Directory Tools

1. Product Hunt leads, on 28% of the sites using a directory tool, 2.7 times as many sites as TradeIndia.
2. Only 27 of the 1,266 directory tools we track run on more than 1% of these sites.
3. Among sites launched in September, Local.fr rose to #3 from #41 in August.
4. Several leaders are regional: Local.fr (France), PagineGialle (Italy) and Yell (United Kingdom).

#	Movement	Tool	Country	Share	Bar	Sites	90 days
1	–	Product Hunt Daily product discovery and launch platform for tech and indie makers.		28%		5,703
2	–	TradeIndia Indian B2B marketplace and business directory connecting buyers and suppliers.		10%		2,074
3	▼1	Fazier Indie maker launch directory.		6.3%		1,276
4	▼1	Startup Fame Directory where indie makers submit products for a featured listing and backlink.		5.5%		1,112
5	▼7	ExportersIndia B2B marketplace and business directory connecting exporters, manufacturers and suppliers in India.		5.3%		1,070
6	▲38	Local.fr French local business directory and web presence service.		5.1%		1,021
7	▼1	Twelve Tools Directory of indie SaaS and developer tools.		4.7%		938
8	▼1	Findly.tools Directory of AI and software tools where products list themselves with a featured badge.		4.5%		902
9	▲4	PagineGialle Italian business directory whose listing widgets and site services are embedded on customer websites.		3.8%		758
10	▼4	Dang.ai Directory of AI tools and agents where makers submit listings.		2.5%		510
11	▲3	Yell UK online business directory and listings service.		2.4%		477
12	▼2	SaaSHub Independent software directory and alternatives marketplace for discovering and comparing SaaS products.		2.3%		453
13	▼11	Wired Business Product discovery platform listing software, tools, and directories across categories.		2.2%		449
14	▼2	Psychology Today Directory of therapists and mental health professionals with verified profile badges.		2.0%		397
15	–	There's An AI For That Directory of AI tools organized by task and use case.		1.8%		362

Share is of the 20,130 sites using a directory tool; a site can use more than one. A flag means nearly all of a tool's sites are in that country. Arrows compare each tool's rank among sites launched in September with August. The line is its share of new sites over 90 days. Showing the top 15 of 1,266.

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