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How Skype trended on Hacker News

Skype was mentioned 27,242 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in May 2011 with 711 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often Skype 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 Skype

1. 1.Dear Skype/Microsoft: Problems with Linux client 827 points · 462 comments · 2016 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Signal partners with Microsoft to bring end-to-end encryption to Skype 794 points · 331 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
3. 3.Microsoft is killing Skype 751 points · 662 comments · 2025 · discuss on HN
4. 4.A day in the life of a startup founder 633 points · 126 comments · 2012 · discuss on HN
5. 5.Microsoft: You need to fix your Skype and Microsoft account issues, this is insane 544 points · 171 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Sorry, NSA, Terrorists Don't Use Verizon. Or Skype. Or Gmail 527 points · 354 comments · 2013 · discuss on HN
7. 7.New Skype Update Is Horrible 499 points · 316 comments · 2017 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Skype protocol reverse engineered, source available 451 points · 133 comments · 2011 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Microsoft Turned Consumers Against the Skype Brand 433 points · 418 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Microsoft to buy Skype for $7 billion 421 points · 271 comments · 2011 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Sprint Is Throttling Skype, Study Finds 386 points · 155 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
12. 12.A Backdoor in Skype for Mac OS X 373 points · 107 comments · 2016 · discuss on HN

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