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How Kotlin trended on Hacker News

Kotlin was mentioned 25,981 times on Hacker News between 2011 and 2026, peaking in May 2017 with 722 that month.

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

Total mentions
25,981
Peak month
May 2017 (722)
First seen
2011
2008201120142017202020232026
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Top Hacker News stories about Kotlin

  1. 1.Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels 690 points · 305 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
  2. 2.Ask HN: What technologies did you learn in 2018? 629 points · 601 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
  3. 3.Android now supports Kotlin 620 points · 216 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
  4. 4.Show HN: Open-source private home security camera system (end-to-end encryption) 551 points · 165 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
  5. 5.Kotlin Is Better 538 points · 213 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
  6. 6.Show HN: Kotlin Money 427 points · 228 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
  7. 7.Kotlin 1.0 Released: Pragmatic Language for JVM and Android 379 points · 110 comments · 2016 · discuss on HN
  8. 8.Learn Kotlin in Y Minutes 375 points · 233 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
  9. 9.Swift is like Kotlin 373 points · 329 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
  10. 10.Google scored points with its community by supporting Kotlin 347 points · 218 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
  11. 11.Show HN: Skip – Build native iOS and Android apps from a single Swift codebase 322 points · 118 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
  12. 12.Build a burner phone with Twilio and Kotlin 312 points · 117 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN

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