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
1,007+71 (+7.6%)

launches · Oct 16 vs Oct 9 (same weekday)

Hit rate (settled)
5.6%
▼ −2.9pp · Oct 14 vs Oct 13
Trend · Volatility
−25.3 · 33%
69 hits of 1,233 settled
daily launches, 8 complete days

Hit rate: Weekday effect likely: Wed is compared with Tue, not the same weekday last week (not enough history yet; expected from about Oct 19). Launch counts and hit rates swing a lot by weekday.

1D · launches Oct 16 vs Oct 9 (same weekday) · hit rate Oct 14 vs Oct 13 (settled)

Name14D
ECOME-commerce9−10▼ −52.6%3.4%—−26.964%0.9%
HIREHR, Jobs & Recruiting16−12▼ −42.9%5.7%—−22.651%1.6%
ANLYAnalytics & Monitoring15−8▼ −34.8%3.2%—−16.837%1.5%
OSRCOpen Source & Libraries8−3▼ −27.3%12.5%—−10.451%0.8%
COMMCommunication & Meetings17−6▼ −26.1%8.7%—−12.141%1.7%
WRITWriting & Content19−5▼ −20.8%4.8%—−9.542%1.9%
FINTFinance & Fintech44−10▼ −18.5%1.5%—−9.335%4.4%
GAMEGames & Entertainment41−7▼ −14.6%0.0%—−7.146%4.1%
AITLAI Tools & LLM Apps43−7▼ −14.0%7.5%—−6.836%4.3%
SOCLSocial & Community25−3▼ −10.7%3.4%—−4.837%2.5%
CRPTCrypto & Web314−1▼ −6.7%0.0%—−2.630%1.4%

Biggest % change in launches, Oct 16 vs Oct 9 (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.

Sectors · Launch Index