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Ask HN: What percentage of submissions show up on front page?
Is there any public stats that can roughly tell chances of how much of submissions actually made it through the front page?
Maybe a volunteer can write a simple daemon that track HN homepage and HN new submission page constantly and figure out a result. I am really curious about the number.
- adrianmn 14y agoNo need for a script - just take a quick look at the numbers. 1000+ new posts , 50+ make front page on a day 5% is a fair guess
- alpb 14y agoDo you have a source for how many submissions are done a day? I'll write a small script.
- ColinWright 14y agoI have the data and will check it tomorrow if you send me an email. Added in edit: OK, I've just done a quick check. On August 22nd, UK time, there were 772 items submitted. Of those, 90 appeared on the front page. That's between 11% and 12%. These figures are probably typical, but if it's more than just idle curiosity, email me.