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 :)