Hacker News best page
Ranked 9 of 9 news aggregators by recommenders
Recommended as a calmer alternative to the front page, showing top posts over a chosen time window with more discussion.
Recommended as a calmer alternative to the front page, showing top posts over a chosen time window with more discussion.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 5 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
Less overwhelming for occasional readers
“If you only check HN every other day, or every other week, then the /best might work for you.”
Comment from 20 Feb 2026 in “Is there a way to sort/filter by score on Hacker News?” “Less overwhelming than the default front page. And more discussion.”
Comment from 18 Jun 2026 in “Hacker News but for Independent Blogs” Simple link to try
“You can try with https://news.ycombinator.com/best”
Comment from 17 Jun 2026 in “Hacker News but for Independent Blogs” “Try https://news.ycombinator.com/best”
Comment from 25 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: Is there a way to browse HN weekly?”
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 | — | — |
| Hacker News best pageThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
All 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Less overwhelming than the default front page. And more discussion.”
“You can try with https://news.ycombinator.com/best”
“exactly what I was looking for”
“If you only check HN every other day, or every other week, then the /best might work for you.”
“Try https://news.ycombinator.com/best”
“but that only tracks posts”
“with the GET parameter for hours”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.