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How Docker trended on Hacker News

Docker was mentioned 122,138 times on Hacker News between 2009 and 2026, peaking in Sep 2021 with 1,488 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often Docker 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 Docker

1. 1.Docker cannot be downloaded without logging into Docker Store 1,620 points · 421 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Ask HN: What do you want to see in Ubuntu 17.10? 1,374 points · 1,145 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
3. 3.Docker Hub Hacked – 190k accounts, GitHub tokens revoked, builds disabled 1,146 points · 257 comments · 2019 · discuss on HN
4. 4.I ditched Docker for Podman 1,123 points · 654 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
5. 5.Docker for Mac and Windows Beta 904 points · 239 comments · 2016 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Podman Desktop: A Free OSS Alternative to Docker Desktop 830 points · 191 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
7. 7.MinIO stops distributing free Docker images 733 points · 555 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Show HN: Unregistry – “docker push” directly to servers without a registry 726 points · 164 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Docker Desktop no longer free for large companies 725 points · 571 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Docker 1.0 709 points · 130 comments · 2014 · discuss on HN
11. 11.macOS in QEMU in Docker 694 points · 187 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Docker without Docker 689 points · 210 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN

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