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Dev Hunt

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Dev Hunt is a launch platform for AI tools, developer tools, and SaaS. We went through its submission pages in October 2026: what it costs, the link you get, who gets in and how to submit.

Freeor $19+Paid options from $19 DofollowThey link to your product with a dofollow link, which helps SEO SelectiveOnly a few submissions are picked FeaturedShown to their audience: homepage, newsletter or social DR 70Ahrefs Domain Rating: a 0–100 score based on the sites that link here. It doesn't measure traffic. TrafficSimilarweb global rank #378,318
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How much does Dev Hunt cost?

Listing on Dev Hunt is free, with paid options from $19.

The FAQ says a free listing gets a permanent tool page with a nofollow link. No waiting period, backlink requirement, badge requirement, or review time is stated for the free listing. Weekly launch placement is a separate paid option.

Free listing
Free
Link: Nofollow
  • Permanent DevHunt tool page
  • Website link is nofollow
Launch
$19 per launch
Link: Dofollow
  • Choose a launch week
  • Launch placement on the home page
  • Spot in the weekly newsletter
  • Permanent dofollow link to the product website
Boosted launch
$49 per launch
Link: Dofollow
  • Launch package
  • Listed above other launches when votes are tied
  • Higher placement in the weekly email
  • Dedicated post on X
Super boost add-on
$99 per launch
Link: Dofollow
  • Available before the launch week starts for a boosted launch
  • One of three weekly positions: first, second, or third buyer gets the corresponding position in the launch email
  • Home page opens the week at the corresponding top-three position; afterward it ranks by votes, with the boost providing priority when votes are equal

Extras they sell

Boosted launch $49 per launch, or upgrade a $19 launch for the difference
Adds tie-break priority over other launches, higher placement in the weekly email, and its own X post.
Super boost $99
Limited to three weekly slots. The FAQ describes positions in the launch email and top-of-home-page opening positions, but says the home page then ranks by votes, with the boost only breaking equal-vote ties. The page does not clearly say whether $99 is additive to or inclusive of the boosted-launch price.
Sidebar card ad $149/week or $499/month
Shown across DevHunt pages, stays in view while visitors scroll, and is always shown rather than rotated. The page estimates 20K–45K views per week.
Inline listing ad $89/week or $299/month
Product appears among tools, under the week's top three, on home, tool, and category pages. The page estimates 3.5K–7K views per week.
Weekly newsletter ad $299/week for 2 emails or $999/month
One slot is offered in Tuesday winners and Wednesday launches emails, with placement at the top, middle, and bottom of each email; includes name, short text, and link.

Does Dev Hunt give a dofollow backlink?

Dev Hunt links to your site with a dofollow link, the kind Google may count toward your site's authority.

Its Ahrefs Domain Rating is 70.

Who gets into Dev Hunt, and how fast?

Dev Hunt picks only a few of the products submitted.

New listings are shown to its audience: on the homepage, in a newsletter or on social media.

How much traffic does Dev Hunt get?

Similarweb ranks devhunt.org #378,318 in the world by traffic.

What Dev Hunt says about its audience: Homepage: “586,052 unique visitors since launch,” 24.5M impressions, and 44,825 developers. Advertise page: “150K page views / month,” “40,000 newsletter subscribers,” and “2 min avg. visit.” Stats page reports 144.2K visitors, 226.1K page views, 364.4K tool impressions, and 44,822 developers for the last 30 days; it says its live first-party analytics update every 10 minutes and that earlier data is estimated. About page separately claims “200K+ Visits from developers,” “10k+ Registered users visit weekly,” and “1000+ Dev Tools launched.” The displayed totals differ across pages.

How do you submit to Dev Hunt?

You submit to Dev Hunt through a form, after creating an account. Sign-up options: GitHub and Google.

What the form asks for

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What founders report from Dev Hunt

From founders' own write-ups of their launches and their first users. The numbers are theirs; we haven't checked them. How 50 startups got their first users.

Context Goblin

Developer tool · DevHunt launch

The developer tool paid $49 after reading DevHunt's six-figure headline numbers for past winners. The week it actually launched in was tiny, so second place brought 22 visits.

Reported: $49 listing; #2 of the week on 14 upvotes; 3,351 impressions; 22 visitors (0.66% click-through); 0 signups; the week's leader had 3,345 impressions and 17 votes

“Placing at the top of the week sent us 22 visitors and zero signups.”

Launch platforms contextgoblin.com, Clemens, August 2026

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Researched 29 October 2026 from Dev Hunt's own pages. Prices and terms change, so check before you pay. Something out of date? Report a correction.