How it works
Add our script to your site. We count your visitors and rank projects every week.
1Add the snippet
Copy it from your dashboard and paste it into your site.
2We count visitors
Every day, and where they came from.
3You get ranked
The week closes on Monday. After that the numbers don't change.
4Show the badge
A top 10 place gets a medal. Otherwise it shows your visitors this week.
Every badge
Sample figures · S, M and L · light and dark#1Proof of Traction#1 · W45Proof of Traction#1 of the weekWeek 45 · 14,214 visitorsProof of Traction#1 of the weekWeek 45 · 14,214 visitors
#2Proof of Traction#2 · W45Proof of Traction#2 of the weekWeek 45 · 9,384 visitorsProof of Traction#2 of the weekWeek 45 · 9,384 visitors
#3Proof of Traction#3 · W45Proof of Traction#3 of the weekWeek 45 · 8,409 visitorsProof of Traction#3 of the weekWeek 45 · 8,409 visitors
#1Proof of Traction#1 · W45Proof of Traction#1 of the weekWeek 45 · 14,214 visitorsProof of Traction#1 of the weekWeek 45 · 14,214 visitors
#2Proof of Traction#2 · W45Proof of Traction#2 of the weekWeek 45 · 9,384 visitorsProof of Traction#2 of the weekWeek 45 · 9,384 visitors
#3Proof of Traction#3 · W45Proof of Traction#3 of the weekWeek 45 · 8,409 visitorsProof of Traction#3 of the weekWeek 45 · 8,409 visitors
Details
What we count
- Visitors. People our script saw on your site in a day (UTC). Someone who comes back tomorrow counts again tomorrow. A week is the seven days added up, Monday to Sunday.
- Where they came from. Google, X, Reddit, Hacker News, AI chats like ChatGPT, Product Hunt, our own pages, newsletters, ads, other sites, or direct. Click a source on a project page to see the sites behind it. We keep the site's name only, never the page someone was on.
- No cookies. Visitors are counted with an anonymous ID that changes every day. We don't store IP addresses, and known bots are filtered out.
The ranking
- Ordered by visitors. Your project joins the board on the first day we measure it. If we measured fewer than seven days, the table says so.
- Growth. Week-over-week change, shown once a project has a full previous week with at least 200 visitors, so a jump from 3 to 30 doesn't top the list.
- Sealed every Monday. The live week keeps changing. On Monday at 00:00 UTC it closes, we review it, and it is published. After that the numbers never change.
Proving it's your site
- The script is the proof. Every morning we load your homepage and a few pages from your sitemap and look for it.
- Can't edit the HTML? Add a DNS TXT record instead. You still need the script for anything to be counted.
- If the script is missing or your site is down, that day isn't measured. It never counts as zero. After seven days without the script, the project is paused until you put it back.
- We approve every listing by hand. It's free, and approved projects get a followed link from their page.
The badge
- The link in your snippet turns into a badge with this week's visitor count, the same number as on your page.
- Three sizes, light or dark. See the badge →
What we don't see
- Pages without the script, people who block scripts, and anything from before you installed it.
- Which post or search brought someone. Only the site they came from.
- Sign-ups, revenue or retention. A number here means people visited, nothing more.
Questions about a number? Write to [email protected]. Submit your project →