Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. visualize HN polls by building charts launched in 2011; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1AP
   a portal to view HN Polls(prototype)▲5

   2013 · hn-polls.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Growthverse▲233

   An interactive visualization of marketing tech tools

   2015 · growthverse.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   PolicyViz: Chris Parmer from Plotly▲53

   The future of online data visualization tools

   2016 · policyviz.com · its alternatives →

4. 4ND
   New data visualization tool and why we made it▲9

   2014 · blog.spritesapp.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Variance▲91

   Build powerful data visualizations for the web.

   2014 · variancecharts.com · its alternatives →

6. 6VS
   Very simple tool for creating polls▲6

   2014 · poll.nplol.com · its alternatives →

7. 7IS
   Infographic Showing HN Demographic-Income,Residence,Depression,Tech etc▲5

   2011 · cameronkeng.com · its alternatives →

8. 8HS
   HN-Stats▲9

   2015 · newscombinator.com · its alternatives →

9. 9WS
   What's hot on HN? A visualization of trending topics on HN▲9

   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 · its alternatives →

10. 10VS
    visualizing sports statistics▲5

    2011 · statseer.com · its alternatives →

11. 11US
    UvCharts - Simple yet powerful charting library for developers▲5

    2015 · imaginea.github.io · its alternatives →

12. 12BA
    BuiltByHackers – a visual feed of Show HN stories▲5

    2019 · builtbyhackers.io · its alternatives →

13. 13GD
    Graph-Director - visualize IMDb ratings for directors▲7

    2014 · graph-director.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

14. 14HR
    HN Recommended – a curated list of HN commenters' opinions▲7

    2020 · hnrecommended.com · its alternatives →

15. 15HC
    HN comments UI experiment▲6

    2017 · hn-level-based-view.gomix.me · its alternatives →

16. 16AI
    An interactive visualization of Switzerland's public transport network▲6

    2019 · tempusfugit.ch · its alternatives →

17. 17
    A weekend project to visualize your HN usage in 2025▲10

    Generate your HN profile recap, analyze your top comments, and see which tech trends defined your year.

    Jan 2026 · hn-summary.userjam.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Visualising Data▲7

    The essential collection of visualisation resources

    2017 · visualisingdata.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Data-to-viz▲4

    From data to visualization

    2018 · data-to-viz.com · its alternatives →

20. 20BC
    Bosnian census visualization▲5

    2016 · census-ba.statick.org · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Facets▲6

    Open Source Visualization for Machine Learning Training Data

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Marching neural network▲8

    Visualizing level surfaces of a neural network

    2017 · arogozhnikov.github.io · its alternatives →

23. 23MS
    Market Share Visualizer (AngularJS + D3)▲6

    2014 · gekko.stolarsky.com · its alternatives →

24. 24ST
    Survey Tool with GraphQL back end▲9

    2020 · surveyo.one-click.cloud.dgraph.io · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →