Insights
Patterns, not just data
Computed across every launch we've tracked. These signals aren't on Product Hunt — they emerge when you analyze all of it together.
Category growth · week over week
Where momentum is building vs. cooling
Category saturation · last 7 days
How crowded each space is — high share = harder to stand out
Artificial Intelligence
58 launches · 11% weekly share
Productivity
58 launches · 11% weekly share
Developer Tools
33 launches · 6% weekly share
GitHub
30 launches · 6% weekly share
SaaS
23 launches · 4% weekly share
Design Tools
21 launches · 4% weekly share
Marketing
14 launches · 3% weekly share
Open Source
12 launches · 2% weekly share
Revenue × velocity
No launches with revenue data yet — sample will grow as the dataset accumulates.
Startups tracked
554
Aggregate MRR
$14.76M
30-day revenue
$32.87M
With launch data
0
Categories that monetize
Median MRR by category (min 10 startups). Use these to validate where the money actually flows.
Social Media
$13.1k
median MRR · 10 startups · $375.3k aggregate
Analytics
$12.1k
median MRR · 13 startups · $773.6k aggregate
Content Creation
$9.8k
median MRR · 21 startups · $3.81M aggregate
SaaS
$9.6k
median MRR · 43 startups · $846.9k aggregate
Marketing
$9.1k
median MRR · 38 startups · $575.9k aggregate
E-commerce
$9.0k
median MRR · 12 startups · $303.2k aggregate
Artificial Intelligence
$8.9k
median MRR · 113 startups · $2.70M aggregate
Health & Fitness
$8.1k
median MRR · 16 startups · $387.4k aggregate
Hidden gems
High-MRR startups that never blew up on the launch leaderboard. Quiet money that bypassed the hype cycle.
Stan
Content Creation · US · est. 2023
$3.57M
MRR
Anonymous startup
—
$747.1k
MRR
GojiberryAI
Artificial Intelligence · US · est. 2025
$494.7k
MRR
Trendtrack
Analytics · AE · est. 2024
$420.3k
MRR
Anonymous startup
—
$364.8k
MRR
Rezi
Artificial Intelligence · US · est. 2015
$259.4k
MRR
Kibu
Education · US · est. 2022
$234.3k
MRR
Cometly
Analytics · US · est. 2020
$207.6k
MRR
1Lookup
SaaS · US · est. 2022
$207.1k
MRR
Anonymous startup
— · FR
$191.2k
MRR
Brand On Demand, Inc.
E-commerce · US · est. 2017
$187.5k
MRR
Postiz
Social Media · HK · est. 2024
$177.4k
MRR
Acquisition opportunities
Startups currently listed for sale, ranked by asking price.
Startup
MRR
Asking
Multiple
On PH
1Lookup
SaaS
$207.1k
$10.00M
2.1×
N/A
ThesisAI
Artificial Intelligence
$125.3k
$7.31M
5.1×
N/A
Faladdin
Entertainment
$63.5k
$5.00M
5.0×
N/A
Project A
Entertainment
$61.5k
$5.00M
4.9×
N/A
POST BRIDGE
Social Media
$42.9k
$4.21M
8.4×
N/A
Anonymous startup
Health & Fitness
$28.7k
$3.80M
9.6×
N/A
Anonymous startup
SaaS
$0
$3.20M
3.1×
N/A
Anonymous startup
—
$83.5k
$3.00M
1.9×
N/A
Launch Club
Marketing
$26.6k
$3.00M
5.3×
N/A
Anonymous startup
SaaS
$42.0k
$2.15M
5.0×
N/A
Opportunity map · demand vs supply
Demand = median votes per launch · Supply = launch count (last 30d). Quadrants reveal underserved zones.
