Product Hunt Daily Launches Scraper — Votes, Rankings, Topics & Makers (No API Key)

Track every product launch on Product Hunt — the world's largest community for discovering new tech products, with 4,000+ launches every month. Get votes, live score, daily / weekly / monthly rankings, topics, taglines, thumbnails, launch dates and makers in clean structured JSON, scraped straight from the public leaderboard and topic pages. No developer token, no OAuth, no login, no setup — with an optional official-API mode that unlocks full descriptions, media, reviews and comments.

🏆 Why this Product Hunt scraper?

17+ fields per launch · daily snapshots, date ranges & topic leaderboards · works out of the box with no API key · optional official GraphQL API for richer data · founder / maker lead-gen enrichment · export to JSON / CSV / Excel. The unofficial Product Hunt API alternative for market intelligence, trend detection, newsletters and founder outreach.

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✨ What this Actor does / Key features

• 📅 Three scraping modes — a single day's launches (daily), a historical window (dateRange), or a topic/category leaderboard (topic).
• 🏆 Full ranking data — live votesCount, launch-day votes, plus dailyRank, weeklyRank and monthlyRank (#1 = Product of the Day).
• 🏷️ Topics & taglines — every launch's category tags and one-line pitch, ideal for classification and digests.
• 🖼️ Thumbnails & links — product thumbnail image URL and canonical Product Hunt product URL.
• 👤 Maker enrichment — no-key mode can visit each product page to add makers, usernames and the full description for founder lead generation.
• 🔀 Flexible sorting — order by votes/rank, newest, or featured date.
• 🔓 Zero-key engine — parses the React Server Component data embedded in Product Hunt's public HTML; Cloudflare does not block it.
• 🔑 Optional official API — supply free Product Hunt credentials to switch to the GraphQL API v2 for website, media, reviewsCount, reviewsRating and full comments, with automatic fallback to the web scrape.
• 🛡️ Proxy support — Apify Residential (US) by default for reliable, unblocked scraping.

🚀 Quick start (3 steps)

1. Configure — pick a mode. The default daily needs nothing else to pull today's launches; or set a date, a dateFrom/dateTo window, or a topic slug.
2. Run — click Start. The Actor scrapes the leaderboard/topic pages and streams launches into your dataset.
3. Get your data — open the Output tab and export to JSON, CSV, Excel or XML, or pull it via the Apify API.

📥 Input

The Actor runs with zero configuration for today's launches. Everything else is optional.

Example — today's top launches (no key, zero setup)

{ "mode": "daily", "sortBy": "VOTES", "maxPosts": 100 }

Example — a specific day, enriched with makers (founder lead-gen)

{
  "mode": "daily",
  "date": "2026-07-05",
  "enrichDetails": true,
  "enrichLimit": 60
}

Example — a topic leaderboard (AI category intelligence)

{
  "mode": "topic",
  "topic": "artificial-intelligence",
  "sortBy": "VOTES",
  "maxPosts": 200
}

Example — a historical date range (longitudinal dataset)

{
  "mode": "dateRange",
  "dateFrom": "2026-06-01",
  "dateTo": "2026-06-30"
}

Field	Type	Description
mode	string	daily (one day), dateRange (multiple days) or topic (category leaderboard). Default daily.
date	string	Target date for daily mode (YYYY-MM-DD). Empty = today.
dateFrom / dateTo	string	Start / end date for dateRange mode (YYYY-MM-DD).
topic	string	Topic slug for topic mode, e.g. artificial-intelligence, developer-tools, saas.
sortBy	string	VOTES (rank), NEWEST or FEATURED_AT. Default VOTES.
maxPosts	integer	Max launches to return. 0 = unlimited. Default 500.
enrichDetails	boolean	No-key mode: visit each product page to add makers + full description (slower). Default false.
enrichLimit	integer	No-key mode: how many launches to enrich (votes + tagline come from this step). 0 = enrich all. Default 60.
scrapeComments	boolean	Official API: include top comments; no-key: also enables maker/description enrichment. Default false.
maxComments	integer	Max comments per post (official API only). Default 20.
apiKey / apiSecret	string	Optional. Switches to the official GraphQL API for richer data.
accessToken	string	Optional. Pre-obtained Bearer token — use instead of key + secret.
proxyConfiguration	object	Proxy for the web scrape. Defaults to Apify Residential (US).

Popular topic slugs: artificial-intelligence, developer-tools, productivity, marketing, design-tools, saas, no-code, open-source, fintech. Find a slug by opening any Product Hunt topic page and copying the path segment after /topics/.

