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How Google trended on Hacker News

Google was mentioned 1,426,452 times on Hacker News between 2006 and 2026, peaking in Jan 2023 with 11,880 that month.

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

Total mentions
1,426,452
Peak month
Jan 2023 (11,880)
First seen
2006
2008201120142017202020232026

Top Hacker News stories about Google

  1. 1.Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf] 4,103 points · 932 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
  2. 2.Google Search Is Dying 3,636 points · 1,561 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
  3. 3.Every Google result now looks like an ad 3,592 points · 972 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
  4. 4.Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android 3,050 points · 2,330 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
  5. 5.We're bringing Pebble back 2,843 points · 738 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
  6. 6.Google no longer producing high quality search results in significant categories 2,813 points · 1,275 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
  7. 7.Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev in the US (Section 174) 2,439 points · 907 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
  8. 8.Chrome 69 will keep Google Cookies when you tell it to delete all cookies 2,364 points · 810 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
  9. 9.Google outage – resolved 2,316 points · 827 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
  10. 10.Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID 2,292 points · 615 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
  11. 11.Stealth bomber in flight on Google Maps 2,244 points · 374 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
  12. 12.G is for Google 2,228 points · 562 comments · 2015 · discuss on HN

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