Underserved
high demand · low supply
88 categories
- Custom Keyboards3 launches · median 141 votes · 48.2% comment-to-vote
- Design resources4 launches · median 137 votes · 40.2% comment-to-vote
- Printing4 launches · median 12 votes · 94.0% comment-to-vote
- Wearables7 launches · median 11 votes · 94.6% comment-to-vote
- Virtual Assistants12 launches · median 11 votes · 63.7% comment-to-vote
- Hardware13 launches · median 11 votes · 77.6% comment-to-vote
Few launches, strong engagement — opportunity zone.
Hot & crowded
high demand · high supply
79 categories
- Advertising25 launches · median 7 votes · 64.9% comment-to-vote
- Business Intelligence19 launches · median 6 votes · 108.2% comment-to-vote
- Development26 launches · median 6 votes · 78.7% comment-to-vote
- Menu Bar Apps56 launches · median 6 votes · 85.5% comment-to-vote
- Medical22 launches · median 6 votes · 63.3% comment-to-vote
- Meetings35 launches · median 6 votes · 68.4% comment-to-vote
Strong demand but increasingly crowded — pick a wedge.
Saturated
low demand · high supply
14 categories
- Books38 launches · median 4 votes · 89.6% comment-to-vote
- Finance63 launches · median 4 votes · 80.8% comment-to-vote
- Travel94 launches · median 4 votes · 100.7% comment-to-vote
- CRM22 launches · median 4 votes · 65.5% comment-to-vote
- Games121 launches · median 4 votes · 96.4% comment-to-vote
- Web Design38 launches · median 4 votes · 99.0% comment-to-vote
Many launches, fading engagement — late to the party.
Quiet niche
low demand · low supply
43 categories
- eBook Reader3 launches · median 4 votes · 61.8% comment-to-vote
- Remote Work12 launches · median 4 votes · 129.6% comment-to-vote
- Climate Tech8 launches · median 4 votes · 81.7% comment-to-vote
- Data Visualization7 launches · median 4 votes · 49.5% comment-to-vote
- Football11 launches · median 4 votes · 101.6% comment-to-vote
- Notion14 launches · median 4 votes · 138.2% comment-to-vote
Low activity on both sides — niche or dormant.
Best day to launch
60-day average votes per launch by day of week
Average votesLaunches
Tagline anatomy
Winners (top 20%) average 7.9 words. Losers (bottom 20%) average 7.4.
Tagline length vs votes
Words in winner taglines
- agents×163 · 152 avg
- agent×109 · 128 avg
- turn×103 · 66 avg
- free×75 · 35 avg
- every×74 · 81 avg
- claude×61 · 143 avg
- real×59 · 75 avg
- work×54 · 131 avg
- code×54 · 90 avg
- build×52 · 114 avg
- video×50 · 96 avg
- find×47 · 64 avg
Topic combinations that win
Pairs of topics that appear together on top-25% launches
Serial founder graph
Repeat builders sorted by reputation × launch volume
56
Rohan Chaubey
Best: Brew · 709 votes
Rep
87
31
Ben Lang
Best: Bluerails Discovery · 621 votes
Rep
83
4
Aleksandar Blazhev
Best: own.page · 572 votes
Rep
81
3
Haylli Weintraub
Best: Goldfish · 606 votes
Rep
78
3
Hiten Shah
Best: Typeahead 2.0 · 477 votes
Rep
77
48
fmerian
Best: PlugThis · 542 votes
Rep
77
2
Konstantin Borimechkov
Best: ExploreYC · 727 votes
Rep
75
10
Justin Jincaid
Best: Auriko · 567 votes
Rep
74
2
Artem Kosilov
Best: SellerClaw · 518 votes
Rep
74
2
Jurre Houtkamp
Best: Framer 3.0 · 509 votes
Rep
74
Anomaly feed · last 48h
Auto-detected signals that don't show up on the leaderboard
engagement
Pawesome has unusually engaged commenters
8 comments on 31 votes — engagement score 51.6.
viral
UGC Drive is going viral
Virality score 43.5 — top of last 48h.
surge
Shopping category is surging
Launching at 2.6× its 30-day average over the last 48h.