New sign-ups on @frontendmentor seem to have hit its first real inflection point https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥳" title="Partying face" aria-label="Emoji: Partying face">

Since launching the platform a year ago I& #39;ve focused on gradual growth and product refinement over rapid growth. Nice to see a little spike though!

More details on the recent uptick below https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Down pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index">

The major reason behind the spike is "launching" on Product Hunt in March. It was a successful, although not stratospheric, launch, and FEM finished 3rd in the Product of the Day leaderboard. https://www.producthunt.com/posts/frontend-mentor">https://www.producthunt.com/posts/fro...

I don& #39;t know if this is a result of the PH launch but Chris Coyier came across the site and featured it in a CSS Tricks article.

It was amazing to see FEM mentioned as CSS Tricks is seen as such an important resource in the front-end community. https://css-tricks.com/front-end-challenges/">https://css-tricks.com/front-end...

An article I wrote on the PH launch day on DEV hit the top spot on the monthly rankings.

One of the most common questions I get on FEM is "where do I start?". So I thought I& #39;d write this article to provide a path through some of the challenges: https://dev.to/frontendmentor/16-front-end-projects-with-designs-to-help-improve-your-coding-skills-5ajl">https://dev.to/frontendm...

There has been a rise in people streaming themselves completing FEM challenges to help their audience learn from their coding techniques.

This includes my friend @florinpop1705 who has this awesome playlist of himself working through the challenges https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Down pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index"> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgBH1CvjOA63Xvt0BaeQ7zL4KXX96Wbgp">https://www.youtube.com/playlist...

The FEM community are extremely supportive and continually recommend the site to others https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❤️" title="Red heart" aria-label="Emoji: Red heart"> This thread is a great example: https://twitter.com/jhooks/status/1253719149592719360">https://twitter.com/jhooks/st...

I& #39;ll continue to focus on refining the platform and talking to the community over excessive promotion. If the platform is doing its job well it will continue to grow.

But this is definitely a good nudge to also spend more time on getting the word out about FEM!