Product Hunt Launches Screensaver
The Product Hunt Launches screensaver ranks real products launching today by their real upvote count. It is free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
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How the Product Hunt Launches screensaver works
The saver reads real today's launches, ranked by Product Hunt's own algorithm, from its GraphQL API.
Each entry shows a real product name, tagline and real vote count.
The pipeline refreshes the board on its own schedule.
A free Product Hunt developer token is required for this endpoint.
How Product Hunt ranks a launch day
Product Hunt is a community site where makers post new products and members upvote the ones they like. Products compete on a homepage leaderboard for top spots, including Product of the Day, and Product Hunt's own launch guide suggests launching at 12:01 am Pacific Time, which marks the start of its launch day. A launch therefore competes mainly with others posted the same day.
The vote tally reflects community interest, but it also reflects effort: makers promote their launches, so a high count can reflect reach as much as quality. Product Hunt's guidelines prohibit company accounts, say accounts that break the community guidelines can be marked as spammers, and tell makers they cannot ask people directly to upvote.
The data comes from the site's GraphQL API, which offers read-only access to Product Hunt data with an access token. Each post comes with a name, tagline and vote count; a tagline is a one-line pitch written by the maker. Launches are a day-by-day snapshot, and a high rank on one day says little about a product's long-term success.
A worked example
A real new app with a real vote count in the hundreds sits at the top of the board, exactly matching Product Hunt's own ranking.
Settings & tips
- Names, taglines and vote counts are real, unedited Product Hunt launch data.
- Accent recolours the ranking bars.
- Rankings follow Product Hunt's own real daily ordering.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this real launch data?
- Yes — real product launches and votes from Product Hunt's own API.
- Is a key needed?
- Yes, a free Product Hunt developer token is required to activate this feed.
- Does this update instantly?
- It refreshes on the pipeline's own schedule, not vote-by-vote.
- Is it free?
- Yes — free, no download, in your browser.
- Why does the ranking reset every day?
- Product Hunt runs a daily leaderboard, with its launch day starting at 12:01 am Pacific Time, so each day's products compete mainly against that day's other launches.
- Is the top product the best product?
- Not necessarily. Rank reflects community votes on launch day, which depend on audience, timing and promotion as well as on the product itself.
- Can I ask friends to upvote my product?
- Product Hunt's launch guide says you cannot ask people directly to upvote your product, though asking them to visit and comment is acceptable.