Hacker News Trends – April 2026
In April 2026, Birbla tracked 37 high-signal Hacker News stories. github.com led publishers with 4 stories, while AI was the most-discussed topic (16 stories). Fastest-rising title keywords: claude (5), binary (2), search (2). Figures below are computed from Birbla’s StoryCache — original stats you can cite.
Top domains
github.com
4
copy.fail
1
openai.com
1
simonwillison.net
1
noctua.at
1
distr.sh
1
dpa-international.com
1
jcvi.org
1
bbc.com
1
firethering.com
1
| Domain | Stories |
|---|---|
| github.com | 4 |
| copy.fail | 1 |
| openai.com | 1 |
| simonwillison.net | 1 |
| noctua.at | 1 |
| distr.sh | 1 |
| dpa-international.com | 1 |
| jcvi.org | 1 |
| bbc.com | 1 |
| firethering.com | 1 |
| gcc.gnu.org | 1 |
| bidprowl.com | 1 |
| markready.io | 1 |
| pu.dev | 1 |
| construction-physics.com | 1 |
Most-discussed topics
| Topic | Stories | vs prior month |
|---|---|---|
| AI | 16 | +16 |
| Open Source | 9 | +9 |
| Programming | 3 | +3 |
| 3 | +3 | |
| Startups | 2 | +2 |
| Launches | 2 | +2 |
| Automation | 2 | +2 |
| Apple | 1 | +1 |
| DevOps | 1 | +1 |
| LLM | 1 | +1 |
Fastest-rising keywords
Ranked by month-over-month growth in story titles (min 2 mentions).
claude (5, new)binary (2, new)search (2, new)extra (2, new)
Average score by topic
AI
305
Google
187
Programming
137
Open Source
123
| Topic | Avg score | Stories |
|---|---|---|
| AI | 305 | 16 |
| 187 | 3 | |
| Programming | 137 | 3 |
| Open Source | 123 | 9 |
Notable launches
- DAC – open-source dashboard as code tool for agents and humans49 pts · github.com