Discord Development, Marketing Tech, and App Development Tools Among the Leading Industries for 2023

Startups of The Year 2023 ran from May 2023 to January 2024; more than 30,000 startups were nominated, and more than 470,000 votes were cast. It truly was incredible to see so many startups around the world be celebrated.

\ To get a deeper insight into the data, we made it open-source. Click here to see the votes broken down by city, continent, or domain ending. But another interesting piece of data was seeing which industry was the most active and received the most votes. Let’s take a look at the top 50 industries that were a part of Startups of The Year 2023.

Startups of The Year 2023 - Votes by Industry

| Rank by SUM of Votes | industry | SUM of votes | AVERAGE of Ranking | |----|----|----|----| | 1 | Discord Development | 93025 | 1 | | 2 | MarketingTech | 13474 | 134 | | 3 | Application Development Tools | 10012 | 116 | | 4 | HRTech | 3922 | 123 | | 5 | Blockchain Infrastructure | 2054 | 141 | | 6 | Security-Surveillance Technology | 1603 | 102 | | 7 | Logistics Tech | 1457 | 91 | | 8 | Healthcare IT | 1333 | 103 | | 9 | Cloud Infrastructure | 1243 | 151 | | 10 | Cybersecurity | 1177 | 121 | | 11 | Payments | 984 | 115 | | 12 | Carbon Fiber | 846 | 1 | | 13 | Sales Force Automation | 783 | 109 | | 14 | Construction Tech | 776 | 103 | | 15 | Finance-Accounting Tech | 707 | 78 | | 16 | Health Tech | 668 | 1 | | 17 | Content Management System (CMS) | 666 | 129 | | 18 | Legal Tech | 618 | 118 | | 19 | E-Commerce Enablers | 602 | 125 | | 20 | Enterprise Collaboration | 571 | 131 | | 21 | Business Intelligence | 511 | 143 | | 22 | Cryptocurrencies | 391 | 117 | | 23 | Enterprise Resource Planning | 378 | 90 | | 24 | AI Infrastructure | 366 | 94 | | 25 | Authentication | 355 | 1 | | 26 | Big Data Analytics | 355 | 41 | | 27 | Video Creation Tools | 355 | 156 | | 28 | Food Tech | 352 | 98 | | 29 | Events Tech | 320 | 97 | | 30 | Gaming Tech | 301 | 119 | | 31 | Software Development | 292 | 1 | | 32 | GRC Software | 291 | 133 | | 33 | Customer Success Management | 287 | 141 | | 34 | Virtual Reality | 282 | 115 | | 35 | Music Tech | 267 | 104 | | 36 | Smart Contracts | 245 | 144 | | 37 | Customer Service Software | 241 | 124 | | 38 | Real Estate IT | 231 | 109 | | 39 | Investment Tech | 200 | 166 | | 40 | Enterprise Information Management | 199 | 129 | | 41 | Manufacturing Tech | 193 | 52 | | 42 | Sports Tech | 193 | 107 | | 43 | Crop Tech | 184 | 73 | | 44 | AdTech | 181 | 125 | | 45 | Non Fungible Tokens | 180 | 167 | | 46 | Property Management Tech | 179 | 86 | | 47 | Religion Tech | 175 | 96 | | 48 | Enterprise Storage | 166 | 71 | | 49 | Insurance IT | 165 | 128 | | 50 | Business Process Management Software | 164 | 121 |

Some Interesting Facts

• Discord Development received 93,025 votes. That’s more than the 49 other industries combined.
• Although NFTs are long past their heyday, they still managed to make it into the top 50 industries.
• Industries related to business infrastructure such as HR, Cloud Infrastructure, and Payments all made it in the top 20.
• Technology related to religion received 175 votes.

\ With Startups of The Year 2024 right around the corner, it will be interesting to see whether the same industries will dominate once again or whether new giants will rise up.

About HackerNoon’s Startups of The Year

Startups of The Year 2024 is HackerNoon’s flagship community-driven event celebrating startups, technology, and the spirit of innovation. Currently in its third iteration, the prestigious Internet award recognizes and celebrates tech startups of all shapes and sizes. This year, over 150,000 entities across 4200+ cities, 6 continents, and 100+ industries will participate in a bid to be crowned the best startup of the year! Millions of votes have been cast over the past few years, and many stories have been written about these daring and rising startups.

\ The winners will get a free interview on HackerNoon and an Evergreen Tech Company News page.

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