ProductHunt has over 300k products [0], why only look at 76k (25%) of them?
Analysis of Product Hunt products from 2014 to 2021
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Re: Analysis of Product Hunt products from 2014 to 2021
#22I did similar kind of research for IndieHackers: https://www.softwaredesign.ing/blog/real-world-stats-for-boo...
Re: Analysis of Product Hunt products from 2014 to 2021
#23ProductHunt has over 300k products [0], why only look at 76k (25%) of them? [0] Source https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41708837
"Whether this represents the actual number of products released on Product Hunt throughout this period is difficult to determine. The products and user data that appears in this analysis is based solely on the Product Hunt sitemap, and anecdotal experience indicates that not every product gets indexed there. But given the general smoothness of the curve, and the overall number of the products here (more than 70,000), it's as large a sample as one is liable to get."
Re: Analysis of Product Hunt products from 2014 to 2021
#24> Those who have paid even passing attention to modern productivity software will recognize the language and aim of Agenda, a project from more than 30 years ago, and therefore the broad endeavor of saving time, breaking silos, and endlessly iterating on what essentially amounts to the same few products, over and over, decade after decade. Despite the posted title, this article is really about productivity apps and t…
Fun article but not really about product hunt after the first few paragraphs. Mind fuck - product hunt is not about product hunting either. It’s spec work. It’s not super clear that’s what it is, but the specs given to you on product hunt are the current zeitgeist. Whether you like it or not, you will build your apps for this hivemind and not for any real problem space.
> Whether you like it or not, you will build your apps for this hivemind and not for any real problem space.
That assumes the person in question gives two shits about Product Hunt. What I learned from that website is that it isn’t worth it at all. It’s procrastination. It’s a place where wannabe founders gather to look productive and cool. People actually brag about being “top hunters”. It’s cringe worthy.
Back in the real world, every time I searched for a piece of software and landed on Product Hunt, the thing is already dead less than a year after being featured. Successful products become so despite Product Hunt, not because of it. Time and again I’ve seen good products which still endure not do well on PH, while vapid VC-funded hype is praised.
On the other hand, it has become a great filter. Every time I land on a product’s website and they brag about being “Product of the Day” or whatever, it’s usually the only outside validation they can point to. It is a fantastic indicator that what the creators care about is not aligned with my values, and that they’re likely to be in it only for the profit and will abandon the software at the first sign of difficulty.
Re: Analysis of Product Hunt products from 2014 to 2021
#25Apologies for the unrelated comment, but as someone with origins in Belarus, I find it absolutely gutting and disheartening when people see the country’s name (in this case, on a chart), overlook it, and lump it together with some generalized notion of “Ukraine and Russia.” These are three distinct cultures, three separate nations. Sorry, I have no intention of sparking a debate or political argument, just expressing…
I think you're all reading way too much into it. Russia and Ukraine are both in the top of both charts, the others aren't. Belarus people are fine, the Belarus government has been horrible for a long time, it's not that surprising that people have a bad opinion of the country. And it doesn't look like it's going to get any better: https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russias-quiet-... All the people from Bel…
> Belarus people are fine, the Belarus government has been horrible for a long time, it's not that surprising that people have a bad opinion of the country.
I would say the same could be argued for "Russia people" as well. They didn't select their dictator either, and have no way to remove him.
Re: Analysis of Product Hunt products from 2014 to 2021
#26ProductHunt has over 300k products [0], why only look at 76k (25%) of them? [0] Source https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41708837
I wonder how they got the data. it says:
"I found a publicly available list of all ProductHunt users, launches, upvotes, and comments."
but perplexity or google search didn't help me
Re: Analysis of Product Hunt products from 2014 to 2021
#27Some complementary analysis of the same dataset where I look into how the top categories trend over time, what an AI product was before 2022 and who the most successful makers are:
https://test.getdot.ai/share/78626655-b57b-4f90-a730-0af80c0...
Re: Analysis of Product Hunt products from 2014 to 2021
#28I did similar kind of research for IndieHackers: https://www.softwaredesign.ing/blog/real-world-stats-for-boo...
that's cool thank you. any chance you will update the github repo [1] with the latest info? or any hint, how to run this thing myself. :)
Re: Analysis of Product Hunt products from 2014 to 2021
#29ProductHunt has over 300k products [0], why only look at 76k (25%) of them? [0] Source https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41708837
I wonder how they got the data. it says: "I found a publicly available list of all ProductHunt users, launches, upvotes, and comments." but perplexity or google search didn't help me
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Re: Analysis of Product Hunt products from 2014 to 2021
#30ProductHunt has over 300k products [0], why only look at 76k (25%) of them? [0] Source https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41708837
I wonder how they got the data. it says: "I found a publicly available list of all ProductHunt users, launches, upvotes, and comments." but perplexity or google search didn't help me
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