Here's the full Task Management market picture. 935 launches indexed, broken down by year, quarter, and engagement metrics. Use this to understand where the category has been and where it's heading.
Five years of Task Management launch data. Volume, engagement, and the products that stood out.
Here's the full Task Management market picture. 935 launches indexed, broken down by year, quarter, and engagement metrics. Use this to understand where the category has been and where it's heading.
| Quarter | Launches | Avg Interest Score | Top Product |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | 51 | 166 | Cowork |
| Q1 2025 | 54 | 138 | Tweek |
| Q2 2025 | 49 | 92 | Checklist GG |
| Q3 2025 | 48 | 92 | Notion 3.0 |
| Q4 2025 | 43 | 143 | Orchestra |
| Q1 2024 | 56 | 176 | Superlist |
| Q2 2024 | 45 | 161 | Insighto |
| Q3 2024 | 69 | 201 | BeforeSunset AI 2.0 |
| Q4 2024 | 35 | 228 | Nfig AI |
| Q1 2023 | 60 | 115 | General Task (Beta) |
| Q2 2023 | 68 | 109 | Dokably |
| Q3 2023 | 93 | 148 | Frame |
| Q4 2023 | 67 | 123 | Swit 2.0 |
| Q1 2022 | 20 | 172 | Hints |
| Q2 2022 | 20 | 165 | Magical |
| Q3 2022 | 17 | 222 | Zeda.io |
The Task Management category has been steady over the past 6 years of tracked data. Total launches went from 100 in 2021 to 51 in 2026.
Average engagement ratio across all Task Management launches: 0.28. Products above that line tend to solve a specific, painful problem. Products below it often entered a crowded space without clear differentiation.
Task Management peaked in 2023 with 288 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 risen from 0.21 in 2021 to 0.24 in 2026. That upward trend means the community is spending more time with each new launch. Either the products are getting better, or the audience is getting more selective. Probably both.
The highest-performing quarter was Q4 2024, with an average interest score of 228 across 35 launches. Nfig AI led that quarter.
840 B2B launches (89%) vs 95 B2C (11%) across the full Task Management dataset. Task Management is heavily B2B. The products here target teams, companies, and professional workflows.
2021: 100 launches. Average interest: 133. Average engagement: 0.21. Top launch: Clover (505 interest).
2022: 97 launches (-3% vs 2021). Average interest: 162. Average engagement: 0.32. Top launch: Air for Teams (609 interest).
2023: 288 launches (+197% vs 2022). Average interest: 126. Average engagement: 0.26. Top launch: Frame (605 interest).
2024: 205 launches (-29% vs 2023). Average interest: 190. Average engagement: 0.29. Top launch: BeforeSunset AI 2.0 (1,276 interest).
2025: 194 launches (-5% vs 2024). Average interest: 116. Average engagement: 0.33. Top launch: Orchestra (803 interest).
2026: 51 launches (-74% vs 2025). Average interest: 166. Average engagement: 0.24. Top launch: Cowork (1,080 interest).
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.
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.