I analyzed the 18 best dev tools launched on Product Hunt in 2023. Here's what I found.

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Product Hunt just unveiled a list of 18 products nominated for the Golden Kitty Award 2023 ¹ in the “Developer Tools” category.
I analyzed the following data to identify some trends: ²

• launch dates;
• # upvotes;
• # comments;
• awards.

Here’s what I found.

tl,dr

• 16 products (89%) launched on a weekday;
• 11 products (61%) ranked #1 Product of the Day, with 1,090 upvotes on average.

key takeaways

• 16 products (89%) launched on a weekday: 28% launched on Mon, 22% launched on Tue, 17% launched on Wed or Thu;
• 13 products (72%) launched for the first time;

On launch day, the best developer tools got on average:

• 1,090 upvotes, and
• 239 comments.

As a result:

• 11 products (61%) ranked #1 Product of the Day, 16 products (89%) reached the Top 5;
• 4 products (22%) ranked #1 Product of the Week, 12 products (66%) reached the Top 5;
• 6 products (33%) reached the Top 5 Products of the Month.

wrapping up

I hope you'll find these learnings helpful. If you're planning to launch a dev tool on Product Hunt, you can find more great dev-first product launches here.

Enjoy!

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dataset

• sorted alphabetically
• POTD = Product of the Day
• POTW = Product of the Week
• POTM = Product of the Month

Product	Launch date	# upvotes	# comments	POTD	POTW	POTM	First launch?
Digma.ai	2023-09-26	1,095	218	#1	#2		✔︎
Eden AI	2023-07-25	1,023	281	#1	#3		✔︎
Fastgen	2023-06-12	876	110	#2	#4		✔︎
Graphite	2023-09-19	1,462	334	#2	#2	#3	✔︎
HyperSwitch	2023-01-23	2,229	450	#1	#1	#2	✔︎
Kombai	2023-08-23	1,719	385	#1	#1	#1	✔︎
Lago	2023-04-03	1,103	361	#1	#1	#1	✔︎
Merge Integrations	2023-06-26	800	655	#2	#11
n8n 1.0	2023-07-24	829	189	#1	#2
Novu	2023-10-19	1,024	350	#1	#5		✔︎
Permit.io	2023-09-12	1,102	135	#1	#2		✔︎
Pump	2023-04-16	514	75	#1	#20		✔︎
Resend	2023-02-08	1,466	190	#2	#2	#2	✔︎
Retool AI	2023-09-07	399	42	#6	#24
Typo	2023-02-22	1,762	317	#1	#1	#2	✔︎
v0.dev by Vercel Labs	2023-09-14	343	55	#7	#22
Warp AI	2023-03-17	767	53	#2	#6
Zeabur	2023-07-23	1,111	101	#1	#6		✔︎

Footnotes

1. Golden Kitty Award 2023 on producthunt.com ↗︎ ↩

2. Source: hunted.space ↗︎ ↩