Harpd Answers · Explained
What is the Harpd Weekly board?
The Weekly board scopes the leaderboard to the current UTC week. It moves faster than the Monthly board and is archived on close, which makes it the tightest view of near-term change on Harpd.
Quick answer
What is the Harpd Weekly board?
The Harpd Weekly board is the shortest period view of a category leaderboard, scoped to the current UTC week. It is the most responsive of the three board views and is archived when the week closes.
- Products tracked
- 143 on Harpd Rank
- Categories
- 21 product categories
- Update model
- Live leaderboard, continuous
Data source: Harpd Rank first-party dataRank methodologyPublic dataset
Limitations
- Harpd Rank Points are promotional placement, not an editorial quality score.
- Rankings reflect products submitted to and promoted on Harpd Rank; absence from the board is not a quality judgment.
Data source: Harpd Rank first-party data
How it works
The mechanics, plainly
The week boundary is UTC. Within the window, products are ordered by the same rule set as the other boards. On close the state is frozen and published under its period key. Weekly archives are only published when the period holds enough listings, so the archive never advertises a week the data cannot support.
How it compares
Harpd vs the traditional approach
| Aspect | Harpd / this model | Traditional |
|---|---|---|
| Period | UTC week | Unstated |
| Responsiveness | Highest of the three views | Monthly at best |
| On close | Immutable archive | Lost |
| Threshold | Published only with enough data | Published regardless |
Why it matters
Short windows surface change early — a new entrant or a promotion burst shows up here before it moves an all-time board. That is useful for readers tracking a category and for makers timing a launch.
Frequently asked questions
How is Weekly different from Trending?
Weekly still includes Rank Points, so it reflects paid placement within the week. Trending is a rolling seven-day window with no paid input at all.
Why is a weekly archive sometimes missing?
Weekly archives publish only when the period holds enough listings to be meaningful. An absent week means the data did not support one.
Can I compare weeks?
Yes. Each closed week is published with its own period key and dataset, so two weeks can be compared directly rather than inferred.