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How “paul graham” trended on Hacker News

“Paul graham” was mentioned 11,116 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Dec 2015 with 155 that month.

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

1. 1.Thank HN: My bootstrapped startup got acquired today 2,246 points · 396 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Paul Graham: SOPA Supporting Companies No Longer Allowed At YC Demo Day 1,742 points · 272 comments · 2011 · discuss on HN
3. 3.I Met Paul Graham Once 1,072 points · 767 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Thank HN: My startup was born here and is now 10 years old 937 points · 128 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
5. 5.To Paul Graham 647 points · 152 comments · 2010 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Tell HN: X is opening any tweet link in a webview whether you press it or not 647 points · 517 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Paul Graham's Letter to YC Companies 645 points · 185 comments · 2012 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Dear Paul Graham, there is no cookie banner law 607 points · 639 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Ask HN: What are some hacks of real founders who did things that don't scale? 539 points · 265 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Repl.it raises $4.5M from A16Z, Paul Graham, and others 424 points · 222 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Paul Graham inspired the creation of Redis 411 points · 93 comments · 2019 · discuss on HN
12. 12.A Response to Paul Graham’s Article on Income Inequality 408 points · 224 comments · 2016 · discuss on HN

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