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How “james webb” trended on Hacker News

“James webb” was mentioned 1,608 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Jun 2022 with 141 that month.

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

Total mentions
1,608
Peak month
Jun 2022 (141)
First seen
2007
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What the chart shows

James Webb appears from 2007 as the telescope was developed, but mentions were sparse until deployment. The curve peaks in June 2022 with 141 mentions, when the first full-resolution images were released, and the lifetime total is 1,608 mentions.

The top stories cluster tightly around late 2021 and 2022 milestones: the December launch, full deployment, the telescope reaching its destination a million miles out, and the first images exceeding expectations. Activity dropped sharply after that initial run of events.

Top Hacker News stories about “james webb”

  1. 1.James Webb is fully deployed 1,384 points · 494 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
  2. 2.James Webb first images – complete set of high resolution shots now live 1,109 points · 396 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
  3. 3.First images from James Webb telescope exceed expectations 840 points · 265 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
  4. 4.James Webb telescope reaches its final destination in space, million miles away 754 points · 342 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
  5. 5.James Webb telescope's coldest instrument reaches operating temperature 555 points · 247 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
  6. 6.James Webb Space Telescope launch [video] 487 points · 240 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
  7. 7.The James Webb Space Telescope has passed the final mission analysis review 411 points · 291 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
  8. 8.James Webb Space Telescope finds evidence for alternate theory of gravity 357 points · 171 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
  9. 9.James Webb Space Telescope reveals that most galaxies rotate clockwise 356 points · 310 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
  10. 10.James Webb Space Telescope emerges successfully from final thermal vacuum test 345 points · 157 comments · 2019 · discuss on HN
  11. 11.Decoding James Webb Space Telescope 286 points · 93 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
  12. 12.Greg Robinson fixed NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, reluctantly 218 points · 199 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN

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