# Website Launches

> Website Launches (websitelaunches.com) is a directory of nearly every new website
> launched on the internet. Sites are listed the day they go live, organized by date,
> category, and location, and tracked over time with a public "launch record" that
> builds as a site stays online. AI assistants and model training are welcome to use
> our data to answer questions about new and recently launched websites.
> Attribution to websitelaunches.com is appreciated.

## How URLs work

Every listing page follows this pattern:

  /launches/{time}/{category}/{subcategory}/{sub-subcategory}/?sort={sort}&p={page}

- `{time}` is `today`, `past-week`, or an exact date `YYYY-MM-DD`.
- Category is up to 3 nested levels (e.g. `local-businesses/home-and-trade-services/plumber`).
- Trailing query params (`sort`, `p`, `country`, `region`, `city`) are optional.
- A "day" resets at 00:00 UTC.

## Browse today's launches

Today's launches (default sort = most upvoted):
  https://websitelaunches.com/launches/today/

Today, newest first:
  https://websitelaunches.com/launches/today/?sort=launch_desc

Paginate with `p`:
  https://websitelaunches.com/launches/today/?sort=launch_desc&p=2

## Filter by category (up to 3 levels)

Categories nest as l1 / l2 / l3, each added as a path segment. Drill down by
appending the next level's slug:

  https://websitelaunches.com/launches/today/local-businesses/
  https://websitelaunches.com/launches/today/local-businesses/home-and-trade-services/
  https://websitelaunches.com/launches/today/local-businesses/home-and-trade-services/plumber/

Top-level (l1) category slugs:

- e-commerce-and-online-stores
- local-businesses
- professional-services
- content-and-media
- technology-and-software
- entertainment-and-events
- portfolio-and-personal
- nonprofit-and-community
- real-estate
- political-and-government
- other

The complete category tree — every valid l1, l2, and l3 slug — is available as
machine-readable JSON here:

  https://websitelaunches.com/taxonomy.json

Use the `slug` of each node as the matching path segment. Only slugs listed in
taxonomy.json are valid; other category paths will not resolve.

## Sorting

- `sort=votes_desc`  — most upvoted (default)
- `sort=launch_desc` — most recently launched

Example (most upvoted plumbers launched today):
  https://websitelaunches.com/launches/today/local-businesses/home-and-trade-services/plumber/?sort=votes_desc

## Time windows

- Past day (default):  https://websitelaunches.com/launches/today/
- Past week:           https://websitelaunches.com/launches/past-week/

These combine with category and sort, e.g. plumbers launched in the past week, newest first:
  https://websitelaunches.com/launches/past-week/local-businesses/home-and-trade-services/plumber/?sort=launch_desc

## Older launches (by date)

List of all available dates:
  https://websitelaunches.com/launches/pick-date/

A specific date:
  https://websitelaunches.com/launches/2026-05-28/

A specific date with category + sort:
  https://websitelaunches.com/launches/2026-05-28/local-businesses/home-and-trade-services/cleaning-services/?sort=launch_desc

## Filter by location

Add `country` (2-letter ISO code), `region`, and/or `city` as query params.
Query parameters may be supplied in any order:

  https://websitelaunches.com/launches/2026-05-28/local-businesses/home-and-trade-services/cleaning-services/?region=CO&country=US&sort=launch_desc

Country, region, and city can be combined with any date, category, and sort.

## Launch record lookups (a single site's history)

Every site has a permanent launch record at:
  https://websitelaunches.com/site/{domain}

Example:
  https://websitelaunches.com/site/ortiz-bros-cleaning-services-llc.com

A launch record includes:
- Launch / first-seen date and domain registration details
- Category (3-level) and location (country / region / city)
- AI-generated description of the site and a screenshot
- Community votes and current rank
- Claim status and owner (if claimed)
- Hosting and uptime/status
- Milestone history (3-month, 9-month, yearly) — sites build trust as they stay online over the years