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Ask HN: Is somewhere out there some HN statistics?

13 points by taubek 4y ago

I wonder how many people submit stories, how many comments are posted daily to HN. Is there some stats page for HN?

fedeb95 4y ago
I hope not: people may then start optimizing for interaction specifically on HN and it will loose its appeal
- taubek 4y ago
  I don't think that it is possible to optimize. As long as algorithm isn't published I don't think that it can be "hacked".
giuliomagnifico 4y ago
This was the latest post about HN stats but there are many others https://jessimekirk.com/blog/hn_users_links/ https://jessimekirk.com/blog/hn_users_links/
gus_massa 4y ago
In case no one post some hard number, you can try to calculate them yourself using https://github.com/HackerNews/API https://github.com/HackerNews/API (If does not include [dead] comments, neither page views.)
- taubek 4y ago
  This looks interesting. Didn't know that there was API available.
  - gabrielsroka 4y ago
    Scroll down, it's at the bottom of every page. See also https://hn.algolia.com/api https://hn.algolia.com/api
    - taubek 4y ago
      I can't believe that I've never noticed that link in the footer :)
caprock 4y ago
Here's the number of stories per day, for the last 30 days or so. These counts don't filter out dead, deleted, or anything else. -------------------------- :: stories per day -------------------------- [('2022-12-22', 774), ('2022-12-21', 1261), ('2022-12-20', 1306), ('2022-12-19', 1175), ('2022-12-18', 811), ('2022-12-17', 820), ('2022-12-16', 1285), ('2022-12-15', 1340), ('2022-12-14', 1221), ('2022-12-13', 1262), ('2022-12-12', 1133), ('2022-12-11', 851), ('2022-12-10', 795), ('2022-12-9', 1125), ('2022-12-8', 1250), ('2022-12-7', 1284), ('2022-12-6', 1306), ('2022-12-5', 1337), ('2022-12-4', 852), ('2022-12-3', 830), ('2022-12-2', 1245), ('2022-12-1', 1323), ('2022-11-30', 1481), ('2022-11-29', 1324), ('2022-11-28', 1348), ('2022-11-27', 866), ('2022-11-26', 764), ('2022-11-25', 922), ('2022-11-24', 1022), ('2022-11-23', 1177), ('2022-11-22', 448)]
- caprock 4y ago
  And here's the number of comments. -------------------------- :: comments per day -------------------------- [('2022-12-22', 6860), ('2022-12-21', 12008), ('2022-12-20', 13784), ('2022-12-19', 12418), ('2022-12-18', 11652), ('2022-12-17', 10372), ('2022-12-16', 13487), ('2022-12-15', 13468), ('2022-12-14', 13463), ('2022-12-13', 14500), ('2022-12-12', 12176), ('2022-12-11', 9787), ('2022-12-10', 9437), ('2022-12-9', 11439), ('2022-12-8', 12157), ('2022-12-7', 12013), ('2022-12-6', 13760), ('2022-12-5', 12971), ('2022-12-4', 9748), ('2022-12-3', 9416), ('2022-12-2', 12519), ('2022-12-1', 13578), ('2022-11-30', 13375), ('2022-11-29', 12077), ('2022-11-28', 12057), ('2022-11-27', 9024), ('2022-11-26', 9285), ('2022-11-25', 9848), ('2022-11-24', 10405), ('2022-11-23', 11677), ('2022-11-22', 4477)]
- gabrielsroka 4y ago
  Are those UTC dates? Are you using something like this https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search_by_date?tags=story&numericFilters=created_at_i>1671235200,created_at_i<1671321600 https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search_by_date?tags=story&nume... https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search_by_date?tags=story&numericFilters=created_at_i>1671235200,created_at_i<1671321600 Edit: updated to use UTC
aaron695 4y ago
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h4waii 4y ago
I'd love to see the stats on the "quality" of comments over time. Quality is subjective, but I'd put some qualifiers such as: 1. Grammar and spelling 2. Length of comment 3. Relevance to previous comment and subject matter 4. Lifetime of account 5. Posts per account Obviously these can all be gamed, but might be interesting to see potential trends, because while it's a real trope to mention it, the quality of discourse seems to be falling off a cliff.
- Jensson 4y ago
  Here is the top post from exactly 10 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4956899 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4956899 Look at high quality comments such as: > Why is Stallman still BDFL if he hasn't contributed a meaningful amount of code in years? Let him be the spokesperson so he gets the attention he desperately needs and leave the coding standards to people who code. >> I wish people would stop parroting that stupid lie. RMS is curently heavily involved in GNU Emacs development and has been for many years. Just check the mailing list sometime. So I don't think that HN is getting worse, I think its just people who forget that it was bad back then as well.
taubek 4y ago
I just saw this thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34110321 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34110321. Nice top level overview.

