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 orderInformation on how to annotate datasets: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/data-types/dataset > We can understand structured data in Web pages about datasets, using either schema.org Dataset markup, or equivalent structures represented in W3C's Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT) format. We also are exploring experimental support for structured data based on W3C CSVW, and expect to evolve and adapt our approach as best practices for dataset description emerge. For more information about our approach to dataset…
Not sure how this is a new launch when it's been out of beta since 2020 [0], though good to see it get more visibility as I imagine it's not currently heavily used. A comparison between Google's dataset search and OpenDataNetwork (which focuses on public data portals) https://www.opendatanetwork.com/search?q=salary https://datasetsearch.research.google.com/search?src=0&query... Google covers more sources, though usually in the case of public sector info (e.g. salaries) I'd prefer just to see the actual sources and…
Discussion from 6 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22130874 Discussion from 2018: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17919297
Here's the blog post announcing Google Dataset Search is officially out of beta: https://www.blog.google/products/search/discovering-millions...
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
- 550
- Total comments
- 76
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-01-23 | Dataset Search | kjhughes | 3 | 1 |
| 2020-01-25 | Google Dataset Search | jhow15 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020-01-29 | Google Data Search – 25M free datasets | piqufoh | 38 | 2 |
| 2021-05-06 | Google Dataset SearchFirst breakout · Best thread | abraxaz | 388 | 42 |
| 2023-03-22 | Open Dataset Search from Google | ovyan | 4 | 0 |
| 2023-08-20 | Google Dataset Search | Alifatisk | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-09-06 | Dataset Search (Google) | bing_dai | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-02-22 | Google Dataset Search | markerbrod | 2 | 0 |
| 2024-06-12 | Google Dataset Search EngineHall induction · Latest 20+ point return | idrisschebak | 107 | 31 |