Maker Tools is one of the most-tracked categories in our index. 418 products since 2021. The year-over-year data below reveals whether this space is accelerating, plateauing, or cooling off.
Five years of Maker Tools launch data. Volume, engagement, and the products that stood out.
Maker Tools is one of the most-tracked categories in our index. 418 products since 2021. The year-over-year data below reveals whether this space is accelerating, plateauing, or cooling off.
| Quarter | Launches | Avg Interest Score | Top Product |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | 11 | 120 | LobeHub |
| Q2 2026 | 1 | 77 | Jetson |
| Q1 2025 | 10 | 81 | Octave TTS |
| Q2 2025 | 17 | 191 | Tapflow 2.0 |
| Q3 2025 | 14 | 176 | Magiclight |
| Q4 2025 | 15 | 118 | Tight Studio |
| Q1 2024 | 23 | 285 | Microlaunch |
| Q2 2024 | 29 | 218 | Blocks |
| Q3 2024 | 18 | 155 | moimoi |
| Q4 2024 | 14 | 193 | AISmartCube |
| Q1 2023 | 35 | 159 | Bento |
| Q2 2023 | 25 | 121 | yesRamen |
| Q3 2023 | 47 | 203 | NotionApps |
| Q4 2023 | 38 | 179 | 1000.tools |
| Q1 2022 | 16 | 169 | Simple.ink |
| Q2 2022 | 19 | 227 | Product Hubs & Launch Pages |
The Maker Tools category has been cooling over the past 6 years of tracked data. Total launches went from 49 in 2021 to 12 in 2026.
Average engagement ratio across all Maker Tools launches: 0.24. Products above that line tend to solve a specific, painful problem. Products below it often entered a crowded space without clear differentiation.
Maker Tools peaked in 2023 with 145 launches. That was 3 years ago. The decline since then could signal market consolidation, saturation, or attention shifting to adjacent categories.
Average engagement per product has held steady around 0.24 across the full dataset. The audience for Maker Tools tools is consistent. Engagement doesn't rise or fall with volume, which suggests a stable base of interested users.
The highest-performing quarter was Q1 2024, with an average interest score of 285 across 23 launches. Microlaunch led that quarter.
Volume without engagement is saturation. Engagement without volume is opportunity. Check which one you're looking at.
Sum of all interest scores in the quarter divided by number of products. Simple average. We don't weight by category or product age.
Depends on what's declining. If volume drops but engagement rises, the market is maturing. That's often good for existing players. If both drop, the category may be dying. The quarterly breakdown on each page tells you which pattern you're seeing.
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.