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Dev tools · October 16, 2012

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What's trending (keywords) on HN

We did a quick side project over the weekend and called it HN Trends (while posting we realized there was an older site with the same name so hopefully there is no confusion). We wanted to see what was trending in terms of keywords (buzzwords, tech, etc) and found a nice API. URL: http://www.hntrends.com Let us know what you think - thanks!

What's trending (keywords) on HN launched on October 16, 2012 with 11 votes, #108 of 487 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 14 years on.

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HN Trends analyzes keyword mentions in Hacker News "Who is Hiring?" discussion threads to identify emerging technologies and programming languages in the job market. The tool tracks trends across programming languages, databases, web applications, and software development technologies, helping developers and hiring managers understand which skills are in demand. It aggregates data from monthly hiring threads to show growth patterns and which buzzwords are gaining traction, with recent data showing AI-related skills appearing in nearly 25% of job postings.

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Stay up to date with the most popular programming languanges, databases, web application and software development technologies on Hacker News whoishiring discussion threads

After a few months away, it's time to check back in on the "Ask HN: Who is Hiring?" trends. In May's thread , there are signs of growth again, a 35% improvement over April in fact. May saw the first 400+ posting month since May 2023. Not all that surpisingly, the rise of AI appears to be driving the growh. AI is mentioned in nearly 25% of job postings now and is the top technology term. When I started this project ten years ago, I was mainly interested in studying and sharing the trends of techonologies used in the Software Development field. Now, after this decade of trend watching, it's interesting to reflect on the some of the other interesting aspects, non-technological, of the Software…from hntrends.com

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