LAUNCH·INDEX
LNCH1,007+7.6%

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

Sectors

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

Data as of Oct 17, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC · latest complete day 2026-10-16 · settled through 2026-10-14

LNCHLaunch Index · all sectors
120+2 (+1.7%)

launches · Oct 16 vs Oct 9 (same weekday)

Hit rate (settled)
8.7%
— · Oct 14 vs Oct 7
Trend · Volatility
+0.8 · 27%
14 hits of 161 settled
daily launches, 13 complete days

1D · launches Oct 16 vs Oct 9 (same weekday) · hit rate Oct 14 vs Oct 7 (same weekday) (settled)

Name14D
INFRData & Infrastructure6+3▲ +100.0%0.0%—+15.969%5.0%
AGNTAI Agents24−2▼ −7.7%6.9%—−3.367%20.0%
AITLAI Tools & LLM Apps4−3▼ −42.9%5.9%—−14.465%3.3%
GAMEGames & Entertainment10+4▲ +66.7%0.0%—+15.562%8.3%
DEVTDeveloper Tools14+3▲ +27.3%19.2%—+8.659%11.7%
PRODProductivity13+3▲ +30.0%0.0%—+9.145%10.8%
MDIAVideo, Audio & Music7+1▲ +16.7%16.7%—+4.437%5.8%
MISCOther9+2▲ +28.6%13.3%—+7.733%7.5%

Volatility = standard deviation of day-over-day % changes in launches over all 13 complete days (needs 5+ changes). Only categories averaging 5+ launches/day are ranked (19 smaller ones left out). Doesn't depend on the period switch; weekday/weekend cycles are included. 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.

Sectors · Launch Index