Electron 1.0 launched on Product Hunt on May 11th, 2016 and earned 596 upvotes and 33 comments, earning #1 Product of the Day.
On the analytics side, Electron 1.0 competes within Software Engineering, Developer Tools and Tech — topics that collectively have 1.2M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Electron 1.0 performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Electron 1.0?
Electron 1.0 was hunted by Ben Tossell. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
Ben Tossell