We just crossed 1,000 users?!
The growth lately has been crazy. A bit overwhelming in the best way.
I remember going to concerts in my hometown with about 1,000 people in the crowd. A full room. Loud. Packed.
Now imagine that same room but every single person downloaded your app, registered, and voted. Over 1,000 real humans who cared enough to try Votap.
That blows my mind a little.
Only 1,000x more to hit 1 million. Easy, right?
Seriously though thank you.

If you haven t joined yet: Get Votap
More tomorrow.

We just crossed 1,000 users?!
The growth lately has been crazy. A bit overwhelming in the best way.
I remember going to concerts in my hometown with about 1,000 people in the crowd. A full room. Loud. Packed.
Now imagine that same room but every single person downloaded your app, registered, and voted. Over 1,000 real humans who cared enough to try Votap.
That blows my mind a little.
Only 1,000x more to hit 1 million. Easy, right?
Seriously though thank you.
More tomorrow.

Tomorrow could change Votap forever
My co-founder Zahoor Ali will be pitching at Grishin Robotics Accelerator Demo Day in front of a room full of London-based investors.
For us, this is huge.
Getting our idea in front of investors
Testing our vision under pressure
Building relationships that could shape Votap s future
Thank you for being here and believing in Votap
More tomorrow.

Tomorrow could change Votap forever
My co-founder Zahoor Ali will be pitching at Grishin Robotics Accelerator Demo Day in front of a room full of London-based investors.
For us, this is huge.
Getting our idea in front of investors
Testing our vision under pressure
Building relationships that could shape Votap s future
Thank you for being here and believing in Votap
More tomorrow.

What happened today shocked me
We added a new politician to Votap Zack Polanski based on user suggestions.
In the first minute:
22 votes
4 comments
and the chart started moving
Watching the feedback live within seconds that was one of those okay, this can be big moments.
We re at 689 users now.
Imagine this when it s 10,000. 100,000. 1 million.
That spike of activity was proof that people care and they re ready to express it.
If you want to be part of it, download Votap.
More tomorrow.

What happened today shocked me
We added a new politician to Votap Zack Polanski based on user suggestions.
In the first minute:
22 votes
4 comments
and the chart started moving
Watching the feedback live within seconds that was one of those okay, this can be big moments.
We re at 689 users now.
Imagine this when it s 10,000. 100,000. 1 million.
That spike of activity was proof that people care and they re ready to express it.
If you want to be part of it, download Votap.
More tomorrow.

New Votap promo video just dropped! (turn sound on)
Instagram video ads keep working best for us, so we re doubling down there.
This one s new:
Built the mockups with Promo Gen (Canva still can t do proper mockup videos )
Much easier for showing the app in motion
Would honestly recommend it if you re doing app ads
Also, we re 8 users away from 500, which still feels a bit unreal.
Curious what you think rate the video in the comments
https://www.instagram.com/reel/D...

More tomorrow.

New Votap promo video just dropped! (turn sound on)
Instagram video ads keep working best for us, so we re doubling down there.
This one s new:
Built the mockups with Promo Gen (Canva still can t do proper mockup videos )
Much easier for showing the app in motion
Would honestly recommend it if you re doing app ads
Also, we re 8 users away from 500, which still feels a bit unreal.
Curious what you think rate the video in the comments
https://www.instagram.com/reel/D...

More tomorrow.

Our app was sh*t? Just temporarily.
A bug was reported through our in-app feedback channel where some users saw an error screen when they shouldn t have.
In a few cases, people couldn t even register. That truly sucks.
As a developer, you mostly use your app in perfect conditions. Real users don t.
I ve seen this screen once in almost a year and it made sense then. For others, it didn t.
This is exactly why:
real users matter
real feedback matters
and a direct feedback channel is essential
Without it, we d be losing users silently and that s the scariest failure of all.
Huge thanks to everyone who reported it (even the angry ones). Most genuinely wanted to help, and that means a lot.
More tomorrow.

Our app was sh*t? Just temporarily.
A bug was reported through our in-app feedback channel where some users saw an error screen when they shouldn t have.
In a few cases, people couldn t even register. That truly sucks.
As a developer, you mostly use your app in perfect conditions. Real users don t.
I ve seen this screen once in almost a year and it made sense then. For others, it didn t.
This is exactly why:
real users matter
real feedback matters
and a direct feedback channel is essential
Without it, we d be losing users silently and that s the scariest failure of all.
Huge thanks to everyone who reported it (even the angry ones). Most genuinely wanted to help, and that means a lot.
More tomorrow.

We just crossed 2,239 total votes in Votap.
That s thousands of real opinions, cast in real time exactly what we re trying to build here.
Right now we re:
refining our ads and creatives based on what actually converts
doubling down on what drives votes, not just installs
preparing for an important investor demo day in the Grishin Robotics accelerator
Still early. Still learning. Still pushing.
If you want to help us grow, download Votap and cast your vote
More tomorrow.

We just crossed 2,239 total votes in Votap.
That s thousands of real opinions, cast in real time exactly what we re trying to build here.
Right now we re:
refining our ads and creatives based on what actually converts
doubling down on what drives votes, not just installs
preparing for an important investor demo day in the Grishin Robotics accelerator
Still early. Still learning. Still pushing.
If you want to help us grow, download Votap and cast your vote
More tomorrow.

Hey everyone

We wrapped up our Product Hunt launch at #13 out of ~500 launches and I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who checked out Votap, upvoted, commented, or followed along

Yesterday we launched on Product Hunt and finished #13.
Out of ~500 launches, that puts us in roughly the top 2 3%, which I m genuinely proud of especially with heavy hitters (even GitHub!) launching the same day and not taking the top spots.
One thing that surprised me (and honestly disappointed me a bit):
Product Hunt filters comments heavily. We had 60 100 people from our community friends, family, LinkedIn followers upvote and comment, but none of those comments showed up. Some even disappeared after I replied.
Not seeing that early feedback sucked, to be honest.
That said huge thank you to everyone who supported Votap yesterday. Your votes, messages, and DMs meant a lot
More tomorrow.

Tomorrow we launch on here on Product Hunt. And honestly? I m nervous.

We re officially launching Votap on Product Hunt on February 5th.

Record day: ~50 new users in a single day.
What changed?
We doubled down on Instagram video ads
We started experimenting with fun / caricature-style creatives
And we leaned fully into one rule of marketing:
Ads are about attention.
Not features. Not explanations.
Just something that makes you stop scrolling.
Once people stop, then they re curious.
Once they re curious, then they install.
If you're curious and want to see the full video:
See on Instagram
More tomorrow.

The best way we ve found to get app installs? Instagram video. Not even close.

90% of building a bigger app is not breaking what already works.

This idea lived in our heads for years before it became Votap.
Back in 2017, right after Donald Trump s unexpected election win, my co-founder Zahoor Ali was trading stocks full-time. His days were spent analyzing companies, leadership decisions, market reactions and especially sentiment.
At some point, a parallel became impossible to ignore:
Governments behave a lot like companies
Presidents and prime ministers act like CEOs
And the public? We re the shareholders
In financial markets, sentiment is brutally honest and visible in real-time. Prices move instantly. Everyone can see how confidence rises or collapses.
In politics?
We get delayed approval ratings. Small samples. Outdated polls.
By the time you see them, the moment has already passed.
That gap sparked a question we couldn t shake:
What if public opinion on leaders could be measured live, 24/7?
We assumed something like this had to exist.
It didn t.
So at some point, it stopped being a thought experiment and became something we had to build.
That s how Votap Ltd. was born.

More tomorrow.