HN Trends - like Google Trends, but for Hacker News

In plain words

HN Trends tracks what topics are trending on Hacker News, similar to how Google Trends shows search patterns. Launched in 2011, it lets users see which stories, keywords, and discussions are gaining traction on the Hacker News community. The tool is designed for people interested in tech industry trends, startup news, and what the Hacker News audience is paying attention to at any given time. It provides a straightforward way to monitor emerging topics and popular discussions within the tech community.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

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  HN Trends2023 · hntrends.net · ▲33
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  I made Google Trends for Hacker News by indexing 18 years of commentsJun 2026 · hackernewstrends.com · ▲822

  Search 18 years of Hacker News and chart how any topic, tool, or person trended. Overlay terms to compare their rise and fall across 45M posts and comments.

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  Hacker News Trends2020 · eliot-jones.com · ▲137
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  See what words are trending on HN2013 · hackernewstrends.herokuapp.com · ▲29
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  HN Text Analytics – Check what’s trending on Hacker News2018 · hn.textalytics.io · ▲16
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  Hazumi News 3.02025 · apps.apple.com · ▲99

  Alerts, AI summaries, and easy search for Hacker News

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  Life & fun · 20h ago · permit.petercai.com

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  Life & fun · 13d ago · tanzaniaeducationproject.org

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  Bigwords.page – Turn any screen into a sign. The URL is the app▲728

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  Life & fun · 14d ago · bigwords.page

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  Life & fun · 8d ago · guitoro.com

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  See *almost* any carriers phone settings▲432

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  Life & fun · 12d ago · carrierexplode.com

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  The whole Solar System and every tracked satellite, live in the browser▲407

  Life & fun · 22d ago · space.bl2.net

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  roll.io eats txt files and shits youtube videos. Useful?▲234

  Life & fun · 2011 · roll.io

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  Log.io (Realtime log monitoring, powered by node.js + socket.io)▲205

  Mengutamakan tampilan modern dan kemudahan navigasi, BUSUR4D menghadirkan pengalaman gaming yang terasa lebih sederhana namun tetap menarik. Beragam pilihan permainan dapat dijelajahi dalam satu platform dengan interface responsif dan desain visual yang nyaman, sehingga aktivitas gaming menjadi lebi

  Life & fun · 2011 · logio.org

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  My weekend project, QR-codes for everybody▲203

  I wanted QR codes to be really simple to implement everywhere and for everyone. So I spent some time on my weekends trying to write a fast QR generator module for Apache, and here are the results: ab -n 5000 -c 100 http://lilqr.com/qr Requests per second: 4301.78 [#/sec] (mean)

  Work · 2011 · lilqr.com

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  Can anonymous chat within identified groups create better discussions?▲165

  Life & fun · 2011 · freeversation.com

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  Google Charts done in Canvas, side project▲143

  GOPAY303 adalah platform game digital yang menyediakan strategi pola RTP paling ajaib saat ini. Menyajikan analisis akurat, navigasi kencang, dan aksesibilitas ramah mobile 24 jam.

  Work · 2011 · mattgreer.org

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  I wrote a co-founder equity calculator over the weekend▲136

  Life & fun · 2011 · foundrs.com