SaaSHub data shows median product lifespan down to about 1.5 years
Original title: Median product "lifespan" has fallen from ~4y down to ~1.5y
A Hacker News poster attributes the 2026 drop to cheap, quickly abandoned software experiments.
A Hacker News post says SaaSHub’s product graveyard tracked a median product lifespan near four years that fell in 2026 to about 1.5 years. The poster links the change to inexpensive software creation, short-lived experiments, and weak distribution. Commenters debate whether faster abandonment is healthy competition or a loss of product learning.
Unconfirmed: The lifespan figures are the poster’s reading of SaaSHub data, not an independent audit.
- SaaSHub’s graveyard covers hundreds of thousands of products.
- The poster expects lifespans to shorten further.
- One commenter frames the trend as fail-fast competition.
- Organizations
- SaaSHub
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