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Hacker News in 2026: the front page in charts
Every story that reached the Hacker News front page since January 1, 2026: which sites and posters got there most, the most upvoted and most discussed stories, when the best-scoring ones were posted, and which topics rose. Every story links to the article and to its discussion.
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Front-page stories
55,501
Days
288
Sites
20,660
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Which sites reach the Hacker News front page most often?
theguardian.com had the most front-page stories in 2026: 1,035, 1.9% of the 53,833 stories that linked to a site. Next came nytimes.com, with 940.
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Source: Hacker News front page history and the official Hacker News API · Data as of · The data is in the table below
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Which Hacker News stories got the most upvotes in 2026?
“Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans” got the most: 4,229 points. Every story in this top 15 passed 2,346 points.
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Source: Hacker News front page history and the official Hacker News API · Data as of · The data is in the table below
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Which Hacker News stories drew the most comments in 2026?
“Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes” drew the most discussion: 4,689 comments. Every story in this top 15 passed 1,747 comments.
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Source: Hacker News front page history and the official Hacker News API · Data as of · The data is in the table below
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Do more upvoted Hacker News stories get more comments?
Yes, as a rule: the typical (median) story with 1,000+ points had 624 comments, against 2 for stories with 0–49 points. Some stories buck it, drawing far more comments than points.
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Source: Hacker News front page history and the official Hacker News API · Data as of · The data is in the table below
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| Points | Stories | Median comments | Its most discussed story | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–49 | 36,278 | 2 | Questions for believers in AI consciousness (discussion) | 199 |
| 50–99 | 6,757 | 32 | When Dawkins met Claude – Could this AI be conscious? (discussion) | 434 |
| 100–249 | 7,180 | 77 | India's surprise baby bust (discussion) | 1,063 |
| 250–499 | 3,453 | 182 | Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz (discussion) | 1,450 |
| 500–999 | 1,478 | 344 | Ask HN: Share your personal website | 2,386 |
| 1,000+ | 355 | 624 | Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes (discussion) | 4,689 |
What time of day were the best-scoring Hacker News stories posted?
Front-page stories posted at 10:00 UTC did best, with a median of 31 points, against 16 for those posted at 00:00 UTC. The most were posted at 16:00 UTC: 3,590 stories.
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The value axis starts at zero. Hover, tap or use the arrow keys to read exact values. This counts only stories that reached the front page; Hacker News doesn't publish the ones that didn't, so it shows when front-page stories did best, not the odds of reaching it. Times are UTC, the clock Hacker News's front-page days run on (New York is 4 or 5 hours behind).
Source: Hacker News front page history and the official Hacker News API · Data as of · The data is in the table below
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Which day of the week were the best-scoring Hacker News stories posted?
Front-page stories posted on Sundays did best, with a median of 25 points, against 19 for those posted on Wednesdays. The most were posted on Wednesdays: 8,987 stories.
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The value axis starts at zero. Hover, tap or use the arrow keys to read exact values. This counts only stories that reached the front page; Hacker News doesn't publish the ones that didn't, so it shows when front-page stories did best, not the odds of reaching it. Times are UTC, the clock Hacker News's front-page days run on (New York is 4 or 5 hours behind).
Source: Hacker News front page history and the official Hacker News API · Data as of · The data is in the table below
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| Day | Stories | Median points | Its most upvoted story | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 8,079 | 24 | It's hard to justify Tahoe icons (discussion) | 2,487 |
| Tuesday | 8,672 | 21 | Ghostty is leaving GitHub (discussion) | 3,521 |
| Wednesday | 8,987 | 19 | Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans (discussion) | 4,229 |
| Thursday | 8,683 | 20 | Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War (discussion) | 2,920 |
| Friday | 7,999 | 21 | Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board (discussion) | 2,301 |
| Saturday | 6,326 | 21 | Statement on US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 (discussion) | 3,158 |
| Sunday | 6,755 | 25 | Show HN: I replaced a $120k bowling center system with $1,600 in ESP32s | 2,935 |
How often did Show HN posts reach the Hacker News front page each month?
3,792 Show HN posts reached the front page in 2026, 6.8% of all stories. Their share peaked in February, at 8.3%.
