My Road to 1,000,000 App Users
I’m Alex, founder of Votap — a mobile app where people can vote on politicians and news and see how public sentiment shifts over time (think stock market–style signals, but for opinions).
I’ve decided to publicly document something a bit crazy:
🚀 Road to 1,000,000 Votap users
Starting now, I’ll be sharing daily updates here about:
how we’re trying to acquire users
what works (and what completely fails)
experiments with ads, organic content, and community growth
product decisions driven by real user behavior, not guesses
Why do this?
Because building in public keeps me honest when things don’t go as planned.
If you’re interested in:
startups
user acquisition
product validation
or just watching something grow from very early days
👉 follow me here on Product Hunt and you’ll see a short update every day.
We’re launching on Product Hunt later this month — until then, this is the behind-the-scenes journey.
Happy to answer questions or hear your thoughts 👇
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Love the build-in-public approach! Following along 🚀
I'm doing something similar with Sanctuary Faith — a faith/spirituality app launching on Product Hunt next Tuesday.
One thing I've learned: the hardest part isn't building, it's getting people to care enough to try it. Excited to see what acquisition strategies work for you.
What's been your #1 source of early users so far — ads, organic, or community?