Launches over time
Number of products launched on each platform.
Success rate by year?
Fraction of launches that reached the leaderboard (top performers). Only years with 20+ launches shown. Product Hunt excluded - its dataset skews toward top-ranked posts, making the success rate artificially high.
AI product wave?
Share of new launches tagged "ai" across all sources except Hacker News, 2018-2026.
Fastest growing topics
Fastest growing categories 2021 to 2025, with a year-over-year column comparing 2026 YTD vs the same window in 2025. Non-HN sources only.
| Topic | 2025 | 2026? | YoY? |
|---|---|---|---|
| stripe | 816 | 1,027 | +115% |
| data | 684 | 817 | +68% |
| vertical data | 392 | 577 | +102% |
| privacy security | 442 | 578 | +84% |
| vertical ai | 2,068 | 2,889 | +95% |
| ai | 3,328 | 3,478 | +45% |
| science engineering | 184 | 189 | +47% |
| vertical web3 | 138 | 176 | +73% |
| vertical art | 131 | 127 | +38% |
| vertical bots | 152 | 202 | +67% |
| vertical movies video | 177 | 265 | +101% |
| photography | 194 | 198 | +41% |
Platform overview
Summary stats across all indexed platforms. Avg upvotes includes zero-vote products. Success rate only shown where leaderboard data is defined.
| Platform | Total? | Success? |
|---|---|---|
Hacker News | 151,383 | 23.9% |
Indie Hackers | 72,025 | 19.7% |
Product Hunt | 23,397 | 41.3% |
AppSumo | 3,714 | 21% |
TrustMRR | 3,468 | 7.4% |
BetaList | 1,452 | - |
Acquire.com | 1,225 | 6.9% |
Data covers 2010-2026 (year in progress). A small number of pre-2010 dates (Indie Hackers founding years, TrustMRR edge cases) are excluded.
Product Hunt data covers 2024 onward - earlier listings lack published dates and are excluded from the timeline. Acquire.com listings have no launch dates and are not shown.
Success rate = fraction of launches that reached the platform leaderboard (top performers by votes or revenue). Only years with 20+ launches are shown.