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Source: Hacker News front page history and the official Hacker News API · Data as of · The data is in the table below
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How often did Ask HN posts reach the Hacker News front page each month?
937 Ask HN posts reached the front page in 2026, 1.7% of all stories. Their share peaked in January, at 3.5%.
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Source: Hacker News front page history and the official Hacker News API · Data as of · The data is in the table below
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| Month | Ask HN posts | Share (%) | The most upvoted | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2026 | 201 | 3.5 | Ask HN: Share your personal website | 950 |
| Feb 2026 | 96 | 2.0 | Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026) | 334 |
| Mar 2026 | 88 | 1.5 | Ask HN: Please restrict new accounts from posting | 721 |
| Apr 2026 | 64 | 1.2 | Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies? | 483 |
| May 2026 | 64 | 1.2 | Ask HN: We just had an actual UUID v4 collision... | 479 |
| Jun 2026 | 104 | 1.9 | Ask HN: Has anyone replaced Claude/GPT with a local model for daily coding? | 1,318 |
| Jul 2026 | 109 | 1.3 | Ask HN: Add flag for AI-generated articles | 1,102 |
| Aug 2026 | 87 | 1.3 | Ask HN: Alternatives to GitHub | 649 |
| Sep 2026 | 87 | 1.6 | Ask HN: Can we please limit the AI news flood? | 868 |
| Oct 2026 | 37 | 1.5 | Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7? | 392 |
Who posted the most Hacker News front-page stories in 2026?
speckx did, with 922 front-page stories. These 20 posters shared 13.9% of all 55,501 front-page stories between them.
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Source: Hacker News front page history and the official Hacker News API · Data as of · The data is in the table below
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Which topics rose on the Hacker News front page in 2026?
“ai” rose the most: it was in 11.7% of front-page titles in August–October, up from 8.6% in January–March. The table under the chart lists the words that stood out in each month.
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Source: Hacker News front page history and the official Hacker News API · Data as of · The data is in the table below
Words that rose most, January–March to August–October
Words that stood out each month
| Month | Words used more than in other months | Most upvoted story with the top word |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2026 | minneapolis, ces, sexualised, pretti, davos | Man shot and killed by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning (discussion) |
| Feb 2026 | gpt-5.3-codex, factbook, bowl, olympic, gala | GPT-5.3-Codex (discussion) |
| Mar 2026 | norris, afroman, hoare, sora, lng | Chuck Norris has died (discussion) |
| Apr 2026 | allbirds, molotov, axios, artemis, ceasefire | Allbirds announces pivot from shoes to AI, stock explodes 175% (discussion) |
| May 2026 | frag, hantavirus, fragnesia, gamestop, dawkins | Dirty Frag: Universal Linux LPE (discussion) |
| Jun 2026 | pedestrians, bankman-fried, glm-5.2, roku, wwdc | 75% More Pedestrians Have Been Killed Since 2009. Giant Trucks and SUVs Are Why (discussion) |
| Jul 2026 | lobste.rs, inkling, soofi, jacobian, 56m | Lobste.rs is now running on SQLite (discussion) |
| Aug 2026 | curry, 17b, 40t, autistici, darth | Tim Curry has died (discussion) |
| Sep 2026 | v4.1, associate, toothbrush, diverted, jev-like | DeepSeek v4.1 Flash (discussion) |
| Oct 2026 | yandex, plague, disinformation, suffer, restricted | Bot traffic from Yandex (discussion) |
Which Hacker News stories stayed on the front page for several days?
“Why isn't the industry freaking out about DeepSeek 4.1 Flash?” was listed on the front page on 2 days, from October 8 to October 9. 88 stories were listed on 2 days or more and 0 on 3 or more; the other 99.8% appeared on one day only.
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Source: Hacker News front page history and the official Hacker News API · Data as of · The data is in the table below
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Source and date
Which stories were on the front page each day, and their ranks, come from Hacker News's own front page history (news.ycombinator.com/front, one page per UTC day). Points, comments, posters and post times come from the official Hacker News API, as they stood when each day was collected. A new day is added every day.
Chartly keeps only titles, links and counts, never the articles themselves; titles belong to their posters, and every story links to its article and its Hacker News discussion. Data as of .
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