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How “h1b” trended on Hacker News

“H1b” was mentioned 15,171 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Sep 2025 with 676 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often “h1b” 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 “h1b”

1. 1.Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa program requiring higher pay 1,256 points · 1,363 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Ask HN: I will help your startup in exchange for food and a place to stay 584 points · 278 comments · 2015 · discuss on HN
3. 3.Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2013) 399 points · 564 comments · 2013 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Ask HN: Who Is Hiring? (September 2012) 393 points · 302 comments · 2012 · discuss on HN
5. 5.Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2013) 327 points · 441 comments · 2013 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (June 2011) 326 points · 329 comments · 2011 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (May 2011) 324 points · 291 comments · 2011 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Show HN: A histogram of salaries given to H1B workers in the software industry 322 points · 240 comments · 2015 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2013) 320 points · 420 comments · 2013 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2014) 311 points · 432 comments · 2014 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Ask HN: Who is Hiring? (November 2011) 310 points · 294 comments · 2011 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2013) 309 points · 370 comments · 2013 · discuss on HN

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