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How “gemini” trended on Hacker News

“Gemini” was mentioned 34,119 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Feb 2026 with 2,699 that month.

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

Total mentions
34,119
Peak month
Feb 2026 (2,699)
First seen
2007
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What the chart shows

The term gemini predates Google’s model (appearing from 2007), but recent volume reflects the AI product. The curve peaks in February 2026 with 2,699 mentions, and the lifetime total is 34,119 mentions.

Top discussion clusters around Google’s releases — Gemini 1.5, 2.0, Gemini 3, and the Gemini CLI — including a widely upvoted Show HN imagining a future HN front page. Activity was still climbing at the end of the window in 2026.

Top Hacker News stories about “gemini

  1. 1.Show HN: Gemini Pro 3 imagines the HN front page 10 years from now 3,346 points · 965 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
  2. 2.Gemini 3 1,735 points · 1,056 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
  3. 3.Gemini CLI 1,428 points · 788 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
  4. 4.Ingesting PDFs and why Gemini 2.0 changes everything 1,303 points · 447 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
  5. 5.My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback 1,251 points · 480 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
  6. 6.Our next-generation model: Gemini 1.5 1,244 points · 588 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
  7. 7.The killer app of Gemini Pro 1.5 is using video as an input 1,136 points · 484 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
  8. 8.Gemini 3 Flash: Frontier intelligence built for speed 1,098 points · 579 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
  9. 9.Gemini 2.5 Flash Image 1,093 points · 475 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
  10. 10.Gemini 2.5 Flash 1,076 points · 560 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
  11. 11.AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing advanced algorithms 1,036 points · 270 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
  12. 12.Gemini 2.0: our new AI model for the agentic era 1,015 points · 490 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN

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