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What Hacker News Says

by Pino Ceniccola · pino.ceniccola.it · Workflow & Planning
Established publisherManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 16 Oct 2026

Easily find Hacker News threads about the page you're currently browsing.

Users
535
+8 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
7
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#42K
#35K among extensions
Version
0.2.1
updated 5 Mar 2025

Users

monthly, 3 years
100333566Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 535 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
147Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 7 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 What Hacker News Says

Dead-simple yet very useful extension that looks for threads on on popular social news aggregator Hacker News via HN Search API (powered by Algolia). For your privacy, this web extension fetches the API only when the popup is clicked and does not run any background script. It also requires minimum permissions (just "activeTab" actually). Source is on GitHub: https://github.com/pinoceniccola/what-hn-says-webext

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days−17−3.1%00.00
30 days+8+1.5%00.00
6 months−36−6.3%00.00
1 year+133+33.1%00.00

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where What Hacker News Says appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
hacker#6+3
news#11+13

Version history

5 versions recorded
0.2.12 Mar 2025
0.2.08 Mar 2021
0.1.323 Aug 2020
0.1.25 Aug 2020
0.1.14 Aug 2020

Details

Category
Workflow & Planning
First seen
4 Aug 2020
Size
347 KB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
aprico.org
Support
github.com
Extension ID
khgegkjchclhgpglloficdmdannlpmoi

Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 0, likelihood 1
Permissions
activeTab

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