The number in its context
711 products launch on Product Hunt on a typical day. Rank 100 of that day sits at 4 upvotes. So the distance between "launched" and "featured" is not a nudge — it is the difference between single digits and three figures, and it is decided almost entirely by how many people a founder can reach on the day.
Median, not average. Product Hunt days are skewed: one viral launch pulls a mean further than the platform moves in a month. Every figure here is the middle day, which is the day a reader is actually planning for.
It has not been the same number
One month per row, each figure the median of that month's measured days. The day count is there so you can see how much weight each row carries.
| Month | Featured at | Launches / day | Days measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 96 | 824 | 12 |
| September 2026 | 106 | 749 | 30 |
| August 2026 | 115 | 692 | 31 |
| July 2026 | 148 | 740 | 31 |
| June 2026 | 133 | 643 | 30 |
| May 2026 | 139 | 636 | 17 |
How to read this number
It is not a rule Product Hunt publishes, and it is not a level that buys anything. Featuring is an editorial decision. What we measure is the lowest score among the launches that were featured on each day — an observed floor, not a threshold anyone promises.
Reaching it does not mean you will be featured. Falling short of it does mean the odds are against you, and that is the useful half: it is a number you can hold your own reach up against before you pick a date, while there is still time to do something about the answer.
Where the number comes from
We read every Product Hunt launch day after it has closed — how many products entered, what the winner scored, what the lowest featured launch scored, and what rank 100 cost. The day is stored once and never re-read, so this is a record, not an estimate that gets tidied up later. One more day is added every day.
We do the same on several other launch platforms, which is what lets the planner answer the question before this one: whether Product Hunt is the right room for your launch at all.
The same floor by weekday: the best day to launch on Product Hunt. The other boards side by side: Product Hunt alternatives, measured.
Is your reach enough for that?
Put in the upvotes you can realistically bring, and the launch planner shows on which measured board that number would have been enough — and if Product Hunt is not one of them, it says so. Free, no account.