Five years. 586 Community products. Every quarter analyzed. This page tells you whether the category is worth entering, worth investing in, or worth avoiding.
Five years of Community launch data. Volume, engagement, and the products that stood out.
Five years. 586 Community products. Every quarter analyzed. This page tells you whether the category is worth entering, worth investing in, or worth avoiding.
| Quarter | Launches | Avg Interest Score | Top Product |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | 17 | 139 | Tinkerer Club |
| Q1 2025 | 26 | 154 | OpenArt Consistent Characters |
| Q2 2025 | 27 | 74 | Tickup |
| Q3 2025 | 16 | 73 | Wibe for creators |
| Q4 2025 | 14 | 140 | ProblemHunt |
| Q1 2024 | 49 | 199 | Layers |
| Q2 2024 | 32 | 156 | Draftboard |
| Q3 2024 | 37 | 206 | Osmos |
| Q4 2024 | 23 | 146 | launching.today |
| Q1 2023 | 44 | 147 | Bluelearn |
| Q2 2023 | 43 | 113 | yesRamen |
| Q3 2023 | 41 | 152 | Wylo |
| Q4 2023 | 54 | 148 | Zenpreneur |
| Q1 2022 | 24 | 157 | Community Masters |
| Q2 2022 | 38 | 190 | Peerlist |
| Q3 2022 | 41 | 174 | Threado |
The Community category has been cooling over the past 5 years of tracked data. Total launches went from 163 in 2022 to 17 in 2026.
Average engagement ratio across all Community launches sits at 0.34. Products above that threshold tend to serve a real, specific need. Products below it often entered a crowded market without sufficient differentiation.
Launch volume dropped 80% year-over-year, but average engagement per product rose by 18%. Fewer builders are entering Community, but the ones that do are finding a more receptive audience. That's a textbook market gap signal.
At least three. Two data points is a line, not a trend. We have five years of data for most categories, which is enough to distinguish real shifts from noise.
Current year launches compared to the same period last year. Positive means more products launching. Negative means the category cooled. Neither is inherently good or bad. A mature category with fewer but better launches is often healthier than one flooding the market with clones.
Launch volume drops but engagement per product rises. Fewer builders entering, but the ones that do find a more receptive audience. That's an opportunity signal. We flag it when we see it.
We report what happened. We don't predict. Five years of data shows patterns, but markets surprise people for a living.
Three common reasons. The market consolidated around winners. The technology matured and stopped generating new startups. Or builder attention shifted to adjacent categories. Usually it's a combination.