Our Product Hunt launch drove 708 upvotes and landed the #2 spot for launch day. Our launch tweet got 3.2M views.

Here's the hour-by-hour execution plan—and why the badge doesn't matter as much as you think.

How to Rank Top 5 on Product Hunt

Anything top 5 on Product Hunt

Product Hunt is an excuse.

An excuse to:

Dhruv said it best: "The main benefit is it's an excuse to tell everyone in your life what you're working on. And good things come from that."

Product Hunt was the catalyst. Not the cause.

The Brutal Math of Rankings