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Similarweb doesn't show any significant change: https://www.similarweb.com/website/news.ycombinator.com#overview https://www.similarweb.com/website/news.ycombin

• 3minus1 8y ago
  I'm also seeing a similar large drop in reddit traffic https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/reddit.com https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/reddit.com
• kangnkodos 8y ago
  The Alexa chart is rank among other web sites. The Similarweb chart shows number of visits. Apples and oranges. It's possible that they are both correct. Similarweb shows a small decrease in number of visits. It could be that there are thousands of sites with a similar number of visits. A small drop in number of visits might cause a huge drop in rank.
  • gota 8y ago
    Also that other sites in the same 'bracket' increase number of visits. Even if HN's visits were increasing, they could still be rising faster. Also when a site has been around for long you have to start taking into account the 'population growth'; how many new people gained access to the web this month? How many among those are tech-savy people? Does this proportion increase or decrease over time?