Most-mentioned links in Hacker News comments, 2006–2015
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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 orderA reminder that BigQuery (as used in the query in this link) is the best way to play with Hacker News data; don't scrape HN data manually! The `bigquery-public-data.hacker_news.full` table appears to be up to date with the most recent HN data as well (table last updated today). However, I'm not 100% sure the query is correct for unilaterally getting all links, as running the query on the full dataset returns the same results as running it from 2006-2015. And…
I have seen xkcd #927 used to dismiss discussions of standards on HN so many times that it is the only xkcd comic I can recognize by number.
From an old thread in 2016 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11561711
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
- 467
- Total comments
- 137
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-24 | Most popular links in Hacker News comments, 2006–2015First breakout | anton_tarasenko | 210 | 68 |
| 2020-11-12 | Most-mentioned links in Hacker News comments, 2006–2015Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | simonebrunozzi | 254 | 68 |
| 2026-04-24 | Most mentioned links in Hacker News comments, 2006–2015 | chistev | 3 | 1 |