How ranking works · Launchrace

Who can vote

One upvote per person per product, from a signed-in account with a confirmed email address.
Votes from accounts younger than 24 hours are recorded but only start counting once the account is 24 hours old. This makes throwaway accounts useless.
Votes we identify as bought, traded or coordinated are excluded, and the listing may be penalised.

The daily launch race

Each launch day runs from midnight to midnight UTC. Products launching that day are ranked only by the votes they receive during that day. Ties go to the product that was approved first. The final top 10 is frozen at midnight and earns badges.

Weekly, monthly and all-time boards

These use a score made from real activity in the period, with these weights:

each counted vote: 1
each save: 0.5
each follow: 0.5
each unique visitor who clicks through to the product’s website: 0.1

Weeks start on Monday and months on the 1st (UTC). Final results are frozen when the period closes.

How visits are counted

We count visits without cookies: each visit is identified by a one-way hash of a daily random value, the IP address and the browser type. The daily value is deleted after two days, so visitors can’t be tracked over time. Automated traffic and repeat visits within 30 minutes are not counted.

Demo listings

Demo listings are fictional examples. They are never ranked against real products.

What never affects ranking

Payment of any kind. Sponsored placements appear in separate, labelled slots.
Votes, reviews or engagement that were bought, traded or faked.