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Hacker News is #31 in News Paid in United States and charting in 12 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Full timeline · 2 events in the last 12 months
- 🆕Hacker News first spotted by AppInsider#19 in Top Paid · News · Canada
- 🆕Hacker News released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Hacker News on the App Store
App details
Hacker News downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| NewsPaid | #31 | |
| NewsPaid | #27 | |
| NewsPaid | #24 | |
| NewsPaid | #18 | |
| NewsPaid | #25 | |
| NewsPaid | #22 | |
| NewsPaid | #35 | |
| NewsPaid | #43 | |
| NewsPaid | #25 | |
| NewsPaid | #26 | |
| NewsPaid | #40 | |
| NewsPaid | #39 |
Apps near Hacker News on the chart
News Paid, around #31.
#26
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Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Hacker News
From the 23 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mixed (35% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and being useful. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and recent updates. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Ease of use: “It makes perusing HN much more convenient”
- Useful
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Does not really work, tons of bugs”
- Updates: “Needs to be updated by dev”
- Login & account: “Couldnt even log in / No "New" feed”
- Price & subscription: “If it was free it'd be worth the cost”
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