Hacker News vs Devhunt
Developer tools orbit both of these. One is a weekly vote on dev tools, the other the Show HN section of Hacker News.
| Detail | Hacker News | Devhunt |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Show HN is the section of Hacker News where people share things they have made that others can try. | A launch site where developers vote on new developer tools each week. |
| How launches work | Posts appear on the Show HN new page, then on the Show page after a small points threshold Source: Hacker News, checked 2026-10-03, opens in a new tab | Weekly launches with voting that closes on a countdown Source: Devhunt, checked 2026-10-03, opens in a new tab |
| Paid options | Not published | Advertising slots, sold by the week (as published: Ad slot (week) $149, Inline ad slot (week) $89) Source: Devhunt, checked 2026-10-03, opens in a new tab |
| Voting | Community upvotes; asking friends to upvote is not allowed Source: Hacker News, checked 2026-10-03, opens in a new tab | Developers upvote their favourite tools Source: Devhunt, checked 2026-10-03, opens in a new tab |
| Audience | The Hacker News community (makers, developers) Source: Hacker News, checked 2026-10-03, opens in a new tab | Developers looking for new dev tools Source: Devhunt, checked 2026-10-03, opens in a new tab |
| Rules | Must be something people can try; not blog posts, sign-up pages, newsletters or lists Source: Hacker News, checked 2026-10-03, opens in a new tab | Not published |
| Pricing model | Free | Paid |
| Link type | Dofollow | Dofollow |
| DR (Ahrefs) | 91 | 65 |
| Search traffic (est. monthly) | 3,177,413 | 7,394 |
| AI cited | 42,235 | 100 |
Questions
- How do launches work on Hacker News and Devhunt?
- Hacker News: Posts appear on the Show HN new page, then on the Show page after a small points threshold. Devhunt: Weekly launches with voting that closes on a countdown.
How these figures are measured
DR is Domain Rating by Ahrefs. Search traffic is an estimate of monthly organic search visits. AI cited counts answers from Google's AI features and ChatGPT (US, English) that name or cite the site; it is refreshed on the 1st of each month. ▲ / ▼ show the change since the previous check. Pricing model and link type are as each platform publishes them. Blank means not measured yet: we never estimate a missing figure.