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Sites using Hacker News

Tech-focused social news and discussion platform by Y Combinator

#66 of 221 in Social First seen: May 19, 2026 Last seen: Sep 10, 2026 Website: news.ycombinator.com

24 sites

11 found by StackScope, 13 via launch platforms

StackScope Wider Web 6 StackScope Discovery (Indie) 5 Hacker News 6 Product Hunt 5 PeerPush 2
  • StackScope Wider Web 6
  • StackScope Discovery (Indie) 5
  • Hacker News 6
  • Product Hunt 5
  • PeerPush 2
View: All sites All launches Launch platforms StackScope Discovery StackScope Wider Web
Last 7 days 0.0% +0.0pp
Most used with Y Combinator Launches, HSTS, Google Search Console
Top product types AI, Content, Developer Tools

Hacker News has been detected on 24 launches we've crawled, with 7 of those in September 2026 (0.0% of the month's launches so far). Most recent detection: Wealthfolio, on September 10, 2026.

It's most commonly paired with Y Combinator Launches, HSTS, and Google Search Console. By product type, the launches using it are most often AI (27%), Content (20%), and Developer Tools (13%). The 12 scored launches using Hacker News average a StackScope score of 7.4 out of 10, against 6.4 across all launches we score.

What kind of products ship with Hacker News

15 launches

AI
26.67%
Content
20.00%
Developer Tools
13.33%
Education
13.33%
Crypto
6.67%
Finance
6.67%
Marketing
6.67%
Social
6.67%

Domain endings using Hacker News

24 sites

  • .com 37.50%
  • .app 12.50%
  • .xyz 8.33%
  • .ai 4.17%
  • .bot 4.17%
  • .ch 4.17%
  • .dev 4.17%
  • .me 4.17%

Share of new sites using Hacker News

Each dot is one launch day. Line is the 7-day rolling average; weekly averages before June 2026. Chart starts at first detection.

0.0%
last 7 days
+0.0pp vs prior week
0.0%
September so far
7 of 1,707,277 sites
24
sites all time
since May 2026
Hacker News daily detection trend Before 8 July 2026: launch platforms only. We began crawling the wider web on this date, so the cohort this share is measured against changes here. 10 September 2026: we improved our infrastructure to index new sites much sooner, often on the day they go live, so the cohort this share is measured against changes here. 5% 2% 0% May Jun Jul Aug Sep Weekly averages before this point, daily after. Jun 29 · 0 / 501 = 0.0% Jun 30 · 0 / 801 = 0.0% Jul 1 · 0 / 795 = 0.0% Jul 2 · 2 / 603 = 0.3% Jul 3 · 0 / 499 = 0.0% Jul 4 · 0 / 411 = 0.0% Jul 5 · 1 / 367 = 0.3% Jul 6 · 0 / 551 = 0.0% Jul 7 · 0 / 1187 = 0.0% Jul 8 · 0 / 12592 = 0.0% Jul 9 · 1 / 23772 = 0.0% Jul 10 · 0 / 22594 = 0.0% Jul 11 · 0 / 16097 = 0.0% Jul 12 · 0 / 20378 = 0.0% Jul 13 · 0 / 20997 = 0.0% Jul 14 · 0 / 20529 = 0.0% Jul 15 · 0 / 17351 = 0.0% Jul 16 · 0 / 14311 = 0.0% Jul 17 · 0 / 19761 = 0.0% Jul 18 · 0 / 22772 = 0.0% Jul 19 · 0 / 26338 = 0.0% Jul 20 · 0 / 22799 = 0.0% Jul 21 · 0 / 21747 = 0.0% Jul 22 · 0 / 23315 = 0.0% Jul 23 · 1 / 16923 = 0.0% Jul 24 · 0 / 12905 = 0.0% Jul 25 · 1 / 8970 = 0.0% Jul 26 · 0 / 20027 = 0.0% Jul 27 · 0 / 33954 = 0.0% Jul 28 · 0 / 38333 = 0.0% Jul 29 · 0 / 50146 = 0.0% Jul 30 · 0 / 43966 = 0.0% Jul 31 · 0 / 51126 = 0.0% Aug 1 · 0 / 50563 = 0.0% Aug 2 · 1 / 49770 = 0.0% Aug 3 · 0 / 48263 = 0.0% Aug 4 · 1 / 37360 = 0.0% Aug 5 · 0 / 32724 = 0.0% Aug 6 · 0 / 36621 = 0.0% Aug 7 · 0 / 37871 = 0.0% Aug 8 · 1 / 39719 = 0.0% Aug 9 · 0 / 34261 = 0.0% Aug 10 · 0 / 28974 = 0.0% Aug 11 · 0 / 32142 = 0.0% Aug 12 · 0 / 33632 = 0.0% Aug 13 · 0 / 50056 = 0.0% Aug 14 · 2 / 51444 = 0.0% Aug 15 · 0 / 51561 = 0.0% Aug 16 · 0 / 51855 = 0.0% Aug 17 · 0 / 41518 = 0.0% Aug 18 · 0 / 53944 = 0.0% Aug 19 · 0 / 49470 = 0.0% Aug 20 · 1 / 66876 = 0.0% Aug 21 · 0 / 90437 = 0.0% Aug 22 · 1 / 91313 = 0.0% Aug 23 · 0 / 90317 = 0.0% Aug 24 · 0 / 79157 = 0.0% Aug 25 · 0 / 69417 = 0.0% Aug 26 · 0 / 65434 = 0.0% Aug 27 · 1 / 84040 = 0.0% Aug 28 · 0 / 83836 = 0.0% Aug 29 · 0 / 84421 = 0.0% Aug 30 · 0 / 92843 = 0.0% Aug 31 · 1 / 90614 = 0.0% Sep 1 · 0 / 92263 = 0.0% Sep 2 · 1 / 98363 = 0.0% Sep 3 · 0 / 93589 = 0.0% Sep 4 · 0 / 89505 = 0.0% Sep 5 · 2 / 93385 = 0.0% Sep 6 · 1 / 81838 = 0.0% Sep 7 · 0 / 79191 = 0.0% Sep 8 · 1 / 72119 = 0.0% Sep 9 · 0 / 68653 = 0.0% Sep 10 · 2 / 72277 = 0.0% Sep 11 · 0 / 77783 = 0.0% Sep 12 · 0 / 51389 = 0.0% Sep 13 · 0 / 53606 = 0.0% Sep 14 · 0 / 53407 = 0.0% Sep 15 · 0 / 52966 = 0.0% Sep 16 · 0 / 53694 = 0.0% Sep 17 · 0 / 51711 = 0.0% Sep 18 · 0 / 48241 = 0.0% Sep 19 · 0 / 41107 = 0.0% Sep 20 · 0 / 40569 = 0.0% Sep 21 · 0 / 46508 = 0.0% Sep 22 · 0 / 50086 = 0.0% Sep 23 · 0 / 53064 = 0.0% Sep 24 · 0 / 48063 = 0.0% Sep 25 · 0 / 46380 = 0.0% Sep 26 · 0 / 97520 = 0.0%
Apr 27, 2026 90 days Sep 26, 2026

