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Ask HN: How much traffic spike does being listed top in HN cause?
How much increase in the number of pageviews can one normally expect if a url gets a top spot in HN ?
- patio11 16y ago4,000 to 6,000 within 48 hours, assuming one's post is on the front page for most of a day. (Anecdotally they seem to age off a wee bit faster these days.) That is traffic directly from HN, with minor follow-on from folks tweeting. Substantially more if the story gets carried elsewhere as a result.
- riffer 16y agoIt used to be 1000 uniques per 10 karma points on the submission, although that may have changed with the vote weighting that was instituted a month ago or so