Which launch directories actually work?
We crawl 43 launch directories on a schedule and measure what happens to the listings on them: whether the page is still there, whether the link is followed, and whether Google ever indexed it. 801 listings on record so far, and every number is dated.
Latest from the crawl
Directories change quietly and nobody tells the people who listed on them. This is what moved recently.
- Indexation
- 84%
- Listings
- 135
- Verified
- 12 Aug
What changed
StartupBase24 listings appeared11h ago
Webcurate13 listings appeared11h ago
BetaList9 listings appeared14h ago
UneedIndexation 40% to 65%yesterday
AlternativeToIndexation 86% to 80%yesterday
Product HuntIndexation 89% to 80%yesterdayNewly tracked
WIPawaiting first crawl2d ago
BetaTestingawaiting first crawl2d ago
Land-bookverified 12 Aug2d agoWebcurateverified 12 Aug2d ago
TinyLaunchverified 12 Aug2d agoInsanely Cool Toolsawaiting first crawl2d agoProducts just seen
Compare AI Tools 2026 — Best AI Software Reviewslisted on 111h agofastimage.ailisted on 111h agoBrainstorm — a local-first, AI-native operating system for knowledge management, with end…listed on 111h agoAI Ghibli Imagelisted on 111h agoVerdiktlisted on 111h ago- Directories tracked
- 43
- Verified by crawl
- 16
- Listings on record
- 801
- Median indexation
- 84%
Last verified 12 Aug. 26 tracked directories have not been crawled yet, and are shown as unverified rather than left out.
Three questions, asked continuously
Every directory in the index is measured against the same three checks, on a schedule, with the result timestamped.
Is the directory still alive
Listing pages are fetched on a schedule. Dead directories and ones that block our crawler are marked as such, and the block is published rather than worked around.
Is the link followed
We read the rel attribute on real listing pages. Claimed link policy is ignored, observed markup wins, and a directory that quietly flips to nofollow shows up in the changelog.
Did Google index it
The share of a directory's listing pages that are actually in the index, sampled and rechecked. A listing nobody can find sent nobody anywhere. This number is published nowhere else.
Check our working
Every figure here is measured against real listing pages and stamped with the date and sample size behind it. Directories can pay us to review their submission faster or to show a fuller profile. They cannot pay for a number, a position in the table, or a place in the index, which is the whole reason a report about your footprint is worth buying.