Show HN: Show HN submissions have tripled since 2023
anythingworks Sunday, January 11, 2026I analyzed 10 years of Hacker News data (2016-2025) to track Show HN submission trends.
- Show HN posts went from ~900/month (2016-2019) to 3,315 in Dec 2025
- Share of all stories: 2.4% (2016) → 12.8% (Dec 2025)
- Notable spikes: COVID-19 (2020), AI boom (2023), and accelerating growth through 2024-2025
Data source: HackerBook (144k Show HN posts / 3.4M total stories)
13
3
imgur.com