A belated IWD observation about this community: have you noticed the gender split on PH?

Preparing for our upcoming launch has made me look at the Product Hunt community through a much more deliberate lens than before.

Among some other patterns I've noticed, there seem to be significantly more men among hunters and makers, but def some women among active users and upvoters, and fewer women who code among those who are active than I typically encounter in other tech communities.

Of course, I don't say this as a criticism, but I'm very curious why the difference in numbers seems to be so significant?

The ability to discover novel products, or find a significantly better and cheaper alternative to something you've been overpaying for, is something so many of us actually need. It's a rare community where discovery still feels real, and I feel like a massive amount of female founders and builders are missing out for some reason.

Is it a pipeline thing? A visibility thing? A "who gets encouraged to ship" thing? Or am I just pattern-matching on limited data?

Have you noticed this, and how do you explain it to yourself?

Would especially love to hear from women makers and hunters here: what brought you in, and what made you stay? And what do you think about the pattern if you noticed it too?