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How “zoom” trended on Hacker News

“Zoom” was mentioned 59,832 times on Hacker News between 2007 and 2026, peaking in Mar 2020 with 2,681 that month.

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

1. 1.Zoom closes account of U.S.-based Chinese activist after Tiananmen event 2,003 points · 517 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
2. 2.Vulnerability in the Mac Zoom client allows malicious websites to enable camera 1,937 points · 456 comments · 2019 · discuss on HN
3. 3.Zoom Acquires Keybase 1,879 points · 711 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
4. 4.Zoom lied to users about end-to-end encryption for years, FTC says 1,616 points · 425 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
5. 5.Zoom needs to clean up its privacy act 1,597 points · 509 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
6. 6.Zoom iOS app sends data to Facebook even if you don’t have a Facebook account 1,433 points · 360 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
7. 7.Apple has pushed a silent Mac update to remove hidden Zoom web server 1,358 points · 532 comments · 2019 · discuss on HN
8. 8.Zoom rolled their own encryption scheme, transmit keys through servers in China 1,248 points · 302 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
9. 9.Zoom meetings aren’t end-to-end encrypted, despite marketing 1,230 points · 339 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
10. 10.Zoom says it won’t encrypt free calls so it can work more with law enforcement 1,094 points · 458 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
11. 11.Zoom Acknowledges It Suspended Activists' Accounts at China's Request 1,069 points · 371 comments · 2020 · discuss on HN
12. 12.Ask HN: Are you put off building something because it already exists? 1,046 points · 292 comments · 2019 · discuss on HN

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