#hackernewsanalytics
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #hackernewsanalytics from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
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Day-by-day usage
measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-16 14:18 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-10-16 14:18 UTCNo related tags with measured usage found for #hackernewsanalytics.
Live pulse
measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-16 14:18 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 31 public posts (spanning ~1366 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 06:00
Languages: English (31)
Avg boosts / post: 0.7
Top of the latest posts
@PixelJones What I'd really like to do is to get away from the per-item / per-use payment model, and instead think of the infostream as a distribution utility for which access rather than use is the principle consideration, and in which pay
On general discussion forums and "paying for media" One frequent dispute online is over paywalled links, and the general advisability on various grounds of sharing workarounds. I happen to have data for Hacker News (HN), so that's what I di
HackerNews changed how it dealt with highly-active discussions around January 2009, based on evidence I see (far fewer spicy threads after that date). I'm also seeing that spicy stories actually tend to rank slightly higher on the page (a l
#hackernewsanalytics across platforms
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