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Products that do what HN front page trends of the past decade does
- 1HT
2011 · hntrends.jerodsanto.net
- 2HN
2019 · toddwschneider.com
- 3SW
2013 · hackernewstrends.herokuapp.com
- 4HB
2014 · github.com
- 5MO
2015 · hn.getpageback.com
- 6SP
2011 · skimthat.com
- 7HF
2013 · lessmeme.com
- 8CN
2013 · weekendupdate.me
- 9HTHN Trends▲33
2023 · hntrends.net
- 10VT
2016 · timqian.com
- 11IM
2021 · upvotetracker.com
- 12PU
2012 · swapped.cc
- 13HN
2015 · play.google.com
- 14SH
I analyzed 10 years of Hacker News data (2016-2025) to track Show HN submission trends. - Show HN posts went from ~900/month (2016-2019) to 3,315 in Dec 2025 - Share of all stories: 2.4% (2016) → 12.8% (Dec 2025) - Notable spikes: COVID-19 (2020), AI boom (2023), and accelerating growth through 2024-2025 Data source: HackerBook (144k Show HN posts / 3.4M total stories)
Jan 2026 · imgur.com
- 15TH
2022 · hn-summary.github.io
- 16
Fifteen years of Show HN: the thirty-four repeat fliers and the top ten of every year. Volume 2 of 2.
1d ago · artifactbin.dev
- 17WS
I was curious about the most discussed topics on HN over time, so I started analyzing and categorizing all front-page posts with a simple LLM workflow. The result is an interactive chart that displays the trending topics across different time frames. Although the analysis is still relatively basic, I think it provides an interesting perspective on our community. It will be cool to observe changes over a longer time horizon, such as the rise and fall of topics like web3 and AI.
2024 · kadoa.com
- 18RO
I was lucky enough to have my site trending on Friday (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25872922). It’s an icon site that lists open source icons. I wanted to share some stats on the results after 3 days. Worth noting was that I submitted it on a Friday morning (at which point I went for a walk and a coffee; eek). - 24,997 page views. I (embarrassingly) didn’t have GA set up when I first submitted it, so this is probably missing a few hundred page views - 21 “feedback” emails (half of which were spam). I assume such a high percentage of these were spam because my Feedback…
2021
- 19HT
2016 · hackermoods.com
- 20HR
Hey guys, I just flicked the switch on http://hnrecap.com and thought I would make a tiny announcement! The site was created for a simple reason: There is a big rotation of articles on the front page of Hacker News every day, and unless you are on here 24/7, you are bound to miss some great content and discussions. I was tired of this and the rss feed doesn't cut it for me since it doesn't preserve ranking information over time. On HN Recap, rankings are somewhat preserved: Every 2 minutes, I request the HN front page, update articles and attribute points in the following simple fashion: #1…
2010
- 21HW
2015 · hackernews.onesignal.com
- 221T
2015 · top10.pancik.com
- 23HT
2018 · hn.textalytics.io
- 24HR
2012 · hn4d.com
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