State of Show HN: 2025
3 hours ago
- #AI Trends
- #Hacker News
- #Data Analysis
- Analysis of Show HN posts reveals macro-economic trends and AI-driven voting pools.
- DIY Hardware IoT Projects and Open Source Projects are top-performing topics in 2025.
- AI-related posts underperform despite increased prevalence, except for 'AI Automation'.
- 2025 shows a significant performance drop in Show HN posts compared to previous years.
- Evidence suggests possible voting rings in AI-related posts due to funding and enterprise interest.
- DIY Hardware projects resonate strongly with early Hacker News readers.
- Best time to post analysis was initially explored with SQL, later enhanced with a hierarchical mixed-effects model.