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mysql vs postgres on Hacker News

Across 2007–2026 of Hacker News, postgres leads mysql vs postgres with 66,757 mentions to mysql’s 56,504, peaking in Sep 2023.

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

mysql56,504 mentions, peak Dec 2021postgres66,757 mentions, peak Sep 2023
2008201120142017202020232026
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How the lead changed hands

The database lead-swap: MySQL owns the conversation around 2009–11, then goes quiet as Postgres climbs to overtake it by 2017–20.

The stories behind each line

Top “mysql” stories
  1. Why Uber Engineering Switched from Postgres to MySQL 731 points · 2016
  2. In MySQL, use “utf8mb4” instead of “utf8” (2016) 643 points · 2022
  3. Leaving MySQL 626 points · 2021
  4. Migrating Facebook to MySQL 8.0 521 points · 2021
Top “postgres” stories
  1. Bye Bye Mongo, Hello Postgres 1,562 points · 2018
  2. Postgres IDE in VS Code 1,040 points · 2025
  3. Postgres gets support for upsert 1,003 points · 2015
  4. Show HN: Ten years of running every day, visualized 958 points · 2025

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