How does the Product Hunt launch day ranking work?

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Maybe a silly question but yesterday we launched https://www.producthunt.com/posts/trackprogress. We had about 64 upvotes on the launch day but those with lower upvotes were higher in the ranking.

This is the first time we launch something and wondered whether other factors played a role.

Anna Mandziuk 🇺🇦 · Accepted Answer

Hmm, can it be due to more comments on the other products?
Also, I've heard from other makers that if your product is upvoted a lot by new members, those upvotes can be removed (I saw this on my launch) or maybe not counted the same way that the older users' upvotes are counted.

Dilwoar Hussain · Answer

@anna_mandziuk that’s interesting, thanks for sharing your insights.

How does the Product Hunt launch day ranking work?

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