Latest, 15 Oct 2026:10,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 3 years
Latest, 15 Oct 2026:49 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.
About Modern for Hacker News
Enhance your Hacker News experience with a beautiful, clean, modern design that's fully customizable.
Once installed, this extension will simply apply the new look and features to existing Hacker News pages, without you having to do anything.
All current features on Hacker News are supported, this extension simply builds upon the existing interface to offer many improvements, including:
✔ Themes – light, classic HN, slate, dark, black
✔ Fonts – sans, serif, change font size
✔ Styles – adjust column width, line height, justify text
✔ History – quickly jump to stories you've previously viewed
✔ Comments – inline reply + many other improvements
✔ Index – switch between list / table view, customize columns
✔ Profiles – new design with tabs, clickable links etc
✔ Accounts – all HN account features supported
✔ Switch back to the old design (if needed) with one click
✔ More improvements planned for upcoming releases!
If you have any questions, need help or have any suggestions, please get in touch: support@modernhn.com
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This extension is not endorsed by, affiliated with, or sponsored by Y Combinator.
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Updates:
v1.14
- Fixed bugs due to HTML changes on HN
- Fixed score not being shown for your own comments
v1.12
- Fixed bugs due to HTML changes on HN
v1.11
- Fixed favorites not being saved
- Fade visited links + added setting to toggle
- Added setting to toggle showing icons on hover
- Added prev / next to comment menu
v1.1
- Bug fixes
v1.0
- First version
Growth
Window
Users
Change
Ratings
Rating
7 days
0
+0.0%
0
0.00
30 days
0
+0.0%
0
0.00
6 months
0
+0.0%
+2
−0.14
1 year
+2,000
+25.0%
+6
−0.12
Chrome Web Store search rankings
Where Modern for Hacker News appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change