ProductHunt Daily Launches Scraper

Pulls fresh ProductHunt launches via the public RSS feed. Resolves the ProductHunt tracking redirects to the real product URLs. Returns a clean dataset of leads ready to feed into the AI Sales Personalizer.

Built as a companion to the Show HN Lead Scraper and the AI Sales Personalizer. Together they form a complete B2B lead pipeline across both major startup-discovery channels.

Why this is useful

ProductHunt is the canonical daily feed of new product launches. Every day, 30 to 100 products go live, ranging from indie hacker side projects to YC startup launches. The audience self-selects to be discovered, which means cold outreach to these companies has a much higher reply rate than to cold lists.

This scraper:

• Pulls the latest 50 launches (configurable up to 200) from ProductHunt's official RSS feed
• Resolves the PH tracking redirect URLs to the actual product domains
• Returns title, tagline, real URL, maker name, post date
• Filters by include/exclude keywords on title or tagline

The output is CSV-ready for:

• B2B SDR teams targeting indie founders and early-stage startups
• VC scouts monitoring fresh launches in their thesis areas
• Recruiters finding companies in active growth mode (PH launches are often hiring signals)
• Partnership and integration teams looking for products with adjacent market fit
• Content marketers sourcing customer interview leads and case study candidates

What you get back per launch

Field	Description
title	Product name
description	The tagline submitted to ProductHunt
url	The actual product domain (after resolving PH redirect)
domain	Hostname extracted from the URL
ph_url	Link to the ProductHunt listing (for upvote count, comments)
author	The maker who posted the launch
published_at	When the launch went live
ph_post_id	ProductHunt's internal post ID

Pricing

• Preview mode: $0 (returns 10 results, no charges, use to verify)
• Standard: $0.01 per launch returned (charged via lead_returned event)

Typical campaigns:

• Daily 30-launch refresh: $0.30/day = $9/month
• Monthly 200-launch batch: $2
• 3-month retrospective (600 launches): $6

Compare to ProductHunt's official API (requires OAuth, rate-limited, only available on paid tier) or manual scraping (hours of work).

How to use it

1. Click Try for free with preview_mode ticked.
2. (Optional) Set include_keywords: only launches mentioning specific terms ("ai, saas, developer").
3. (Optional) Set exclude_keywords: skip "crypto, web3, nft".
4. (Optional) Set resolve_redirects to false if you want to keep the PH tracking URLs (default ON, recommended).
5. Set max_results: how many launches to return.
6. Hit Start. Results stream into the dataset.

The pipeline: combine with AI Sales Personalizer

This actor returns product URLs. The AI Sales Personalizer turns each URL into a personalized cold-outreach opener.

Pipeline:

1. Run ProductHunt Daily Launches Scraper weekly with max_results: 100. Get back 100 fresh product URLs.
2. Export the url column as CSV.
3. Feed CSV into AI Sales Personalizer with your seller pitch.
4. Get back 100 personalized openers.
5. Push to your sequencer (Smartlead, Lemlist, Instantly).

Total weekly cost: $1 (PH scrape) + $15 (100 personalizations at $0.15) = $16. For 100 freshly-launched B2B targets with personalized first-touch ready to go.

Sister actors

Combine with the Show HN Lead Scraper for full coverage across the two major B2B discovery channels (HN + PH). Together they typically surface 200 to 500 fresh launches per week for under $5.

What this actor does NOT do

• It does not extract upvote or comment counts (PH does not include these in the RSS feed; use the official PH API if you need them)
• It does not scrape full ProductHunt threads
• It does not personalize openers (use AI Sales Personalizer for that)
• It does not send emails (use your sequencer)

Tips

1. Run daily with max_results: 30 to 50 to maintain a fresh B2B pipeline.
2. Use include_keywords: "ai, saas" for tech sellers, or "productivity, workflow" for ops/PM tools, or "developer, dev tool" for infrastructure plays.
3. Set exclude_keywords defensively: "crypto, web3, nft, blockchain" skips low-fit prospects in most ICPs.
4. Pair with the Show HN Lead Scraper for double the discovery coverage.

FAQ

Q: Is this allowed by ProductHunt? The official PH RSS feed is public and indexable. We respect rate limits and identify ourselves via User-Agent.

Q: Why use this instead of the official PH API? The official API requires OAuth, has rate limits, and gated higher tiers. The RSS feed is faster, simpler, and free.

Q: Why are some url fields the PH redirect URL instead of the real product URL? Some PH redirects fail to resolve within the timeout (8 seconds). Toggle resolve_redirects: false to get the raw PH redirect URLs faster, or accept the few unresolved ones at default.

Q: Refund policy? Standard Apify refund. Preview mode is always free.

Tags

leads lead-generation producthunt product-hunt b2b startup-discovery sales sdr outbound

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Built by Emily Ward, Sydney. Pairs natively with the AI Sales Personalizer and Show HN Lead Scraper actors.

Integrations

This actor works out of the box with every Apify-supported integration:

• API: call via Apify API or any official SDK (Python, JavaScript, PHP, .NET). Returns a clean dataset URL.
• Schedule: set a daily, weekly, or custom cron cadence in Apify Console. Combine with notification for fresh feeds.
• Webhooks: wire ACTOR.RUN.SUCCEEDED to Slack, Discord, Zapier, Make, n8n, Pipedream, or any HTTPS endpoint.
• MCP: this actor is discoverable through Apify's hosted MCP server at mcp.apify.com for Claude, Cursor, Cline, Windsurf, and other MCP clients.
• n8n / Make / Zapier: native HTTP-Request integration. Trigger the actor on schedule, pipe results to Google Sheets, Airtable, your CRM, or any database.

Try it free

Every Apify user gets $5/month in free platform credits (around 250 events at this actor's per-event price). Run preview mode first to confirm output shape before scaling.

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What's New

• 2026-06-03: Metadata, categories, and SEO refreshed. Latest version live on Apify Store.

Last Updated

2026-06-03