The best news aggregators, according to hackers
9 news aggregators were recommended on Hacker News between November 2025 and November 2026. We rank them by how many separate people recommend each one, and 2 earn the Hacker Approved badge.
Top picks
The two most recommended news aggregators with the badge. Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes One comment
Liked as indie, small-web project
Shoppers recommend it as a quick, configurable news overview that attributes sources. Critics say it republishes AI-generated articles and lacks depth.
Quick headline skimming across categories
People recommend it for quick headline scanning across many categories, with less slop and self-promotion. Main caveat: the endless scroll.
All 9 news aggregators, ranked
Select a column heading to sort. Approval share is recommenders out of everyone who gave an opinion; the tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs. Months counts the months, out of 13, in which someone recommended it.
| Rank | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ground News | 18 | 23 | 44% | 10 | — | — |
| 2 | Digg | 17 | 43 | 28% | 11 | — | — |
| 3 | Kagi News | 14 | 4 | 78% | 8 | — | Approved |
| 4 | techposts.eu | 11 | 4 | 73% | 2 | — | — |
| 5 | Brutalist Report | 10 | 1 | 91% | 6 | — | Approved |
| Tied 6 | Google News | 8 | 25 | 24% | 5 | — | — |
| Tied 6 | Techmeme | 8 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
| 8 | Fark | 7 | 1 | 88% | 5 | — | — |
| 9 | Hacker News best page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
How we rank
Rank is the number of separate people who recommend a product in a Hacker News comment over the past year. Someone who praises the same news aggregator in five threads counts once.
The badge goes to news aggregators that at least 10 people recommend, with recommenders outnumbering critics at least 2 to 1, recommended in at least 4 of the 13 months.
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