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Hacker News — Every Story With 100+ Points Since 2018 (Title, URL, Domain, Author, Points, Comments)

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134,869 Hacker News stories that reached 100 or more points between January 2018 and 2026-09-06, with story id, submission timestamp, title, linked URL and its domain, submitter, points and comment count, one row per story ordered by submission time (story metadata only, no comment or article text), from the Algolia HN Search API as of 2026-09-06.

Use Cases

  • Technology attention and hype-cycle tracking
  • Domain and publisher share of developer mindshare
  • Launch-day signal for products and papers
  • Training data for headline and virality models

Methodology

search_by_date with tags=story and points>=100 over consecutive 7-day windows at three concurrent requests; windows that exceed one 1,000-hit page are halved.

Update Schedule

Static snapshot. Algolia indexes new stories within minutes and points settle within days; refresh weekly.

Attribution

Source: Hacker News via the Algolia HN Search API (hn.algolia.com/api); story metadata only, search powered by Algolia.

Schema

nametype
story_idinteger
created_atdate
titlestring
urlstring
domainstring
authorstring
pointsinteger
num_commentsinteger

Sample Data

urltitleauthordomainpointsstory_idcreated_atnum_comments
Ask HN: 2018 resolutions?justswim176160442552018-01-01T02:14:54.000Z251
http://www.theage.com.au/interactive/2017/what-sugar-does-to-your-brain/What sugar does to your brainpiotrkaminskitheage.com.au164160443352018-01-01T02:38:30.000Z65
https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/28/16795090/internet-community-2017-post-mortem-tumblr-amino-drip-tinyletterTiny, weird online communities made a comeback in 2017prostoalextheverge.com268160445682018-01-01T03:46:47.000Z84
http://youarelistening.to/sanfranciscoYou are listening to San Franciscosndeanyouarelistening.to247160447182018-01-01T04:33:46.000Z61
https://medium.com/@copyconstruct/testing-microservices-the-sane-way-9bb31d158c16Testing Microservices the sane wayalfiedotwtfmedium.com160160447322018-01-01T04:38:47.000Z45

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# 1. Add dAgentBase once, in any MCP client. No install, no vendor keys.
#    Claude.ai / Claude Desktop: Settings -> Connectors -> Add custom connector
#    Cursor / Claude Code / others: mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dagentbase": {
      "url": "https://dagentbase.com/api/mcp",
      "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer dm_live_YOUR_KEY" }
    }
  }
}

# 2. Then ask your agent, in plain language:
#    "Preview 'Hacker News — Every Story with 100+ Points since 2018 (Title, URL, Domain, Author, Points, Comments)' and, if it fits, claim it and download the files."
#    Tools it will use: search_listings -> preview_listing -> purchase_listing -> get_download_urls
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Details

Date Range2018-01-012026-09-06
Rows134,869
Size9.8 MB
Files1
FormatCSV.GZ

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