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We track 151,362 stories from Hacker News, averaging 261 points each. github.com was the most linked source, with 9,727 stories. Together they drew 22,756,403 comments.
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January 20171,165 stories
December 20161,068 stories
November 20161,108 stories
October 20161,049 stories
September 201620 stories
Highest scoring of all time
1
Stephen Hawking has died
bbc.com · Cogito · 14 Mar 2018
6k pts
436 comments
2
OpenAI's board has fired Sam Altman
openai.com · davidbarker · 17 Nov 2023
5.7k pts
2.5k comments
3
Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server compromise
openwall.com · rkta · 29 Mar 2024
4.5k pts
1.8k comments
4
CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
old.reddit.com · BLKNSLVR · 19 Jul 2024
4.5k pts
3.9k comments
5
Bram Moolenaar has died
groups.google.com · wufocaculura · 5 Aug 2023
4.3k pts
428 comments
6
Mechanical Watch
ciechanow.ski · todsacerdoti · 4 May 2022
4.3k pts
413 comments
7
YouTube-dl has received a DMCA takedown from RIAA
github.com · phantop · 23 Oct 2020
4.2k pts
1.4k comments
8
Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans
news.ycombinator.com · usefulposter · 11 Mar 2026
4.2k pts
1.7k comments
9
Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber
susanjfowler.com · grey-area · 19 Feb 2017
4.1k pts
1k comments
10
Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf]
supremecourt.gov · pdoconnell · 5 Apr 2021
4.1k pts
932 comments
11
GPT-4
openai.com · e0m · 14 Mar 2023
4.1k pts
2.5k comments
12
Replit used legal threats to kill my open-source project
intuitiveexplanations.com · raxod502 · 7 Jun 2021
4k pts
1.3k comments