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Hacker Trends gpt-4” trend

How “gpt-4” trended on Hacker News

“Gpt-4” was mentioned 76,775 times on Hacker News between 2009 and 2026, peaking in Mar 2023 with 6,511 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often “gpt-4” appears in Hacker News stories and comments. Each point is a live date-histogram over ~45M items, computed with Upstash Redis Search.

Total mentions
76,775
Peak month
Mar 2023 (6,511)
First seen
2009
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What the chart shows

Mentions of gpt-4 first appear on Hacker News back in 2009, but the term only became common with OpenAI’s model releases. The curve peaks in March 2023 with 6,511 mentions, coinciding with the launch of GPT-4, and the lifetime total stands at 76,775 mentions.

The discussion tracks each subsequent model: top threads include GPT-4o, GPT-4.5, and later GPT-5 releases, alongside open-weights announcements. Interest remained active through 2026, though the conversation increasingly shifted toward newer GPT-5-series models rather than GPT-4 itself.

Top Hacker News stories about “gpt-4

  1. 1.GPT-4o 3,138 points · 2,366 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
  2. 2.Open models by OpenAI 2,124 points · 876 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
  3. 3.GPT-5 2,063 points · 2,482 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
  4. 4.GPT-5.2 1,195 points · 1,081 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
  5. 5.GPT-4.5 1,136 points · 988 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
  6. 6.GPT in 500 Lines of SQL 1,111 points · 76 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
  7. 7.OpenAI's GPT-3 may be the biggest thing since Bitcoin 1,079 points · 526 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
  8. 8.Show HN: Strange Attractors 804 points · 78 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
  9. 9.GPT-Neo – Building a GPT-3-sized model, open source and free 725 points · 252 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
  10. 10.Ask HN: GPT-3 reveals my full name – can I do anything? 710 points · 346 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
  11. 11.GPT-4.1 in the API 680 points · 492 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
  12. 12.GPT-5: Key characteristics, pricing and system card 643 points · 295 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN

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