Brutalist Report
Hacker ApprovedRanked 5 of 9 news aggregators by recommenders
People recommend it for quick headline scanning across many categories, with less slop and self-promotion. Main caveat: the endless scroll.
People recommend it for quick headline scanning across many categories, with less slop and self-promotion. Main caveat: the endless scroll.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 91%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 10 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Quick headline skimming across categories
“I'm used to skim through brutalist.report in a daily basis but this one may be a worthy replacement”
Comment from 26 May 2026 in “Hacker News front page as a site” “lets me quickly peruse many headlines from lots of different categories”
Comment from 29 Oct 2026 in “Hackers expose the identities of more than 40k DHS employees” “It's just headlines.. really simple.”
Comment from 7 Aug 2026 in “Show HN: Muuted – I built a feed that knows when to shut up” Surfaces curious and interesting articles
“I mostly use brutalist.report to find the articles”
Comment from 16 Mar 2026 in “The 49MB Web Page” “I do find some pretty curious stuff in there.”
Comment from 10 Jan 2026 in “Looking for flagged discussions on HN? See what's active” Part of daily news routine
“I'm used to skim through brutalist.report in a daily basis but this one may be a worthy replacement”
Comment from 26 May 2026 in “Hacker News front page as a site” “consume news via brutalist.report, which also helps”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “Check Your Fucking Sources, People”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Endless scroll tires the brain
“but my brain turns off as soon as the scroll bar never ends”
Comment from 21 May 2026 in “Alternatives to HN for "tech outside of AI" discussion?” Wants summaries of stories and comments
“it would be super helpful with some summaries of the stories and maybe of the comments”
Comment from 19 Sep 2026 in “How Hacker News ranking works: scoring, controversy, and penalties (2013)”
Other news aggregators people recommend
The four most recommended other news aggregators, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground News | 18 | 23 | 44% | 10 | — | — |
| Digg | 17 | 43 | 28% | 11 | — | — |
| Kagi News | 14 | 4 | 78% | 8 | — | Approved |
| techposts.eu | 11 | 4 | 73% | 2 | — | — |
| Brutalist ReportThis page | 10 | 1 | 91% | 6 | — | Approved |
What people said
10 of the 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“If only Brutalist had RSS. Especially the summaries page... a pity.”
“lets me quickly peruse many headlines from lots of different categories”
“it would be super helpful with some summaries of the stories and maybe of the comments”
“It's just headlines.. really simple.”
“It seems to filter out a lot of slop and self-promotion.”
“I'm used to skim through brutalist.report in a daily basis but this one may be a worthy replacement”
“but my brain turns off as soon as the scroll bar never ends”
“consume news via brutalist.report, which also helps”
“I mostly use brutalist.report to find the articles”
“I do find some pretty curious stuff in there.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.