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 orderThat was a great read! I've been doing this long enough that I still complain about how much I hate GA compared to the old Urchin. I used Urchin for years and loved it. I was all excited to see what it had become as it changed to GA, and it was just... blah. It went from this super incredibly powerful tool that gave me access to all sorts of stats I needed, to this... I dunno... seemingly random assortment…
> The UTM, or Urchin Traffic Monitor, was an early method for augmenting Apache (or IIS, etc.) log files with cookies, such that unique visitors could be established. Of course, “utm” lives on today as a standard prefix for link tracking parameters, even outside of google analytics
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
- 673
- Total comments
- 110
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-11-18 | The origin story of Google AnalyticsFirst breakout · Best thread | auston | 397 | 53 |
| 2016-11-19 | Urchin Software Corp. Aka Google Analytics | alexgotoi | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-02-09 | Urchin Software: The unlikely origin story of Google Analytics | prxtl | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-08-09 | Urchin Software Corp: The unlikely origin story of Google Analytics (2016)Latest 20+ point return | cpeterso | 274 | 57 |