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How “google glass” trended on Hacker News

“Google glass” was mentioned 9,579 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Apr 2013 with 584 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often “google glass” 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 glass”

1. 1.Google Glass 763 points · 574 comments · 2013 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Google relaunches Glass for businesses 484 points · 264 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
3. 3.Google Begins Testing Its Augmented Reality Glasses 477 points · 288 comments · 2012 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Google Glass sales halted 444 points · 262 comments · 2015 · discuss on HN
5. 5.AMC movie theater calls FBI to arrest a Google Glass user 319 points · 294 comments · 2014 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Sergey Brin Demos Google Glass At I/O 313 points · 212 comments · 2012 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Google Glass is getting a second life in the manufacturing industry 305 points · 134 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Google releases some Glass source code 283 points · 127 comments · 2013 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Google to Sell Heads-Up Display Glasses by Year’s End 280 points · 132 comments · 2012 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Google Announces Project Glass 272 points · 102 comments · 2012 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Upgraded Google Glass helps autistic kids “see” emotions 266 points · 105 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Meta (YC S13), The Crazy AR Glasses That Aim To Do What Google Glass Can’t 264 points · 86 comments · 2013 · discuss on HN

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