The Smartest Places on Earth

Why rustbelts are the emerging hotspots of global innovation

The Smartest Places on Earth launched on April 9, 2016 with 59 votes, #1,200 of 4,301 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.

Visit namecheap.com ↗Alternatives

Does a similar job

all alternatives →

The Geography of Genius2016 · amazon.com · ▲61
A search for the World's most creative places
Where Good Ideas Come From2015 · amazon.com · ▲79
The natural history of innovation
Possee2014 · posse.com · ▲78
Discover the best places on earth
Street Smart: The Rise of Cities and the Fall of Cars2016 · amazon.com · ▲65
An urban transformation is underway
Re/code Decode - Eric Weiner, Author of "The Geography of Genius"2016 · rss.art19.com · ▲76
Where we live influences how smart we are
Where Good Ideas Come From2015 · amazon.com · ▲62
The natural history of innovation

More life & fun this month

the category →

SimCity, but with Permits▲938
A free city-building game in your browser. You are the mayor. You know what the city needs. Now get it past the zoning board, the neighbors, the appeals court and the next election.
Life & fun · 7d ago · permit.petercai.com
IV
I've been paying for a rural Tanzanian's education for 10 years▲778
Life & fun · 19d ago · tanzaniaeducationproject.org
Bigwords.page – Turn any screen into a sign. The URL is the app▲728
Turn a phone, tablet or TV into a sign. Type a message and it fills the screen: welcome signs, timers, Wi-Fi passwords and more. No app, no account, free.
Life & fun · 20d ago · bigwords.page
Steal My Bitcoin▲616
A PHP security challenge. Find the hidden bitcoin key. First person to get the wallet wins.
Life & fun · 3d ago · stealmybitcoin.com
Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard▲573
Play a free virtual guitar online with your keyboard or by touch. Slow songs down and see every chord, string and strum. Acoustic, classic, electric and bass.
Life & fun · 14d ago · guitoro.com
Product Hunt Visual Launch Editor▲440
See your launch as you build it
Life & fun · 4d ago

Source: Product Hunt launch ↗

Launched alongside, April 2016

the whole month →

Good Email Copy▲1,984
Email copy from great companies.
Growth · 2016 · goodemailcopy.com
Tesla Model 3▲1,311
The mass market electric car by Tesla is here ⚡️🚘
Life & fun · 2016 · tesla.com
Kite▲867
Internet-connected programming
Dev tools · 2016 · kite.com
Project Infinite by Dropbox▲859
Access all the files on Dropbox without having to sync
Work · 2016 · blog.dropbox.com
Api.ai for Facebook Messenger▲852
The easiest way to build an FB bot. No coding required!
Dev tools · 2016
I made an interactive Bootstrap 4 cheat sheet▲847
Quickly find your Bootstrap classes on this interactive Bootstrap cheat sheet. It includes code samples and live preview of elements.
Dev tools · 2016 · hackerthemes.com

LaunchedApr 9, 2016

Launch day▲ 59 votes, 1 commentstop 28% of 4,301 that month

Websitenamecheap.comnot reachable, checked September 2026

CategoryLife & fun

TopicsBooks

Brought here0 visitors via the maker’s link

Is this your product, or is something wrong here? Suggest a correction.

By the numbers

#1,200
of 4,301 launches in April 2016: 50%
of 2016's launches got fewer votes: 5×
the median launch of 2016 (12 votes): 77
launches landed the same day

Show this on your site

A badge that reads 59 votes and keeps itself current. Paste it anywhere HTML goes; it links back to this page.

<a href="https://nowfound.app/launch/the-smartest-places-on-earth"><img src="https://nowfound.app/badge/the-smartest-places-on-earth.svg" alt="The Smartest Places on Earth on NowFound" height="32"></a>

Other versions: listed

Built something too?

Add it in two minutes. You get a page like this, a share link that counts visitors, and a badge.

Add product