Most points
- Gemini Pro 3 HN front page 2035 (future Hacker News front page)3,346 points, 2025
- Byran's open-source laptop3,237 points, 2025
- I replaced a $120k bowling center system with $1,600 in ESP32s2,935 points, 2026
- ytch2,741 points, 2024
- 20192,690 points, 2019
Most comments
- Gemini Pro 3 HN front page 2035 (future Hacker News front page)965 comments, 2025
- Moltbook885 comments, 2026
- Beeper Mini874 comments, 2023
- Autism Simulator857 comments, 2025
- Warp726 comments, 2022
Most talk per vote
- Moltbook885 comments on 287 points
- Dating Ring (YC W14)315 comments on 125 points
- Doxx Me214 comments on 98 points
- AdSkipPro267 comments on 124 points
- Should I Get a House?410 comments on 203 points
Most linked later
- Hacker News Search11,083 later links
- Mastodon1,494 later links
- Notion-1,376 later links
- Levels.fyi1,068 later links
- Fly919 later links
Warmest big thread
- Generating fantasy mapsscore +0.70, 64 comments
- Probabilistically Generating HN Post Titlesscore +0.69, 260 comments
- webOS Archivescore +0.69, 140 comments
- Open sourcing Harmonicscore +0.69, 98 comments
- MAIMscore +0.67, 65 comments
Coolest big thread
- Cartlassiscore -0.77, 50 comments
- Job Compassscore -0.75, 58 comments
- IAvisascore -0.73, 97 comments
- RussianBlockerscore -0.72, 85 comments
- CareerGPTscore -0.72, 72 comments
Top of each year
- I replaced a $120k bowling center system with $1,600 in ESP32s2026, 2,935 points
- Gemini Pro 3 HN front page 2035 (future Hacker News front page)2025, 3,346 points
- ytch2024, 2,741 points
- Non.io2023, 1,943 points
- Dog Bunny Puzzle2022, 1,859 points
- Redbean2021, 1,998 points
- TypeLit2020, 1,589 points
- 20192019, 2,690 points
- Six Degrees of Wikipedia2018, 1,176 points
- Airmash2017, 1,535 points
- Web Design in 4 minutes2016, 1,624 points
- Spot the Drowning Child2015, 1,215 points
- Markov chains explained visually2014, 1,070 points
- XKCD-inspired StackSort2013, 948 points
- Meteor2012, 1,386 points
- Codecademy.com2011, 787 points
- Etude2010, 318 points
- PittPatt face recognition demo2009, 50 points
- GitHub on iGoogle2008, 3 points
2008 to 2026
Gemini Pro 3 HN front page 2035 (future Hacker News front page) holds the points record from 2008 to 2026, with 3,346 points.