{"slug": "show-hn-how-much-of-hacker-news-is-ai", "title": "Show HN: How much of Hacker News is AI?", "summary": "A new website counts Hacker News titles containing the standalone word \"AI\" and reports that 14.4% of new titles this year mention AI, up from 10.9% in 2025, with the wider vocabulary reaching 21.9% this year versus 16.1% in 2025. The first month above 1% was October 2016, above 5% was February 2023, and above 10% was May 2025, with a peak of 15.9% in February 2026 and a low of 0.8% in January 2022. Show HN posts have the highest rate at 19.8% this year, and the site's creator notes that this post itself contributes to that statistic.", "body_md": "This website counts titles containing the standalone word \"AI\", case-sensitive and word-bounded. \"OpenAI\" doesn't count. \"AI-powered\" does. There's a toggle for a wider vocabulary: artificial intelligence spelled out, LLM, GPT, and model and vendor names.\n\nSome quick stats:\n\n- 14.4% of new HN titles this year, against 10.9% in 2025. On the wider vocabulary, 21.9% and 16.1%. - First month above 1% was Oct 2016. Above 5%, Feb 2023. Above 10%, May 2025. - Over the last five years the quietest month was Jan 2022 at 0.8%. The peak was Feb 2026 at 15.9%. - 13.6% on weekdays against 12.4% at weekends. - Show HN runs highest of any category at 19.8% this year, which makes this post part of the number.\n\nAs of this post, today is at 15% for the standard filter and 19% for the extended.\n\nComments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49449648](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49449648)\n\nPoints: 19\n\n# Comments: 10", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-how-much-of-hacker-news-is-ai", "canonical_source": "https://hnstats.com", "published_at": "2026-08-26 14:16:05+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-26 15:45:14.580151+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-products", "ai-research"], "entities": ["Hacker News", "OpenAI"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-how-much-of-hacker-news-is-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-how-much-of-hacker-news-is-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-how-much-of-hacker-news-is-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-how-much-of-hacker-news-is-ai.jsonld"}}