The shaded parts of the chart are measured against a different set of sites.

Grey: until 8 July 2026 we only tracked launches from launch platforms. From that date we crawl the wider web as well.

Amber: on 10 September 2026 we improved our infrastructure so we can index new sites much sooner, often on the day they go live. Sites found that early often haven't finished setting up, so anything usually added after launch reads lower from that date. We record each site as it was when we found it.

The share is a proportion of whatever we were tracking at the time, so it can step at these lines without the technology itself changing. For a single continuous measure, switch to launch platforms.

How StackScope detects technologies

Social leaders

Tool % of launches % of category
#1 – Google Search 1.08% 30.68%
#2 ▲1 Gravatar 0.77% 21.78%
#3 ▼1 Facebook 0.60% 17.18%
#4 ▲1 Twitter Widgets 0.34% 9.81%
#5 ▲2 X (Twitter) 0.32% 8.98%
…
#66 ▼14 Hacker News Current page <0.01% 0.02%

Percentages show adoption among indie launches: the share of all analysed launches, and of launches using any Social tool.Among August launches it ranked #69 in Social, down from #55 in July. All 221 in Social →

Often used with

Tool Sites
Y Combinator Launches 23
HSTS 17
Google Search Console 10
Cloudflare DNS 10
Cloudflare 10

Tools most often detected on the same sites as Hacker News.

Recent launches we can show

18 of the 24 sites using Hacker News are product launches we list individually. The other 6 are sites we found crawling the wider web: they count towards the figures above, but we do not publish them one by one. How StackScope Discovery works

Screenshot of Wealthfolio, a launch using Hacker News Wealthfolio Sep 10, 2026 · score 9.8 Canada Finance Screenshot of TheMacApps, a launch using Hacker News TheMacApps Sep 10, 2026 · score 7.1 ReelKatha — AI Video Reel Maker for Indian Creators Sep 8, 2026 Content Blades • Minimal CSS Framework for Semantic HTML | Blades CSS Sep 6, 2026 Screenshot of Gawkbot, a launch using Hacker News Gawkbot Sep 2, 2026 · score 5.0 AI codecrab: learn Rust by fixing code Aug 27, 2026 Education vibelaunched — launch your vibe-coded app. everywhere. Aug 14, 2026 Hacker News minus the slop Aug 14, 2026 Screenshot of Phpbb-HN, a launch using Hacker News Phpbb-HN Aug 8, 2026 · score 5.2 Screenshot of Audiocube, a launch using Hacker News Audiocube Aug 4, 2026 · score 5.7 Content Werde von Künstlicher Intelligenz empfohlen Aug 2, 2026 AI Screenshot of Clawie by Jame, a launch using Hacker News Clawie by Jame Jul 23, 2026 · score 5.5 Developer Tools

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