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How Facebook trended on Hacker News

Facebook was mentioned 448,472 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Mar 2018 with 9,912 that month.

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

1. 1.WhatsApp gives users an ultimatum: Share data with Facebook or stop using app 2,254 points · 1,148 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Facebook account now required to login to Oculus devices 1,858 points · 1,025 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
3. 3.FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization 1,752 points · 709 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Facebook loses users for the first time 1,749 points · 1,352 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
5. 5.My experience as a Gazan girl getting into Silicon Valley companies 1,723 points · 460 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Facebook Fraud [video] 1,678 points · 393 comments · 2014 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Facebook Network Breach Impacts Up to 50M Users 1,677 points · 609 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Facebook is an attack on the open web 1,635 points · 421 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Bill Atkinson has died 1,589 points · 273 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Facebook Container for Firefox 1,457 points · 425 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Facebook has been paying people to install a “Research” VPN 1,454 points · 445 comments · 2019 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Facebook bans, sends C&D letter to developer of Unfollow Everything extension 1,451 points · 560 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN

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