Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderI once ran the numbers for HN and was surprised at how closely they matched this rule. Maybe I'll do it again. Edit: here are some estimates. We don't track enough to know about distinct users, so all we can do is guess. The number of accounts that have posted to HN this year, divided by the number of IP addresses that have accessed HN, is 0.008. How close that is to the '1% rule' depends on which is the…
I've always felt like one of the most important factors of sites like Reddit and HackerNews is that it takes very little effort to "contribute". It's almost part of reading/lurking to upvote an article or comment, and that lower barrier to entry means a lot more action and a lot more data to determine which content is the best. The founders of Twitter were right. When a thought is on the top of my mind, writing a blog post about…
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 585
- Total comments
- 212
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-01-06 | 1% rule (Internet culture) | SriniK | 1 | 0 |
| 2014-01-13 | 1% rule (Internet culture)First breakout | aburan28 | 105 | 61 |
| 2014-04-13 | 1% rule (Internet culture) | getdavidhiggins | 2 | 0 |
| 2016-11-17 | 1% rule (Internet culture) | tsaprailis | 3 | 0 |
| 2019-04-16 | The 1% rule (Internet culture) | plibither8 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019-11-23 | 1% Rule | baby | 2 | 0 |
| 2020-03-18 | 1% ruleHall induction · Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | punnerud | 465 | 151 |
| 2020-03-25 | 1% Internet Rule | GRANDUNO | 2 | 0 |