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 orderNicely done. I made one[0] for myself that splits by day, and otherwise orders by score within day, but grouped into categories and keywords (or site). Clicking the title shows yesterday's or older stories. It started out being a single page view that I could load while commuting in the subway that had intermittent Internet on my phone, and load several story links at each stop. I've since stopped commuting of course but still use it so I'm not playing…
You know, you could probably harvest quite a number of passwords by adding a small 'login' link to the top right corner of the page
I'd love to get a discussion going on whether people support or oppose the flagging (and subsequent disappearance) of politically charged topics on HN. While HN is not a politics site, some of these censored topics have been tech-related. I guess it comes down to a value judgement: is it worth discussing tech politics even if it spawns flamewars and heated arguments? I think it's worth it, but this is certainly debatable. Curious what other HN users think. My own…
I like it clean and minimal
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
- 3
- Total points
- 383
- Total comments
- 180
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-09-24 | Unofficial alternative UI of hackernewsFirst breakout | rvivek | 82 | 62 |
| 2013-03-12 | Hckr news - Easy to use HN interface updated | fmavituna | 4 | 0 |
| 2016-04-18 | Hckr news – Hacker News sorted by time | kderbe | 8 | 1 |
| 2017-04-10 | Hckr news – Hacker News sorted by time | colinscape | 3 | 0 |
| 2017-08-08 | Hcrknews.com (Flagged / Censored content can be seen) | mzh0 | 75 | 53 |
| 2018-11-09 | Hckr News – Hacker News Sorted by Time | vinnyglennon | 2 | 0 |
| 2019-03-01 | Hckrnews – An unofficial alternative Hacker News interface | tarabanga | 3 | 0 |
| 2020-02-03 | Hckr news – Hacker News sorted by time | kalium-xyz | 23 | 1 |
| 2022-02-23 | The SSL cert for hckrnews.com briefly expired | open-paren | 2 | 0 |
| 2022-10-03 | Hckr news – Hacker News sorted by timeBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | punnerud | 168 | 56 |
| 2024-06-13 | Hckr news – Hacker News sorted by time | Leftium | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-05-16 | Hckr News – an unofficial alternative hacker news interface | punnerud | 1 | 0 |
| 2025-07-07 | Cert Expired HTTPS://Hckrnews.com | guyinblackshirt | 6 | 4 |
| 2026-05-06 | Hckrnews.com Cert Expired (Again) | awkii | 5 | 3 |