Stripe Hacker News Mentions: Chart and History
Stripe had 193 Hacker News mentions in September 2026, -60% on the month before, #2 of 6 private companies we track.
Pro
The full history is on Pro
129 earlier points back to Jan 1, 2015. Free shows the last 365 days. Pro shows every point we hold; Max adds the API and CSV.
See ProOver 30 days: -60%. Over a year: -49%. This month: -42%, 2.2x its usual monthly move. High so far: 605 on Sep 1, 2022.
Hacker News mentions: Stripe and its peers
Stripe is #2 of 6 private companies on Hacker News mentions. SpaceX leads at 477. Each panel has its own scale; the last 90 days.
More Stripe signals
All signalsMethod and source
What it measures: Hacker News stories and comments that name it. Source: Hacker News Search API (Algolia), read monthly with nbHits of the entity query over stories and comments, one request per calendar month (created_at_i range), exact words, typo tolerance off. Changes compare like with like: the latest value against the value 30 days and a year earlier. "Usual move" is the median size of this signal's monthly moves over the past year.
Count of Hacker News stories and comments matching "Stripe" per calendar month (exact words, typo tolerance off, case-insensitive), from 2015-01. Only complete months are stored. A word match is a proxy for the company: the query can also match other uses of the same word.
Public API, free, no key. We keep to about five requests per second; complete months only.
Fetched Oct 14, 2026. Not investment advice.
API · MCP
Use this signal via API
Pull Stripe Hacker News mentions as JSON with its source and coverage, or call it from an agent over MCP. Signal stripe/hn-mentions.
| Path | Returns | Plan | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GET | /api/v1/signals/stripe/hn-mentions | Latest value, the last 365 days, source and coverage. No key needed | Free |
| GET | /api/v1/signals/stripe/hn-mentions | The same call returns every point we hold when you are signed in to Pro or send a Max key | Pro |
| GET | /api/v1/signals/stripe/hn-mentions?format=csv | The same as CSV | Max |
| POST | /mcp | Tool get_signal with entity stripe and metric hn-mentions | Max |
curl -s https://viral-chart.com/api/v1/signals/stripe/hn-mentions \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"API keys come with Max: up to 5 per account, 60 requests a minute each. Billing is not open yet, so the plan page is the place to start.
Questions people ask
How is Stripe doing on Hacker News mentions right now?
Stripe had 193 Hacker News mentions in September 2026, -60% on the month before, #2 of 6 private companies we track.
Is Stripe rising on Hacker News mentions?
Over 30 days: -60%. Over a year: -49%. This month: -42%, 2.2x its usual monthly move. High so far: 605 on Sep 1, 2022.
How does Stripe compare with other private companies?
Stripe is #2 of 6 private companies on Hacker News mentions. SpaceX leads at 477. 1. SpaceX 477; 2. Stripe 193; 3. Cerebras 95; 4. Databricks 28.
Where does this data come from?
Hacker News Search API (Algolia): Hacker News stories and comments that name it, read monthly by ViralChart (nbHits of the entity query over stories and comments, one request per calendar month (created_at_i range), exact words, typo tolerance off). Coverage Jan 1, 2015 to Sep 1, 2026, 141 points. Public API, free, no key. We keep to about five requests per second; complete months only.