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docker vs kubernetes on Hacker News

Across 2007–2026 of Hacker News, docker leads docker vs kubernetes with 121,382 mentions to kubernetes’s 56,637, peaking in Aug 2021.

Mention-over-time for docker vs kubernetes, overlaid across 2007–2026 of Hacker News. Each line is a live date-histogram over ~45M posts and comments, computed with Upstash Redis Search.

docker121,382 mentions, peak Aug 2021kubernetes56,637 mentions, peak May 2020
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How the lead changed hands

Containerization handoff: Docker erupts 2014–15 as the new hotness, then Kubernetes inherits the spotlight from 2016 as orchestration becomes the story.

The stories behind each line

Top “docker” stories
  1. Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store 1,620 points · 2018
  2. Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10? 1,374 points · 2017
  3. Docker Hub Hacked – 190k accounts, GitHub tokens revoked, builds disabled 1,146 points · 2019
  4. I ditched Docker for Podman 1,123 points · 2025
Top “kubernetes” stories
  1. Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10? 1,374 points · 2017
  2. Google Kubernetes Engine's third consecutive day of service disruption 779 points · 2018
  3. Container technologies at Coinbase: Why Kubernetes is not part of our stack 778 points · 2020
  4. Why is Kubernetes getting so popular? 755 points · 2020

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