Quick google search [1]. TaskMessenger.com did a write up on March 1, 2013 [2] about this very thing, which led to 8,040 page views and 6,111 unique visits. Jet

Quick google search [1]. TaskMessenger.com did a write up on March 1, 2013 [2] about this very thing, which led to 8,040 page views and 6,111 unique visits. JetStrap.com did a write up in October 2012 [3] about this very thing, which led to 20,000 new users. http://shkspr.mobi http://shkspr.mobi did a write up in November 2012 [4] about this very thing, which led to 30,000 extra visitors.. p.s. Getting on HN front page is hard! These people had cool topics and a bit of luck. Do no be surprised if you post and you get 1-2 up votes and that's it. [1] https://www.google.ca/?q=hacker+news+front+page+stats https://www.google.ca/?q=hacker+news+front+page+stats [2] http://taskmessenger.com/blog/index.php/google-analytics-after-our-post-made-hacker-news-frontpage/ http://taskmessenger.com/blog/index.php/google-analytics-aft... [3] http://blog.jetstrap.com/2012/10/20000-users-in-a-week-hn-front-page-post-mortem/ http://blog.jetstrap.com/2012/10/20000-users-in-a-week-hn-fr... [4] http://shkspr.mobi/blog/2012/11/whats-the-front-page-of-hackernews-worth/ http://shkspr.mobi/blog/2012/11/whats-the-front-page-of-hack...