Hacker Trends › “sam altman” trend
“Sam altman” was mentioned 9,663 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Nov 2023 with 889 that month.
Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often “sam altman” appears in Hacker News stories and comments. Each point is a live date-histogram over ~45M items, computed with Upstash Redis Search.
Sam Altman appears from 2007, first in a Y Combinator context, and accumulated 9,663 lifetime mentions. The curve peaks in November 2023 with 889 mentions, coinciding with his brief ousting from OpenAI and rapid reinstatement.
Top threads span that boardroom episode — including a former board member’s account — alongside his 2024 lawsuit from Elon Musk, critical commentary on taking him at his word, and earlier YC-era AMAs. Discussion remained active through 2026.
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