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How Sbf trended on Hacker News

Sbf was mentioned 5,755 times on Hacker News between 2010 and 2026, peaking in Nov 2022 with 1,433 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often Sbf appears in Hacker News stories and comments. Each point is a live date-histogram over ~45M items, computed with Upstash Redis Search.

Total mentions
5,755
Peak month
Nov 2022 (1,433)
First seen
2010
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What the chart shows

SBF - Sam Bankman-Fried - first registers in 2010 but became prominent only with FTX’s collapse. The curve peaks sharply in October 2022 with 1,433 mentions, as the exchange imploded, and the lifetime total is 5,716 mentions.

Top threads cover his arrest by Bahamian authorities, a secret “back door” to move billions off the books, his legal defense funding, and a since-deleted Sequoia profile calling him a future trillionaire. Discussion concentrated around the 2022–2023 collapse and trial.

Top Hacker News stories about Sbf

  1. 1.SBF Arrested by Bahamian Authorities 234 points · 151 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
  2. 2.SBF’s Legal Defense Is Being Funded with Alameda Money He Gifted His Father 156 points · 61 comments · 2023 · discuss on HN
  3. 3.FTX’s SBF had a secret 'back door' to transfer billions off the books 138 points · 115 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
  4. 4.SBF posting 1 letter tweets to evade delete detection bots? 116 points · 55 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
  5. 5.Well Known Short Seller Claims SBF Is a Fraud Weeks Ago 93 points · 53 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
  6. 6.Sequoia on SBF: A Future Trillionaire 70 points · 39 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
  7. 7.SBF repeatedly lied to get out of "supervillain" prison term, FTX CEO alleges 59 points · 43 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN
  8. 8.Ask HN: Why is SBF not in prison yet? 57 points · 40 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
  9. 9.The NYT is writting puff pieces on SBF and hit pieces on other crypto companies 47 points · 22 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
  10. 10.SBF Guilty on All Charges 44 points · 12 comments · 2023 · discuss on HN
  11. 11.Sequoia Captials Puff piece on SBF just before FTX's collapse 37 points · 6 comments · 2023 · discuss on HN
  12. 12.Is SBF Going to Prison? 36 points · 100 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN

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