📤 Output

One row per launch — 17+ fields, exportable to JSON, CSV, Excel or XML. Here is a trimmed sample record (no-key mode):

{
  "id": "1149728",
  "name": "Elentaria",
  "slug": "elentaria",
  "tagline": "Your GTM: from diagnosis to execution",
  "url": "https://www.producthunt.com/products/elentaria",
  "votesCount": 576,
  "launchDayVotes": 544,
  "commentsCount": 97,
  "dailyRank": 1,
  "weeklyRank": 2,
  "monthlyRank": 2,
  "launchDate": "2026-07-05",
  "featuredAt": "2026-07-05T00:01:00-07:00",
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://ph-files.imgix.net/48d14be3-c76f-470b-a30d-be79b45c0f5f.jpeg",
  "topicNames": ["Sales", "Marketing"],
  "makerNames": ["Jane Doe"],
  "makerUsernames": ["janedoe"],
  "source": "web",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-07-06T12:00:00.000Z"
}

💡 Use cases

• Competitor & market intelligence — track what launches in your category every day.
• Trend detection — see which topics get the most traction this week or month.
• Newsletter & content curation — power a daily/weekly digest of the top launches.
• Founder lead generation — enable enrichment to capture makers who just launched.
• AI / LLM training data — high-quality product names, taglines and descriptions.
• Academic & longitudinal research — build one of the best datasets of tech launches over time via dateRange mode.

👥 Who uses it

Growth & market-intelligence teams · SaaS and AI founders watching their category · newsletter and media curators · VC and startup scouts sourcing fresh launches · sales/lead-gen teams targeting makers · researchers building product-launch datasets.

💰 Pricing

This Actor runs on a simple pay-per-result model — you pay for the launches you extract, with no separate Apify platform fees to calculate. Try it on the free tier first, then scale up. See the Pricing tab on this page for the current rate.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Does this Product Hunt scraper need an API key or login? No. The default engine scrapes Product Hunt's public leaderboard and topic pages out of the box — no developer token, no OAuth, no login. You can optionally add a free API key only for richer maker/description/review fields.

Is scraping Product Hunt legal? The Actor collects only publicly available launch data from pages Product Hunt serves to everyone. You are responsible for using the output in line with Product Hunt's terms and applicable laws.

Do I need a proxy? Apify Residential (US) proxy is enabled by default and works reliably. You can override the group/country in the proxy settings if you prefer.

How many launches can I scrape per run? A typical day returns 20–50 products, a topic page up to ~200, and a one-month dateRange roughly 600–1,500 launches. Set maxPosts to 0 for unlimited.

How do I get makers and full descriptions without an API key? Enable enrichDetails in no-key mode — each launch visits its product page to add makers, usernames and the long description. Use enrichLimit to control how many launches are enriched.

What extra data does the optional API mode add? When you supply credentials, the official GraphQL API v2 is used and adds website, media, reviewsCount, reviewsRating and full comments. If the API call fails, the Actor automatically falls back to the no-key web scrape.

Is this a Product Hunt API alternative?

Yes. The default engine scrapes the public leaderboard and topic pages with no developer token, so you get launches, votes, ranks and topics as a Product Hunt API alternative without OAuth setup.

Can I scrape Product Hunt without an API key or login?

Yes — no API key, no login, no developer account. It parses the public leaderboard pages out of the box; a free API key is optional and only adds richer maker/description fields.

How do I export Product Hunt launches to CSV or JSON?

Every run writes results to an Apify dataset you can download as CSV, JSON, Excel or XML — an easy Product Hunt data export for daily launches.

Can I extract Product Hunt data by topic or date range?

Yes. Use topic mode for category data (AI, Developer Tools, SaaS, etc.) or dateRange mode to pull a historical window of daily launches.

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⏰ Scheduling & integration

Schedule this Actor on Apify to snapshot Product Hunt's leaderboard every day and build a longitudinal launch dataset. Export results to JSON, CSV or Excel, sync to Google Sheets, or push to your database, BI tools and webhooks through the Apify API. Connect it to Make, n8n or Zapier to auto-generate launch digests and founder lead lists.

⭐ Support & feedback

Found a bug or need an extra field? Open an issue on the Issues tab — response is usually fast. If this Actor saves you time, a ★★★★★ review on the Store page genuinely helps and is hugely appreciated. 🙏

⚖️ Legal

This Actor extracts only publicly available launch data and is intended for legitimate research, analytics and lead-generation use. You are responsible for complying with Product Hunt's terms of service and any applicable local laws. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Product Hunt.

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📝 Changelog

2026-07-06

• ✨ README overhaul: richer output sample, ready-to-run example scenarios per mode, full field reference, social & product-data suite cross-links, and clearer quick-start.

2026-07-01

• Maintenance pass: re-verified end-to-end on live data and confirmed successful runs within the 5-minute quality window on the default input.
• Sharpened Store metadata (SEO title & description) and expanded the FAQ with high-intent, long-tail questions for easier discovery in Google and Apify Store search.
• Added ready-to-run example tasks that cover common real-world use cases.

2026-06-15

• Reliability pass: re-verified end-to-end on live data with real-world inputs. Routine maintenance build.

2026-06-07

• Docs: added coverage for using this as a Product Hunt API alternative, scraping without an API key/login, and exporting daily launches to CSV/JSON.

2026-06-05

• 🛡️ Reliability fix: results are no longer dropped by strict output validation — runs now complete cleanly even at high volume (thousands of results).
• ⚡ Stability & performance hardening; fresh rebuild.

2026-06-04

• Major: no API key required. Default engine now scrapes Product Hunt's public leaderboard / topic pages (name, tagline, votes, rank, topics, thumbnail, launch date) with zero setup. API key is now fully optional and only adds makers/description/comments. Added enrichDetails for no-key maker + description enrichment.