Hacker News Trends – September 2026
In September 2026, Birbla tracked 500 high-signal Hacker News stories. github.com led publishers with 15 stories, while AI was the most-discussed topic (199 stories). Fastest-rising title keywords: astra (11), navier (7), stokes (7). Figures below are computed from Birbla’s StoryCache — original stats you can cite.
Top domains
github.com
15
openai.com
11
bbc.com
7
twitter.com
6
techcrunch.com
6
anthropic.com
5
apple.com
5
nytimes.com
5
grapheneos.social
5
arxiv.org
5
| Domain | Stories |
|---|---|
| github.com | 15 |
| openai.com | 11 |
| bbc.com | 7 |
| twitter.com | 6 |
| techcrunch.com | 6 |
| anthropic.com | 5 |
| apple.com | 5 |
| nytimes.com | 5 |
| grapheneos.social | 5 |
| arxiv.org | 5 |
| reuters.com | 5 |
| science.org | 4 |
| arstechnica.com | 4 |
| blog.google | 3 |
| mathstodon.xyz | 3 |
Most-discussed topics
| Topic | Stories | vs prior month |
|---|---|---|
| AI | 199 | +30 |
| Open Source | 71 | +6 |
| 35 | +9 | |
| Programming | 30 | -6 |
| Apple | 29 | +1 |
| Automation | 23 | +9 |
| LLM | 21 | +1 |
| Startups | 20 | -4 |
| Security | 15 | +7 |
| Hardware | 13 | +2 |
Fastest-rising keywords
Ranked by month-over-month growth in story titles (min 2 mentions).
astra (11, new)navier (7, new)stokes (7, new)fable (6, new)engine (5, new)problem (4, new)suspended (4, new)pirate (4, new)human (4, new)limit (3, new)training (3, new)proof (3, new)since (3, new)hackers (3, new)reads (3, new)samsung (3, new)return (3, new)image (3, new)coming (3, new)features (3, new)
Average score by topic
Rust
322
DevOps
308
Privacy
303
Crypto
303
Databases
290
Programming
279
AI
268
Google
266
Hardware
254
Space
254
| Topic | Avg score | Stories |
|---|---|---|
| Rust | 322 | 11 |
| DevOps | 308 | 3 |
| Privacy | 303 | 5 |
| Crypto | 303 | 4 |
| Databases | 290 | 3 |
| Programming | 279 | 30 |
| AI | 268 | 199 |
| 266 | 35 | |
| Hardware | 254 | 13 |
| Space | 254 | 7 |
Notable launches
- Fujitsu launches made-in-Japan next-generation CPU FUJITSU-MONAKA633 pts · global.fujitsu
- Cognition launches new SWE-2 model, Rivaling Fable 5.1 and GPT-Astra139 pts · cognition.com