robtherobber
“About Rob, the robber who robs other Robs. Drob it, Rob!”
robtherobber is a Hacker News page with 10.3K followers, tracked by ViralHunt since October 2019. Across 142 tracked posts they have accumulated 49.1K total engagement — an average of 346 per post. Of their top posts, 3 have been measured more than once and 2 grew between readings, adding 1.9K engagement, the fastest of them by 90900%. Their engagement over the last 30 days is up 1365% versus the previous month.
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Who is robtherobber?
robtherobber is a Hacker News creator with 10.3K followers. ViralHunt has tracked 142 of their posts since October 2019, 49.1K engagement in all, about 346 per post. Their own words: “About Rob, the robber who robs other Robs. Drob it, Rob!”
What is their most viral post?
Pontevedra, Spain declares its entire urban area a "reduced traffic zone", posted Sep 10, 2025: 2.8K engagement, 873 points, which is 8 times their average post.
When does robtherobber post?
Mostly on Wednesdays, around 09:00 UTC: 35% of their tracked posts fall in the three hours around that time. Over the last 90 days they published about 6.7 posts a week.
Is robtherobber growing?
Their engagement over the last 30 days is up 1365% against the 30 days before. Their newest tracked post is from Nov 2, 2026.
Which creators are similar?
On Hacker News, the creators ViralHunt ranks next to them: todsacerdoti, ingve, pseudolus, tosh, zdw.
When robtherobber posts
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