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producthunt.comLaunch platformsGeneral (accepts AI tools)A · Top pick

score/100

At a glance

Cost to list
Free launch; no paid listing tier
Free listing
Yes
Cheapest paid
–
Featured price
–
Fast-track price
–
Link type
Nofollow
Which plan gets the link
none (nofollow)
Badge required
Not stated
Time to get listed
–
Launch format
Daily launch · new day at 12:01 AM PT
Voting
Yes
Login needed
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Submit form
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Our take

Product Hunt is a daily launch platform where makers, indie hackers and early adopters browse new tech products, with AI tools accepted alongside everything else. Launching is free. Links are confirmed NOT to pass SEO value, so the payoff is exposure: the site gets about 190k monthly search visits, mostly from the US and India, and is cited thousands of times in AI search answers.

Product Hunt is a curation of the best new products, every day. Discover the latest mobile apps, websites, and technology products that everyone's talking about.

From producthunt.com

Watch out for

  • Blocks automated checks - verified by hand and in backlink data
  • Links out to a huge number of sites, which dilutes each backlink

Reach and visibility

What this directory reaches today, and how often AI assistants quote it. Numbers come from Ahrefs, pulled 8 Oct 2026.

Monthly visitors

100k–1M/mo

Ahrefs organic traffic

Authority

DR 80–100

Ahrefs Domain Rating

AI citations

1k+

quoted in AI answers

Referring domains

96,783

sites linking in

AI search visibility

How often this directory is cited as a source in each AI assistant. A listing here has a better chance of being recommended when someone asks an AI for tools like yours.

ChatGPT100–999
Perplexity1k+
Google AI Overviews100–999
Google AI Mode100–999
Gemini1k+
Copilot100–999

Where the visitors are

🇺🇸 United States23%
🇮🇳 India20%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom6%

More signals

Ranking keywords
13,848
Traffic value
$141,198
Domain age
23.6 yrs
Registered
Mar 4, 2003
Sitemap pages
–
Sitemap updated
–
Homepage outbound
3
Newsletter
No

Source: Ahrefs, Oct 8, 2026. How we measure this.

Our score

A · Top pick
Audience25/25
Authority15/15
AI visibility15/15
Link value3/15
Relevance14/15
Cost and access15/15

How the score works

What it costs to list

Listing here is free. There is no paid tier to worry about, though a badge or link back may be requested (see the note below).

Free listing

Yes

Paid plans from

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Featured spot

–

Fast-track review

–

Plans and prices

Free launch; no paid listing tier

Launching is free

Pricing checked 8 Oct 2026 · known platform model

How to submit

  1. 1Sign in to Product Hunt; an account is required to submit.
  2. 2Open the new post page at https://www.producthunt.com/posts/new.
  3. 3Fill in the launch details the form asks for.
  4. 4Pick a launch date; each new launch day starts at 12:01 AM PT.
  5. 5Be available on launch day, since visitors vote on the products launching that day.

The details

Form
blocked
Login
Yes
CAPTCHA
No
Review time
–
Cost
Free option
Submit to Product Hunt

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Frequently asked questions

Is listing on Product Hunt free?

Yes. Launching on Product Hunt is free, and there is no paid listing tier.

Does Product Hunt give a dofollow backlink?

No. Product Hunt links are verified nofollow, so the main value is exposure rather than SEO.

Who visits Product Hunt?

Makers, early adopters and indie hackers. The largest traffic sources are the US (23%) and India (20%).

Last verified Oct 8, 2026Report an issue