Is October the best month to launch on Product Hunt?

By tradition, every first day of the month I open hunted.space and scroll back through previous years. Today, I checked October 2024 and what I saw was fascinating.

Unlike September 2024 (which was crazy strong in 2024: six products over 1000 upvotes, 6 more than 900 upvotes and more than ten over 800), October looked very different.

Only one single product passed 1000 upvotes: bolt.new (with exactly 1003) which has been performing brilliantly and organized the largest online hackathon a few months ago.

Just three products made it over 900 - Feta, HeyForm 3.0 and buzzabout . They crossed 1000 upvotes the days after the launch but during the launch they they were less than 1000.

Yet, surprisingly, three Sundays had launches with 600+ upvotes a rare trend. Sunday is usually super slow.

So while October didn’t have the sky-high peaks of September, it also didn’t have any real “dead days.” Weekday launches still outperformed weekends, but not by a huge margin.

To me, this says October is a balanced month: no overwhelming highs, but also no scary lows.

What do you think? Will October 2025 follow the same pattern, or is it shaping up to be stronger than last year?

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