Product Hunt is an American website to share and discover new

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s. It was founded by Ryan Hoover in November 2013. Users submit products, which are listed in a linear format by day. The site includes a comments system and a voting system similar to

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. The products with the most votes rise to the top of each day's list. Products are organized into four categories; technology products (

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s, hardware products, etc.), games (PC, web, mobile apps), books and podcasts. A submission simply requires a product title, URL, and tagline. As of 2016, according to Hoover, the website has led to the discovery of over 100 million products across 50,000 companies. The site also includes a daily email list that sends out yesterday's top tech "hunts" (products) as well as a featured collection. A version of the digest is also available for games and books. Product Hunt is also available as an

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app,

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app, an Android app, and Google Chrome extension. The company's headquarters is in

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. The site received funding from

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History

2013

Product Hunt launched on November 6, 2013, when it began as an email list built using Linkydink. The first version of the website was developed by Nathan Bashaw and Ryan Hoover over the Thanksgiving break in 2013. On July 17, 2014, the company announced its Y Combinator backing.

2014

In Fall 2014, the company announced it would receive $6.1 million in

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funding led by

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2015

On February 5, 2015, the company won the "best new startup" of 2014 Crunchie award. In September 2015, the company added a

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section to the site. However, in 2016, they put an end to it, stating that it would "distract from our main mission" of surfacing great products. In December 2015, the company launched an iPhone app. In September 2017, it launched "Ship", which is a suite of tools for makers to generate demand for the products they create.

2016

In November 2016,

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acquired Product Hunt for $20 million.

2018

In February 2018, Product Hunt released a new tech news aggregator app called "Sip." Sip was shut down in 2019.

2019

In July 2019, the company launched "Launch Day" to help users monitor their entire launch in real time.

2020

In October 2020, the company announced Josh Buckley, angel investor and founder of Mino Games, as its new CEO.

2021

In August 2021, the company announced Ashley Higgins, former GM, as its new CEO.

References

External links

* {{Official website, https://www.producthunt.com/ Social bookmarking websites Remote companies Companies based in San Francisco Internet properties established in 2013 Y Combinator companies IOS software Google Chrome extensions American companies established in 2013 2013 establishments in California 2016 mergers and acquisitions