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How Mastodon trended on Hacker News

Mastodon was mentioned 26,548 times on Hacker News between 2008 and 2026, peaking in Nov 2022 with 2,571 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often Mastodon 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 Mastodon

1. 1.Find your Twitter friends on Mastodon 646 points · 483 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Facebook Censored Me For Mentioning Open-Source Social Network Mastodon 638 points · 284 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
3. 3.Mastodon.technology Shutdown 630 points · 585 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
4. 4.I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon 617 points · 461 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
5. 5.Trump’s new social media platform found using Mastodon code 512 points · 505 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Mastodon Is Better Than Twitter: Elevator Pitch 467 points · 375 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Mastodon 2.0 408 points · 190 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Mastodon and Keybase 406 points · 184 comments · 2019 · discuss on HN
9. 9.How Does Mastodon Work? 389 points · 175 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Mastodon 3.5 373 points · 180 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Mastodon announces new European non-profit, change of CEO 356 points · 143 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Ask HN: Why can't I host my own email? 350 points · 396 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN

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