How does PH ranking algorithm work? 🤔

Question

Hey Product hunters 👋 ,

I have seen

👉  Product with highest votes on second/third position
👉 Product with more comments in second/third/fourth position
👉 realized that sometimes Hunters, Makers point might affect the ranking or sometimes absolutely not.

Anyone who has cracked it or can explain it in a better way?

Ana Vizcarrondo · Accepted Answer

I think it's a combination of: votes, comments and activity in the page. If a Maker with accumulated points does any of the three, it counts more in the algorithm.

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Inna Proshkina · Answer

@between_team @arpitmishra that's exactly what we experienced when we launched last week. We had almost 1000 upvotes and ended up with just 650. Of couse it's frustrating and I think all the community would highly appreciate if PH was more transparent about the ranking.

Inna Proshkina · Answer

My guess is that newly created/inactive accounts' upvotes and comments do not influence ranking.

David J. Kim · Answer

@inna_proshkina That does surprise me to an extent. Many articles online say a common strategy is to blast your post to your existing network.

Ruben Wolff · Answer

@arpitmishra upvotes, 100% sure

Ruben Wolff · Answer

Normally, the amount of votes determines the ranking, and the comments affect ties (I think?). Hunters attract their communities but maker points don't have any effect.

Yami San · Answer

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Arpit Mishra · Answer

@inna_proshkina @between_team But then have read that you cannot ask for upvotes. Stories where people with 1500 votes, woke up to see 700 next day. How does that work?

Avi 🤝 · Answer

/@thomas_24859 @ana_vizcarrondo_goyanes Great set of suggestions. Thanks!

Vardan Karapetyan · Answer

@thomas_24859 @ana_vizcarrondo_goyanes same here, we've launched our product this month and attracted a lot of people through our network, obviously a lot of people wanted to support us and registered on PH on the D-day or a day before. A red balloon showed showed right after their names.  But the newbie upvotes got cancelled 20 minutes before the PH day end, and we ended up on #2. Imagine our frustration level.

Arpit Mishra · Answer

@rubenwolff Makes sense. But what do you think is ranked higher Comment or Likes?

How does PH ranking algorithm work? 🤔

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