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Indie Hackers vs Product Hunt
Indie Hackers is a forum and Product Hunt is a launch board. Indie Hackers is among the 100,000 most visited sites, and Product Hunt among the 10,000 most visited sites. Fewer sites link to Indie Hackers than to Product Hunt: 43 out of 100 against 70 (Common Crawl, Oct 2026).
Choose Product Hunt if
- you want more people to see it: Product Hunt is among the 10,000 most visited sites, Indie Hackers among the 100,000 most visited sites (Tranco, Oct 2026).
- you care how often other sites link to it: 70 out of 100 for Product Hunt, 43 for Indie Hackers (Common Crawl, Oct 2026).
| What it is, differs | Forum | Launch board |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Online; we couldn't find a date on its listings | Online; we couldn't find a date on its listings |
| Price | Not known | Free |
| Link | Not known | Nofollow: none of the 6 listings we checked pass SEO value |
| Account needed | Yes | Yes |
| What it lists | Profitable online businesses, Side projects, Startup ideas, Products with revenue figures | Mobile apps, Websites, Technology products, AI products, Developer tools |
| How often other sites link to it, differs | 43 out of 100 (Common Crawl, Oct 2026) | 70 out of 100 (Common Crawl, Oct 2026) |
| Traffic, differs | Among the 100,000 most visited sites (Tranco, Oct 2026) | Among the 10,000 most visited sites (Tranco, Oct 2026) |
| Domain registered, differs | Apr 2015 (11 years ago) | Mar 2003 (23 years ago) |
Not yet confirmed for either: newest listing, review time, takes pre-launch, badge required, first seen online.
How to submit
Indie Hackers
Sign in with Google or email and password, or join, then write a post.
Product Hunt
Log in, click Submit in the top right, click New Product, enter the product's URL, then follow the submission flow.
Paid and advertising options
Product Hunt
Advertising
Last checked Oct 28, 2026.
| Option | Price | Placement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self-serve web display campaigns | $5,000 - $10,000 | Ads placed natively on the leaderboard | help.producthunt.com/en/articles/7950405-… |
| Managed campaigns | Start at $10,000 | Planned with the campaign management team, including placements in daily newsletters | help.producthunt.com/en/articles/7950405-… |
Who each is for
Indie Hackers
Indie Hackers is for founders of profitable businesses and side projects who share their stories, and for entrepreneurs who read and learn from those examples.
- Profitable online businesses
- Side projects
- Startup ideas
- Products with revenue figures
Product Hunt
Product Hunt's community is made up of early adopters, makers, tech people, entrepreneurs, investors, and those who just love trying new products.
- Mobile apps
- Websites
- Technology products
- AI products
- Developer tools
Screenshots
What changed
- : Indie Hackers: submit page set to indiehackers.com/sign-in?next=%2Fnew-post
- : Indie Hackers: status changed from Live, blocks checks to Online
- : Product Hunt: price set to Free
- : Product Hunt: submit page set to producthunt.com/launch
- : Product Hunt: status changed from Live, blocks checks to Online
- : Product Hunt: status changed from Online to Live, blocks checks
- : Product Hunt: status set to Online
Questions
- Do I need an account to submit to Indie Hackers and Product Hunt?
- Indie Hackers needs an account to submit. Product Hunt needs an account to submit. As of Oct 28, 2026.
- Which gets more visitors, Indie Hackers or Product Hunt?
- Indie Hackers is among the 100,000 most visited sites, and Product Hunt among the 10,000 most visited sites, in the Tranco list of the most visited sites (Oct 2026).
We checked both on Oct 28, 2026: whether each answers, whether its listings pass SEO value and its newest listing. The price and the rules come from each site's own pages, and a fact we have not confirmed is left out. Written from Indie Hackers' and Product Hunt's own pages on Oct 28, 2026. How we check