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Hacker Trends metaverse” trend

How “metaverse” trended on Hacker News

“Metaverse” was mentioned 10,201 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Oct 2021 with 1,048 that month.

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

Total mentions
10,201
Peak month
Oct 2021 (1,048)
First seen
2007
2008201120142017202020232026

What the chart shows

The word metaverse appears from 2007 but surged after Facebook’s rebrand to Meta. The curve peaks in October 2021 with 1,048 mentions, and the lifetime total is 10,201 mentions, heavily concentrated in that period.

Discussion was overwhelmingly skeptical: “The metaverse is bullshit,” arguments that it already exists as Minecraft or simply the internet, comparisons to the Second Life boom, and a flagged YC-backed metaverse game. After 2021 the topic faded.

Top Hacker News stories about “metaverse

  1. 1.The metaverse is bullshit 1,031 points · 747 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
  2. 2.The metaverse is already here – it's Minecraft 567 points · 364 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
  3. 3.Y Combinator backed MMO metaverse game is a blatant scam 390 points · 238 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
  4. 4.The metaverse is already here, it's called the internet 261 points · 131 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
  5. 5.Ask HN: How is the “metaverse” concept different from the Second Life boom? 257 points · 363 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
  6. 6.Exiled from the Metaverse before it even started: Facebook bans are for life 251 points · 187 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
  7. 7.Apple is building the metaverse substrate 206 points · 230 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
  8. 8.“Snowcrash” to be HBO series, compete with actual early Metaverses for viewers 195 points · 119 comments · 2019 · discuss on HN
  9. 9.Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will turn into a ‘metaverse’ 191 points · 369 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
  10. 10.NBA Metaverse Partner Terminates Relationship, Threatens Reporters Covering Deal 173 points · 62 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
  11. 11.The metaverse is a dystopian nightmare – let’s build a better reality 161 points · 114 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
  12. 12.DALL-E, the Metaverse, and Zero Marginal Content 153 points · 74 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN

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