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
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
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).