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How “palantir” trended on Hacker News

“Palantir” was mentioned 9,544 times on Hacker News between 2008 and 2026, peaking in Mar 2026 with 453 that month.

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

1. 1.Palantir worked with Cambridge Analytica on the Facebook data it acquired 593 points · 186 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Inside Palantir 569 points · 307 comments · 2016 · discuss on HN
3. 3.Israel used Palantir technologies in pager attack in Lebanon 546 points · 703 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Ask HN: How can a unhireable person get a job? 529 points · 819 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
5. 5.Palantir is using War on Terror tools to track American citizens 523 points · 260 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
6. 6.NYPD is canceling its Palantir contract 501 points · 275 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Reflections on Palantir 482 points · 581 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
8. 8.What does Palantir actually do? 378 points · 363 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Palantir is extending its reach even further into government 302 points · 297 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Leaked Palantir Doc Reveals Uses, Specific Functions and Key Clients 301 points · 115 comments · 2015 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Leaked S-1 screenshots show Palantir losing $579M in 2019 288 points · 187 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Palantir and Prism: A Possible Link 278 points · 155 comments · 2013 · discuss on HN

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