Hacker News Insights research
Hacker News in 2013
The strongest tracked Hacker News title themes in 2013, with annual shares and historical context.
Data through 2026-07-13
This page ranks the tracked topics by their share of retained Hacker News story titles in 2013. It is a full calendar year; topic patterns can overlap and the list is not a taxonomy of every story.
| Rank | Topic | Category | Title share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Startups | Meta | 2.620% |
| 2 | Bitcoin / crypto | Crypto & privacy | 1.235% |
| 3 | JavaScript | Languages | 0.991% |
| 4 | Security | Crypto & privacy | 0.856% |
| 5 | Python | Languages | 0.842% |
| 6 | Privacy | Crypto & privacy | 0.777% |
| 7 | Open source | Meta | 0.772% |
| 8 | Linux | Infra | 0.641% |
| 9 | jQuery | Web | 0.223% |
| 10 | MongoDB | Data | 0.167% |
| 11 | Postgres | Data | 0.129% |
| 12 | Docker | Infra | 0.125% |
Context markers
- 2013-03 — Docker released: Docker open-sourced 2013-03 — containers go mainstream.
- 2013-05 — React released: Facebook open-sources React 2013-05-29 — the component era.
- 2013-06 — Snowden / NSA revelations: Snowden leaks begin 2013-06 — surveillance + privacy dominate discussion.
Method
Every percentage uses that year's retained story-title count as its denominator. Visit the Attention Lab for 2013 or read the methodology.