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Ask HN: What sort of traffic can you expect from the HN front page

19 points by osrec 9y ago

Hi all, I'm about to submit one of my apps to HN to get a bit of feedback. In the unlikely event that it reaches the front page, I'd like to get an estimate of what sort of traffic I might expect. Basically, I just want to ensure that my servers can handle it, hopefully with a bit of room to spare! Anyone have any data/estimates they're willing to share (even anecdata will do!)? Thanks very much!

PaulHoule 9y ago
See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8107658 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8107658 The results given there are close to what I remember.
- osrec 9y ago
  Thank you - that's pretty comprehensive.
itamarst 9y ago
Maxxed out at 1000 concurrent visitors according to Google Analytics, so undercounting people with ad blockers.
- osrec 9y ago
  Ah great, that's good to know. Do you think doubling that would be a realistic estimate?
  - itamarst 9y ago
    Hard to say. Probably depends on position? Better approach might just be making sure CDN does all the heavy lifting, and then it doesn't matter.
claudiulodro 9y ago
The other comments in this thread are pretty accurate in my experience. Depends on the day and time of day also. On weekends and evenings after ~5 PM PST the traffic is lower but still 500+ concurrent visitors.
anitil 9y ago
Love your confidence, I'll be looking out for your launch.
- osrec 9y ago
  Thanks! Will probably be ready by Thursday/Friday
guohuang 9y ago
our experience was about 5-6k users when hitting the front page. it really depends on how many people upvote your posts. good luck!
martinmj 9y ago
In the past there was this post about exactly this topic - http://martin.majlis.cz/what-happened-when-my-project-got-on-top-of-hacker-news/ http://martin.majlis.cz/what-happened-when-my-project-got-on... - with some analysis.