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How “standing desk” trended on Hacker News

“Standing desk” was mentioned 6,828 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Mar 2014 with 146 that month.

Every month from 2007 to 2026, counting how often “standing desk” 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 “standing desk”

1. 1.What happens when you use a standing desk for two years 467 points · 285 comments · 2013 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Show HN: Simula One – Portable Linux VR Computer 463 points · 397 comments · 2022 · discuss on HN
3. 3.A standing desk for $22 412 points · 178 comments · 2012 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Sit/Stand Desk: IKEA Skarsta Review 349 points · 245 comments · 2016 · discuss on HN
5. 5.Open-Source Controller for the IKEA Bekant Standing Desk 238 points · 152 comments · 2019 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Cornell Ergonomics Web finds standing desks present their own issues 219 points · 108 comments · 2011 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Ask HN: Have you found a good desk chair? 211 points · 356 comments · 2021 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Why Standing Desks Are Overrated 193 points · 188 comments · 2018 · discuss on HN
9. 9.My Standing Desk Experiment 189 points · 120 comments · 2011 · discuss on HN
10. 10.How to hack yourself a standing desk - an illustrated guide 173 points · 70 comments · 2011 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Affordable adjustable standing desk 162 points · 88 comments · 2014 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Standing desk might be as bad as sitting all day 155 points · 221 comments · 2024 · discuss on HN

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