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How Google assistant trended on Hacker News

Google assistant was mentioned 9,937 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in May 2018 with 188 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often Google assistant 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 Google assistant

1. 1.WaveNet launches in the Google Assistant 463 points · 117 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Launch HN: Andi (YC W22) – Q&A based, ad-free, anti-spam search engine 352 points · 181 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
3. 3.Google Checkout Nightmare and the $126,000 phone call 330 points · 118 comments · 2010 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Linux-based 4G phones with Google Assistant sold for $7 in Indonesia 309 points · 200 comments · 2019 · discuss on HN
5. 5.Tell HN: Google-Wide Layoffs 293 points · 129 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Google contract prevented Motorola from setting Perplexity as default assistant 255 points · 196 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Tell HN: Need help, locked out of Google account with 10 years of personal data 242 points · 119 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
8. 8.How Apple let Siri fall behind the Google Assistant and Alexa 240 points · 276 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Google lays off hundreds working on its voice-activated assistant 240 points · 251 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Launch HN: Danswer (YC W24) – Open-source AI search and chat over private data 231 points · 129 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Changes we're making to Google Assistant 226 points · 292 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Show HN: Sourcetable – AI Spreadsheet and Data Platform 188 points · 88 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN

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