Product Hunt trends

Market structure and launch dynamics across 520,038 products (2013–2026).

Launches

520,038

2013–2026

Makers

337,391

Topics

432

Market snapshot

Median upvotes

6

Breakout rate (500+ upvotes)

0.5%

YoY launch growth

+92.1%

2024 → 2025 (complete years)

Repeat launchers

17.4%

in 2026

Launches over time

520,038 launches · 152 buckets

One bar per calendar month · UTC launch time

Launches by weekday

Total posts grouped by day of week at launch (UTC). Product Hunt skews toward mid-week.

Launches by calendar month

All years combined — which months see the most launches on Product Hunt.

Repeat launchers over time

14 buckets · Latest: 28.2% repeat

Share of launches from submitters with a prior launch (by UTC date in this dataset). Hover for counts.

Topic growth

Top 5 · 14 periods

TechProductivityArtificial IntelligenceDeveloper ToolsMarketingOther

Gray base = all other topics. Hover a bar for counts and share per period.

Topic mix

Top 12 · 432 topics

420 smaller topics roll up as Other. Tags overlap — one launch can have several topics.

Success benchmarks by year

14 years

500+ upvotes as % of all launches that year

Upvote distribution

How launches cluster by final upvote count — most products land below 250; the long tail drives mean above median.

Upvote percentiles over time

14 periods

P50 (median)P90P99

How the upvote distribution shifts over time — P50 is the typical launch, P90/P99 track breakout performance.

Average upvotes per launch

14 buckets · Latest: 8 avg votes

Mean upvotes per launch (UTC).

Average comments per launch

14 buckets · Latest: 2 avg comments

Mean comments per launch (UTC).