13 points by taubek 4y ago

I wonder how many people submit stories, how many comments are posted daily to HN. Is there some stats page for HN?

fedeb95 4y ago

I hope not: people may then start optimizing for interaction specifically on HN and it will loose its appeal

taubek 4y ago
I don't think that it is possible to optimize. As long as algorithm isn't published I don't think that it can be "hacked".

giuliomagnifico 4y ago

This was the latest post about HN stats but there are many others https://jessimekirk.com/blog/hn_users_links/ https://jessimekirk.com/blog/hn_users_links/

gus_massa 4y ago

In case no one post some hard number, you can try to calculate them yourself using https://github.com/HackerNews/API https://github.com/HackerNews/API (If does not include [dead] comments, neither page views.)

taubek 4y ago
This looks interesting. Didn't know that there was API available.
- gabrielsroka 4y ago
  Scroll down, it's at the bottom of every page. See also https://hn.algolia.com/api https://hn.algolia.com/api
  - taubek 4y ago
    I can't believe that I've never noticed that link in the footer :)

caprock 4y ago

Here's the number of stories per day, for the last 30 days or so. These counts don't filter out dead, deleted, or anything else. -------------------------- :: stories per day -------------------------- [('2022-12-22', 774), ('2022-12-21', 1261), ('2022-12-20', 1306), ('2022-12-19', 1175), ('2022-12-18', 811), ('2022-12-17', 820), ('2022-12-16', 1285), ('2022-12-15', 1340), ('2022-12-14', 1221), ('2022-12-13', 1262), ('2022-12-12', 1133), ('2022-12-11', 851), ('2022-12-10', 795), ('2022-12-9', 1125), ('2022-12-8', 1250), ('2022-12-7', 1284), ('2022-12-6', 1306), ('2022-12-5', 1337), ('2022-12-4', 852), ('2022-12-3', 830), ('2022-12-2', 1245), ('2022-12-1', 1323), ('2022-11-30', 1481), ('2022-11-29', 1324), ('2022-11-28', 1348), ('2022-11-27', 866), ('2022-11-26', 764), ('2022-11-25', 922), ('2022-11-24', 1022), ('2022-11-23', 1177), ('2022-11-22', 448)]

caprock 4y ago
And here's the number of comments. -------------------------- :: comments per day -------------------------- [('2022-12-22', 6860), ('2022-12-21', 12008), ('2022-12-20', 13784), ('2022-12-19', 12418), ('2022-12-18', 11652), ('2022-12-17', 10372), ('2022-12-16', 13487), ('2022-12-15', 13468), ('2022-12-14', 13463), ('2022-12-13', 14500), ('2022-12-12', 12176), ('2022-12-11', 9787), ('2022-12-10', 9437), ('2022-12-9', 11439), ('2022-12-8', 12157), ('2022-12-7', 12013), ('2022-12-6', 13760), ('2022-12-5', 12971), ('2022-12-4', 9748), ('2022-12-3', 9416), ('2022-12-2', 12519), ('2022-12-1', 13578), ('2022-11-30', 13375), ('2022-11-29', 12077), ('2022-11-28', 12057), ('2022-11-27', 9024), ('2022-11-26', 9285), ('2022-11-25', 9848), ('2022-11-24', 10405), ('2022-11-23', 11677), ('2022-11-22', 4477)]
gabrielsroka 4y ago
Are those UTC dates? Are you using something like this https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search_by_date?tags=story&numericFilters=created_at_i>1671235200,created_at_i<1671321600 https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search_by_date?tags=story&nume... https://hn.algolia.com/api/v1/search_by_date?tags=story&numericFilters=created_at_i>1671235200,created_at_i<1671321600 Edit: updated to use UTC

aaron695 4y ago

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h4waii 4y ago

I'd love to see the stats on the "quality" of comments over time. Quality is subjective, but I'd put some qualifiers such as: 1. Grammar and spelling 2. Length of comment 3. Relevance to previous comment and subject matter 4. Lifetime of account 5. Posts per account Obviously these can all be gamed, but might be interesting to see potential trends, because while it's a real trope to mention it, the quality of discourse seems to be falling off a cliff.

Jensson 4y ago
Here is the top post from exactly 10 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4956899 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4956899 Look at high quality comments such as: > Why is Stallman still BDFL if he hasn't contributed a meaningful amount of code in years? Let him be the spokesperson so he gets the attention he desperately needs and leave the coding standards to people who code. >> I wish people would stop parroting that stupid lie. RMS is curently heavily involved in GNU Emacs development and has been for many years. Just check the mailing list sometime. So I don't think that HN is getting worse, I think its just people who forget that it was bad back then as well.

taubek 4y ago

I just saw this thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34110321 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34110321. Nice top level overview.