RIP Golden Kitty Awards. Long live Orbit Awards 🚀

We’ve got a big update: after ten years, we’re officially sunsetting the Golden Kitty Awards.

They’ve been a huge part of Product Hunt’s history, but the ecosystem has changed. AI moves fast, new categories show up constantly, and a once-a-year award no longer reflects how products actually grow. Most of the real story now happens after launch day.

So we’re introducing something built for this pace: The Orbit Awards.

Orbit is a quarterly award series focused on traction. High-quality reviews, detailed community insight, founder reviews, and hands-on testing. Less about hype, more about who’s consistently climbing.

Our first edition drops December 1, starting with AI Dictation. We’re looking at the products that got us typing less and speaking more like: @Wispr Flow, @MacWhisper, @Aqua Voice, @superwhisper, and a few others that saw surprising spikes and strong review momentum.

The next few categories will include vibecoding tools, AI automation builders, AI meeting note-takers, and coding agents, so if you want your favorite tool nabbing an Orbit Award, make sure you share your love with a high-quality review 👀

We’d love input from the community:

• What other categories should Orbit tackle?

• What would make these awards more useful for founders?

• Any signals you think we should weight more heavily?

Excited to see where this goes.

See you in Orbit. 🚀