You built it — how to get the first users

Updated daily, last 2026-11-12

Search cases by tactic rather than by category: 3,000+ rising products, each with a write-up of the exact channels and moves that got it users.

Once connected, ask your agent

• I launched a budgeting app two weeks ago with 30 downloads — how do I get the first users?
• How do open-source projects go from 50 to 1,000 stars? Find recent examples
• Which products took off through TikTok creators, and what exactly did they do?

The tools it will use

• products(growth='channel or tactic'): search cases by tactic
• products(key=…, part='growth'): read exactly how one case grew
• data: verify quotes and numbers in the ad libraries, X and Hacker News

Advice is tied to specific cases with quotes, numbers, dates and sources; where the databases have no evidence, it says so.

What a query returns today

From the Meta Ad Library tracker database: Advertisers with few page likes but many active ads.

Databases behind it

• Meta Ad Library tracker:Who is paying for Facebook / Instagram ads: about 60 keywords across countries, recording how many ads each advertiser runs, where they land, and daily change.
• Posts from five X circles:Original posts from core members of five X circles (AI founders, AI indie developers, AI researchers, Silicon Valley VCs, US stock investors), searchable by circle, keyword or person, plus live X search.
• Hacker News stories:Hacker News stories since 2024: points, comments, hours on the front page and best rank, with Show HN filterable.
• Product Hunt launches:Every Product Hunt launch since 2013: votes, rank, comments, topics and makers, plus hour-by-hour vote curves for recent launch days.