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How “fusion energy” trended on Hacker News

“Fusion energy” was mentioned 8,085 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Nov 2022 with 527 that month.

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

1. 1.Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy 1,128 points · 792 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
2. 2.MIT-designed project achieves major advance toward fusion energy 915 points · 422 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
3. 3.Tokamak Energy sets a temperature record among commercial fusion companies 348 points · 220 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Nuclear-fusion reactor doubles record for energy made from fusing atoms 311 points · 278 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
5. 5.University of Texas-led team solves a big problem for fusion energy 287 points · 207 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
6. 6.All systems go for UK’s £55M fusion energy experiment 261 points · 84 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Progress toward fusion energy gain as measured against the Lawson criteria 232 points · 142 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
8. 8.European researchers achieve fusion energy record 219 points · 8 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Launch HN: Maritime Fusion (YC W25) – Fusion Reactors for Ships 216 points · 261 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Microsoft doubles down on small modular reactors and fusion energy 208 points · 429 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
11. 11.US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved 186 points · 74 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Cold Fusion or Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions, U.S. Navy Researchers Reopen Case 181 points · 141 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN

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