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How “quantum computing” trended on Hacker News

“Quantum computing” was mentioned 22,870 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Nov 2024 with 439 that month.

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

1. 1.I'm Scott Aaronson, quantum computing/computational complexity researcher. AMA 649 points · 356 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Ask HN: Physicists of HN, what are you working on these days? 456 points · 316 comments · 2019 · discuss on HN
3. 3.Amazon Braket – Get Started with Quantum Computing 451 points · 137 comments · 2019 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Why haven't quantum computers factored 21 yet? 340 points · 197 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
5. 5.CERN Online introductory lectures on quantum computing from 6 November 277 points · 36 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
6. 6.A free introduction to quantum computing and quantum mechanics 257 points · 49 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
7. 7.An Interactive Introduction to Quantum Computing 254 points · 22 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Design of a silicon quantum computer chip 248 points · 145 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Build a toy quantum computer at home 245 points · 39 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Qusim.py – A toy multi-qubit quantum computer simulator written in Python 242 points · 44 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Trump administration establishes $75M quantum computing centers 237 points · 109 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Quantum Computing Explained 232 points · 48 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN

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