Sites using Hacker News
Tech-focused social news and discussion platform by Y Combinator
Found via: Product Hunt 4 · Hacker News 3 · PeerPush 1 · StackScope Discovery (Indie) 1 · StackScope Wider Web 1
Hacker News has been detected on 7 launches since first appearing in May 2026. Most recent detection: Audiocube, yesterday.
It's most commonly paired with HSTS, Google Search Console, and Y Combinator Launches.
Share of new launches using Hacker News
Each dot is one launch day. Line is the 7-day rolling average. Chart starts at first detection.
Social leaders
| Tool | % of launches | % of category | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | – |
Google Search
|
1.77% | 41.77% |
| #2 | – |
Facebook
|
1.10% | 25.92% |
| #3 | ▲1 |
Twitter Widgets
|
0.42% | 10.04% |
| #4 | ▼1 |
Bluesky
|
0.35% | 8.21% |
| #5 | ▲1 |
Gravatar
|
0.33% | 7.77% |
| … | ||||
| #29 |
Hacker News
Current page
|
0.01% | 0.22% | |
Percentages show adoption among indie launches: the share of all analysed launches, and of launches using any Social tool. All 60 in Social →
Often used with
| Tool | Launches |
|---|---|
| HSTS | 6 |
Google Search Console
|
5 |
Y Combinator Launches
|
5 |
Vercel
|
4 |
Next.js
|
3 |
Tools most often detected on the same launches as Hacker News.
