... First post here. Been browsing Product Hunt for a while without an account and finally made one. Honest question about my own behavior. I upvote things way more than I try them. Something looks interesting, I hit the arrow, feel like I participated, and move on. I couldn't tell you the last thing I upvoted

... scrolling through my upvoted history the other day and felt a bit called out. Dozens of products I got excited about, upvoted

... windows, notifications armed, everyone waiting End of the day: shut everything so tomorrow starts clean Before gaming or a recording: free the machine Focus reset: close the tabs I've been "coming back to" for a week None. I upvoted because it looked neat and I won't use it And the one I really want: if you looked and did NOT install, what stopped you? Closed source, telemetry, "I can just Cmd-Q", two clicks instead ...

... days ago we launched ScreenCursor and hit #4 product of the day. I wanted to take the time to thank everyone who upvoted and commented on the launch. If you need to make demo video of your website/SaaS or want to make instructions video, ScreenCursor will make your life easy! How it works: Hit record It zooms itself Give you fully customizable editor Export and ship If you have any questions feel free to comment below ...

... Yesterday we launched Hello Inbox and hit #3 product of the day. I wanted to take the time to thank everyone who upvoted and commented on the launch. If your business relies on email for revenue, Hello Inbox is the tool that will help you improve deliverability and ensure more of your emails get to the inbox. Here's how you can start testing your emails right away: Create a free starter account on Hello Inbox Create your sender profile ...

... trying to figure out if I completely ruined my own launch today, and I'd love some insight from anyone who has launched recently. I have been away since it turned 12am getting poeple to upvote my goal was to get #1 but failed so bad. I spent the last week prepping for this, and to get some initial momentum, I asked my existing community (outside of PH) to support us. Over 50 people have messaged me saying they upvoted

... launched a product just the other day and several people have told me they've upvoted it, but those upvotes

... launches in six months, and the weakest average, 142 upvotes. Sunday is the quietest, 189 launches, and the best average, 250. Chance to land top 3 of the day on Sunday is 39.7%, on Tuesday 8.6%. But product of the week is won on weekdays, so depends what you are after. On hunters, since @rhea_diamante asked. Launches with a hunter who has 10+ hunts average 235 upvotes

... people shipping apps in 2026 don't call themselves developers. Curious what the real split looks like here. Upvote whichever comment fits, I'll share the results in a few days. https://slimsnap.ai/blog/who-cou... Comment from Bradely Charlesbois(@bradely_charlesbois): definetly not the developer behind this, but I appreciate the work. I've already upvoted

... core challenge for any warm intro product. "You know someone who knows them" is weak signal. The why now + why this path + what to actually ask is what makes it actionable vs. just informational. Sounds like you're building toward the right thing. Upvoted

... necessarily full-blown DMs, but some way for a visitor to say "I'm interested, let's talk" without leaving the platform. Right now, Product Hunt is fantastic for discovery, but there's a pretty big gap between "I upvoted this" and "I became a customer." Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @sk_uxpin  What kind of forums? :) Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @paul_clevett  What do you mean now? :) Comment from Nika(@busmark_w_nika): @adana ... ... find people on LinkedIn or X/Twitter... and it's just not the same. I'd love to have the option to send direct messages right here on the platform. Analytics: I'm talking about audience insights for people who upvote

... been five days since we launched Jootle on Product Hunt, and I wanted to take a minute to say something I have been meaning to say all week. Thank you. You showed up. You upvoted. You commented. You asked real questions. You pointed at edges I had not noticed. You introduced me to people I would not have met any other way. Some of the most useful product feedback I have received since I started building this came from this ... ... comparison question at all is the kind of signal a solo founder remembers. Watching the "notable voters" list fill in with people who are themselves building real things ( Scade.pro , Raycast, others). The launch reaching working builders, not just casual upvoters

... another Forum is that sometimes it helps to open up a chat and let people talk live to each other about products and tech news. People who are chatting with each other can get to trust each other and upvote their credibility. Important is not to open the chat at the same time every week. Otherwise this can be figured out upfront. Comment from Nayan Surya(@nayan_surya98): Vote selling should be strictly prohibited, but along with that there should ... ... think? Comment from Andrey Lipkovskiy(@lipkovskiy): Hi Mike. Thanks for the thread, now I know you're aware of the problem. I think that every active maker on the platform could name dozens of accounts that are involved in upvote

... that" or "I know exactly who needs that." 2. Show the pain, not just the solution. The description shouldn't lead with features. It should make the reader feel the problem first then show the product as relief. People upvote things they emotionally recognize, not things they intellectually understand. 3. Your network is your launch team but only if you're genuine. Reaching out to your community matters, but there's a difference between "hey I built something, would love ... ... your honest take" and a copy-paste blast asking for upvotes

... leaderboard and see which launch makes you stop and click first, and why ps2: This thread just got featured in today s Product Hunt newsletter under "Click logic, revealed." !! ps3: Update as of Mar 15 (thanks for the 121 upvotes and 73 replies!) A quick summary of the click logic shared in the thread: Instant clarity (name + tagline) 52% Recognizable / relevant problem 26% Visual hook (thumbnail / screenshot) 13% Social proof (upvotes

... launched Rankfender 48 hours ago, and the response has been overwhelming. Thank you to everyone who checked us out, upvoted, and shared feedback! One question kept coming up: "How do I actually win in AI search?" So I dug into our data. Rankfender has now tracked over 50,000 AI-generated answers across ChatGPT, Google SGE, Perplexity, and Gemini. We've analyzed millions of citations, thousands of brands, and hundreds of industries. Here's what we learned and what ... ... schema 71% 19% Cite data sources 68% 27% Part 3: What content wins AI citations? This is the question everyone asks. Here's the data: Top 5 content types by citation rate: Comparison pages (X vs

... recently saw a marketer with 10k+ followers launch and finish 6th with 348 upvotes. They followed a proper pre-launch and post-launch plan, did everything right, and still the outcome felt unpredictable. Now I m launching @Curatora next week. I m not a marketer. I have a little over 1k followers. Of course, asking for support helps. But I also keep hearing that a large part of the Product Hunt community shows up mainly for their own launch, then ... ... learned from the prep: the community engagement matters way more than follower count. We spent weeks genuinely commenting on other launches, joining forum discussions, and building real connections. That felt way more productive than just DMing people "please upvote

... blame me, I do not have a social life) :D Needless to say, a lot has changed on this platform in a year. He asked how he could repeat his success, because then he effortlessly gained over 200 upvotes. First of all, you need to understand that the rules have changed, e.g.: Featured vs

... expressing a different stance on the topic. Should regular discussion posts on PH also have a downvote button? (For now, it only applies to comments.) One thing I noticed about myself [UX/UI feedback]: I was so used to the "Upvote" and "Reply" buttons that I automatically tried to "Upvote

... launched today now we have half the amount of upvotes we had a couple hours ago. How did we lose half of them? We haven't asked anyone to upvote