HN User Age Demographics

Comments speculate on and debate the age distribution of Hacker News users and commenters, often referencing brackets like 18-25, 20s/30s, millennials, and perceptions of youthfulness versus older participants.

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Activity Over Time

2007
18
2008
50
2009
111
2010
83
2011
103
2012
130
2013
205
2014
184
2015
171
2016
254
2017
207
2018
289
2019
352
2020
347
2021
338
2022
466
2023
440
2024
339
2025
366
2026
25

Keywords

CS e.g LaPone US HN liquipedia.net ELEAGUE YOLO TIL GO age younger 45 year olds olds 30 35 25 aged year

Sample Comments

barishnamazov • Dec 29, 2025 • View on HN

You probably mean, 99% of anyone older than 25.

adrianhoward • Sep 15, 2012 • View on HN

It's been my experience that there's quite a lot of folk in their late teens/early twenties who see 29/30/31 as "old" :-)

lsiebert • Oct 22, 2015 • View on HN

There is something weird about saying 18-25+.

tpmx • Apr 25, 2023 • View on HN

Yeah, amongst us old people over the age of, say, 35 :)

jorgeleo • Jul 17, 2013 • View on HN

If the numbers are true (which I doubt), then the majority is on their 20s... well, that explains a few things.

prawn • May 1, 2022 • View on HN

I'm guessing it's in the 18-25 age bracket. People are probably more realistic after 30?

antmldr • Sep 8, 2016 • View on HN

I think that's the 15-19 age group...

trevithick • Oct 10, 2025 • View on HN

People on HN are younger than you think.

Philorandroid • Mar 28, 2023 • View on HN

That's the age range defined in the article, is it not?

edblarney • Jan 24, 2017 • View on HN

Millenials are not very young anymore :)