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How Python trended on Hacker News

Python was mentioned 450,615 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Dec 2022 with 4,088 that month.

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

1. 1.Uv is the best thing to happen to the Python ecosystem in a decade 2,214 points · 1,324 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Sunsetting Python 2 1,616 points · 704 comments · 2019 · discuss on HN
3. 3.Grumpy: Go running Python 1,411 points · 451 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Tell HN: Thanks to thehodge and littlewarden.com, this site is up today 1,314 points · 78 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
5. 5.A from-scratch tour of Bitcoin in Python 1,208 points · 277 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Python 3.13 Gets a JIT 1,081 points · 521 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Show HN: I built a hardware processor that runs Python 983 points · 265 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Prettymaps: Small Python library to draw customized maps from OpenStreetMap data 982 points · 74 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Show HN: A Python Job Board for Python Developers 945 points · 1 comments · 2023 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Norvig's Python programs to practice or demonstrate skills 937 points · 84 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Ask HN: What overlooked class of tools should a self-taught programmer look into 927 points · 401 comments · 2019 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Ty: A fast Python type checker and language server 916 points · 287 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN

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