YC World is a map that shows where YC companies are from. It’s based on the location of the founders before applying for YC.
About YC World on Product Hunt
“Explore Y Combinator companies by country”
YC World launched on Product Hunt on September 12th, 2017 and earned 377 upvotes and 41 comments, earning #3 Product of the Day. YC World is a map that shows where YC companies are from. It’s based on the location of the founders before applying for YC.
On the analytics side, YC World competes within Tech — topics that collectively have 621.5k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how YC World performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted YC World?
YC World was hunted by Kat Manalac. 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.
Kat Manalac