Here is the data since the beginning of HN, where a new submitter is defined as a user whose account was created less than three months before the submission:

Here is the data since the beginning of HN, where a new submitter is defined as a user whose account was created less than three months before the submission: Stories: https://pastebin.com/Zc4jXvp4 https://pastebin.com/Zc4jXvp4 Comments: https://pastebin.com/cFuczTWJ https://pastebin.com/cFuczTWJ The number of new submitters has indeed increased significantly since the beginning of 2026.