Here's the 20 top sites from 2008 in the HN front-page archive: 2008: Distinct sites: 3458 Site Stories Points ( mean )

Here's the 20 top sites from 2008 in the HN front-page archive: 2008: Distinct sites: 3458 Site Stories Points ( mean ) Comments ( mean ) ------------------------------ ------- ------ ---------- -------- ---------- n/a 1304 33699 ( 25.82 ) 44937 ( 34.43 ) techcrunch.com 440 12437 ( 28.20 ) 6954 ( 15.77 ) nytimes.com 333 7457 ( 22.33 ) 4817 ( 14.42 ) wired.com 124 3166 ( 25.33 ) 1818 ( 14.54 ) readwriteweb.com 103 1794 ( 17.25 ) 889 ( 8.55 ) 37signals.com 101 3794 ( 37.20 ) 2079 ( 20.38 ) economist.com 82 1686 ( 20.31 ) 858 ( 10.34 ) wsj.com 76 2329 ( 30.25 ) 2047 ( 26.58 ) alleyinsider.com 75 1597 ( 21.01 ) 980 ( 12.89 ) arstechnica.com 74 1602 ( 21.36 ) 672 ( 8.96 ) codinghorror.com 68 2284 ( 33.10 ) 1578 ( 22.87 ) cnn.com 64 1620 ( 24.92 ) 1249 ( 19.22 ) gigaom.com 58 1147 ( 19.44 ) 562 ( 9.53 ) sethgodin.typepad.com 57 1548 ( 26.69 ) 841 ( 14.50 ) youtube.com 57 1915 ( 33.02 ) 760 ( 13.10 ) guardian.co.uk 53 1410 ( 26.11 ) 914 ( 16.93 ) businessweek.com 52 1248 ( 23.55 ) 809 ( 15.26 ) cnet.com 52 1108 ( 20.91 ) 630 ( 11.89 ) bbc.co.uk 49 1059 ( 21.18 ) 757 ( 15.14 ) yahoo.com 47 1070 ( 22.29 ) 880 ( 18.33 ) mattmaroon.com 45 1762 ( 38.30 ) 1880 ( 40.87 ) The only one from your list that's missing would be PBS (ranked 93 for 2008). By 2010 you could add theatlantic.com (#11) and npr.org (#23). Source: own research based on the HN front-page archive.