How leaderboards rank launches and award weekly badges
Three ranking systems show community votes, paid placement and domain authority. Launch of the Week badges go to top performers each week.
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Ranking systems
Launching Pro maintains three distinct leaderboards, each signalling different merit.
Community ranks by votes alone. Pure signal from your audience on this platform.
Billboard is a paid ranking tier. Minimum contribution of $5 places your launch in this segment. All paid placements are clearly labelled as such.
Domain Rating displays listings sorted by their Ahrefs Domain Rating. Each entry shows the metric trend (up, down, or flat) and the timestamps of the last two checks, so you track authority movement over time.
Weekly award cadence
Every Monday through Sunday (UTC week cycle), the top 3 launches by community votes automatically earn Launch of the Week badges. The award fires when Sunday closes. Winners receive email notification.
This is your weekly snapshot of which launches captured the most momentum in the voting segment.
Questions people ask
- What gets you on the Billboard leaderboard?
- A minimum contribution of $5. The listing appears in the paid ranking segment and is labelled accordingly.
- How often does Domain Rating update?
- Domain Rating is refreshed and checked at regular intervals. You see both the current value and the date of the last change, plus when the previous update occurred.
- When are Launch of the Week badges awarded?
- Automatically each Sunday (UTC). The top 3 by votes that week receive badges, and winners are notified by email.