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siri vs google assistant vs alexa on Hacker News

Across 2007–2026 of Hacker News, siri leads siri vs google assistant vs alexa with 20,247 mentions to alexa’s 16,834, peaking in Sep 2011.

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

siri20,247 mentions, peak Sep 2011google assistant9,863 mentions, peak Apr 2018alexa16,834 mentions, peak Oct 2022
2008201120142017202020232026
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How the lead changed hands

Voice assistants across the decade: Siri arrives first with the iPhone 4S in 2011, Google Assistant takes a turn ~2018, then Alexa peaks into 2022: three spikes, years apart.

The stories behind each line

Top “siri” stories
  1. Siri, What Time Is It in London? 728 points · 2020
  2. 'Siri I'm getting pulled over': New shortcut can automatically record the police 566 points · 2018
  3. SiriSpy – iOS bug allowed apps to eavesdrop on your conversations with Siri 551 points · 2022
  4. Cracking Siri 526 points · 2011
Top “google assistant” stories
  1. WaveNet launches in the Google Assistant 463 points · 2017
  2. Launch HN: Andi (YC W22) – Q&A based, ad-free, anti-spam search engine 352 points · 2022
  3. Google Checkout Nightmare and the $126,000 phone call 330 points · 2010
  4. Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 in Indonesia 309 points · 2019
Top “alexa” stories
  1. The Alexa feature "do not send voice recordings" you enabled no longer available 957 points · 2025
  2. We will be retiring Alexa.com 667 points · 2021
  3. Alexa suggests lethal challenge to child 644 points · 2021
  4. Amazon Sends 1,700 Alexa Voice Recordings to a Random Person 498 points · 2018

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