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How “age verification” trended on Hacker News

“Age verification” was mentioned 5,828 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Feb 2026 with 822 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often “age verification” appears in Hacker News stories and comments. Each point is a live date-histogram over ~45M items, computed with Upstash Redis Search.

Top Hacker News stories about “age verification”

1. 1.EU age verification app to ban any Android system not licensed by Google 1,051 points · 690 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Age Verification Laws: A Backdoor to Surveillance 660 points · 445 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
3. 3.EU age verification app not planning desktop support 584 points · 423 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Show HN: NextDNS Adds "Bypass Age Verification" 537 points · 199 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
5. 5.EFF launches Age Verification Hub 375 points · 355 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
6. 6."Privacy preserving age verification" is bullshit 252 points · 228 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Bluesky Goes Dark in Mississippi over Age Verification Law 247 points · 172 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Show HN: I'm 16 and building an AI based startup called Factful with friends 222 points · 152 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Texas app store age verification law blocked by federal judge 218 points · 119 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
10. 10.France to introduce controversial age verification system for adult websites 193 points · 258 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Users claim Discord's age verification can be tricked with video game characters 157 points · 185 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Age verification providers say don’t worry about California design code 150 points · 86 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN

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