: 3.2%)

AI Agents

11.5% got traction · 3.6× the market

Top: SpeakON Agent

Open Source & Libraries

9.3% got traction · 2.9× the market

Top: Hob

AI Tools & LLM Apps

6.3% got traction · 2.0× the market

Top: Strawberry 1.0

Hardware & IoT

6.2% got traction · 1.9× the market

Top: LFM3 by Liquid AI

LNCHLaunch Index · all sectors
3,382+310 (+10.1%)

launches · Oct 28–Oct 30 vs Oct 21–Oct 23 (same weekday)

Hit rate (settled)
2.8%
— · Oct 26–Oct 28 vs Oct 19–Oct 21
Trend · Volatility
+4.8 · 33%
107 hits of 3,876 settled
daily launches, 14 complete days

3D · launches Oct 28–Oct 30 vs Oct 21–Oct 23 (same weekday) · hit rate Oct 26–Oct 28 vs Oct 19–Oct 21 (same weekday) (settled)

Name14D
ANLYAnalytics & Monitoring70+23▲ +48.9%1.4%—+18.350%2.1%
HLTHHealth & Fitness128+31▲ +32.0%0.7%—+13.347%3.8%
COMMCommunication & Meetings91+21▲ +30.0%0.9%—+12.347%2.7%
NOCDNo-Code & Website Builders76+16▲ +26.7%6.8%—+11.041%2.2%
HDWRHardware & IoT55+11▲ +25.0%3.8%—+10.168%1.6%
BOPSBusiness Ops & SMB Software103+19▲ +22.6%2.6%—+9.774%3.0%
OSRCOpen Source & Libraries22+4▲ +22.2%11.5%—+8.0104%0.7%
SOCLSocial & Community105+18▲ +20.7%0.0%—+8.942%3.1%
DSGNDesign & Images136+23▲ +20.4%0.6%—+8.951%4.0%
INFRData & Infrastructure83+11▲ +15.3%2.4%—+6.758%2.5%
MKTGMarketing & SEO117+15▲ +14.7%3.5%—+6.644%3.5%
DEVTDeveloper Tools156+18▲ +13.0%2.0%—+5.950%4.6%
TRVLTravel & Lifestyle126+11▲ +9.6%0.8%—+4.459%3.7%
PRODProductivity325+24▲ +8.0%1.3%▼ −3.6pp−35.655%9.6%
FINTFinance & Fintech160+10▲ +6.7%2.1%—+3.139%4.7%
AITLAI Tools & LLM Apps182+11▲ +6.4%5.9%—+3.033%5.4%
ECOME-commerce92+4▲ +4.5%0.0%—+2.155%2.7%
SALESales & CRM78+3▲ +4.0%3.9%—+1.845%2.3%
CRPTCrypto & Web330+1▲ +3.4%0.0%—+1.455%0.9%
GAMEGames & Entertainment134+3▲ +2.3%1.9%—+1.140%4.0%

Biggest % change in launches, Oct 28–Oct 30 vs Oct 21–Oct 23 (all launches in complete days). Categories with fewer than 10 launches in the prior window, and "Other", are left out. Hit rate = share of launches with 10+ votes (PH) / points (HN), counted only once a launch is 48h old. Click a column header to sort.