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How “return to office” trended on Hacker News

“Return to office” was mentioned 8,502 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Jul 2023 with 218 that month.

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

1. 1.Amazon tells employees to return to office five days a week 1,498 points · 1,926 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Apple's director of machine learning resigns due to return to office work 1,069 points · 703 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
3. 3.Ask HN: My GitHub account got suspended without any notice 657 points · 263 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Executive wealth as a factor in return-to-office 622 points · 490 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
5. 5.Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starting in early September 615 points · 1,079 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
6. 6.34% of remote workers would quit rather than return to full-time office work 448 points · 327 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Employees are returning to the office to sit on zoom calls 414 points · 249 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
8. 8.CEOs are running companies from afar even as workers return to office 405 points · 273 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Tim Cook tells employees the return to offices will begin on April 11th 366 points · 540 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
10. 10.The 'Return to Office' Lies 363 points · 498 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
11. 11."AI-first" is the new Return To Office 335 points · 216 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Federal workers ordered to return to offices without desks, Wi-Fi and lights 296 points · 349 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN

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