{
  "notice": "Please credit \"Is software solved?\" and the sources listed in credits when you reuse these numbers. They are our own aggregates. For original records, go to each source.",
  "id": "product-launches",
  "name": "Product launches",
  "question": "Are people still launching new software?",
  "metric": "New products launched on Uneed, latest full month",
  "solvedIf": "Launching a product takes almost no effort",
  "value": "837",
  "change": "+194%",
  "trend": [
    {
      "label": "2024-02",
      "value": 66
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-03",
      "value": 56
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-04",
      "value": 108
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-05",
      "value": 96
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-06",
      "value": 85
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-07",
      "value": 116
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-08",
      "value": 141
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-09",
      "value": 157
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-10",
      "value": 261
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-11",
      "value": 288
    },
    {
      "label": "2024-12",
      "value": 376
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-01",
      "value": 393
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-02",
      "value": 345
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-03",
      "value": 398
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-04",
      "value": 377
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-05",
      "value": 409
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-06",
      "value": 419
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-07",
      "value": 406
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-08",
      "value": 389
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-09",
      "value": 264
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-10",
      "value": 285
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-11",
      "value": 329
    },
    {
      "label": "2025-12",
      "value": 358
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-01",
      "value": 328
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-02",
      "value": 307
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-03",
      "value": 309
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-04",
      "value": 321
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-05",
      "value": 483
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-06",
      "value": 577
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-07",
      "value": 663
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-08",
      "value": 676
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-09",
      "value": 844
    },
    {
      "label": "2026-10",
      "value": 837
    }
  ],
  "trendLabel": "Products launched on Uneed per month. A weak proxy, because it covers one launch site.",
  "caution": [
    "This is a weak proxy. It counts launches on one site, Uneed, not all new software.",
    "Uneed's own growth could explain part of this rise, and AI makes small products cheaper to build, so more launches may not mean more demand. Editing a product page can also move it to a different month.",
    "Treat it as a rough hint until we can compare it with other launch sites."
  ],
  "fromHigh": "-1% from high",
  "status": "More launches",
  "rule": "More launches when more products launch than in the same month a year before.",
  "direction": "away",
  "checks": [
    {
      "date": "2026-11-02",
      "value": "837",
      "change": "+194%",
      "status": "More launches"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-01",
      "value": "837",
      "change": "+194%",
      "status": "More launches"
    }
  ],
  "url": "/signals/product-launches",
  "api": "/api/signals/product-launches.json",
  "credits": [
    {
      "name": "Uneed",
      "url": "https://www.uneed.best/",
      "signal": "product-launches",
      "license": "No data license published",
      "credit": "Counts derived from the public Uneed sitemap."
    }
  ]
}