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Product Hunt launch statistics

What drives launch-day rank and Series A funding, from 67,292 launches (7 years) and 9,306 ranked launches (Jan 2025 to Jul 2026).
Series A prediction checker →
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Product Hunt upvote calculator →
How many upvotes it takes to finish #1, top 3, top 5 or top 10, by launch day.
Best time to launch on Product Hunt →
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Product Hunt rank predictor →
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Product Hunt launch stats →
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Product Hunt topics →
The top 100 topics by followers, launches and how their launches rank.
Product Hunt follower checker →
Look up any Product Hunt profile's followers and what that reach means.
Product Hunt hunter finder →
Search active hunters by category, sorted by the ranks their launches got.
Launch → Series A
Raises a Series A within 18 months? 67,292 launches, 2019-2025
base rate 0.78%11+6-104-52-3#12.22%Series A rate →better rank →
A rank‑#1 launch raises at 2.8× the base rate, 4.4× the rate of launches ranked 11+.
What drives predicted rank
Each signal's share of the rank prediction
Hunter38%
Topics18%
Launch day17.7%
Makers10.7%
Copy5.2%
Links5.1%
Media3.7%
First comment1.6%
Now break it down
Median launch-day rank, lower is better. Click any point to filter.
Your hunter is the biggest lever
Median rank by hunter's follower count
better rank ↑#13.0No hunter#10.0<1K#6.01-10K#4.010-50K#6.050-100K#5.0100K+
Mid-tier hunters (10-50K followers) are the sweet spot, ahead of mega-hunters. You do not need a huge influencer, just the right one. Shaded band shows where the median could fall. Find a hunter in your category →
When you launch
By day of week
Mon#8Tue#13Wed#11Thu#12Fri#9Sat#5Sun#4Best day for your category →
A bigger team ranks higher
By maker team size
#12.01#9.02#6.03#6.04#5.05+
What else moves the needle
With vs without each signal
Video▲2.0Hunted▲6.0Website link▲3.0GitHub link▽1.0X / Twitter link▲3.0
● with● without← better rank · ▲ = with helps
Best-ranking categories
By category, 20+ launches
Meetings
#5.5
Hiring
#7.0
Marketing
#7.0
Sales
#7.0
News
#7.0
SEO
#7.0
Website Builder
#7.0
Investing
#7.0
Artificial Intelligence
#8.0
Software Engineering
#8.0
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