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How “arm” trended on Hacker News

“Arm” was mentioned 177,495 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Jun 2020 with 2,801 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often “arm” 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 “arm”

1. 1.Nvidia to Acquire Arm for $40B 2,122 points · 751 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Nvidia is reportedly in ‘advanced talks’ to buy ARM for more than $32B 1,106 points · 674 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
3. 3.Arm China Has Gone Rogue 995 points · 639 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Valve reveals it’s the architect behind a push to bring Windows games to Arm 978 points · 854 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
5. 5.Paralyzed man regains use of arms and hands after experimental stem cell therapy 873 points · 174 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
6. 6.I gave the AI arms and legs then it rejected me 809 points · 404 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Nvidia prepares to abandon $40B Arm bid 784 points · 454 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
8. 8.US axes website for reporting human rights abuses by US-armed foreign forces 773 points · 411 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
9. 9.FTC sues to block Nvidia-Arm merger 722 points · 398 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Armed police swarm student after AI mistakes bag of Doritos for a weapon 693 points · 436 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Arm is canceling Qualcomm's chip design license 622 points · 450 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Launch HN: Vassar Robotics (YC X25) – $219 robot arm that learns new skills 580 points · 219 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN

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