NOISEInfrastructure Software·Jun 25, 2026, 2:08 PMSignal10Immediate

Show HN: I made Google Trends for Hacker News by indexing 18 years of comments

Show HN: I made Google Trends for Hacker News by indexing 18 years of comments

Article URL: https://hackernewstrends.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48673671 Points: 356 # Comments: 90

Why this matters
Why now

A developer created an interesting tool as a personal project, demonstrating common open-source development trends.

Why it’s important

This is a minor development illustrating the ongoing trend of data analysis and visualization tools built for specific online communities.

What changes

Little changes beyond a new niche tool being available for Hacker News users.

Winners
  • · Hacker News users interested in trends
  • · Open-source tool developers
Losers
    Second-order effects
    Direct

    Hacker News gains a community-contributed utility for exploring historical comment data.

    Second

    Increased user engagement with past discussions and emergent topic trends on the platform.

    Third

    Potential inspiration for similar data analysis tools on other social or community platforms.

    Editorial confidence: 90 / 100 · Structural impact: 0 / 100
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