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How Quiet quitting trended on Hacker News

Quiet quitting was mentioned 4,041 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Sep 2022 with 170 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often Quiet quitting 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 Quiet quitting

1. 1.Quiet Quitting 97 points · 215 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Quiet Quitting Is About Bad Bosses, Not Bad Employees 96 points · 59 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
3. 3.The term ‘quiet quitting’ is worse than nonsense 94 points · 57 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Quiet quitting: why doing the bare minimum at work has gone global 84 points · 80 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
5. 5.Analysis Shows 'Quiet Fleecing' of US Workers–Not Quiet Quitting–Is Real Problem 80 points · 21 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Quiet Quitting: Why Employees Are Demanding Fairness and Boundaries 78 points · 101 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Big Banks Are "Quiet Quitting" Their Climate Promises 75 points · 39 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Quiet Quitting Is a Fake Trend 71 points · 35 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Everyone should be ‘quiet quitting’ 70 points · 65 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Quitting Chrome: Because Google+ 61 points · 60 comments · 2014 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Show HN: Sober not Sorry – free iOS tracker to help you quit bad habits 58 points · 59 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Ask HN: log on, drop out? 46 points · 80 comments · 2010 · discuss on HN

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