Homestar Runner
Shares rank 9 of 10 animated series by recommenders
Free, long-running web cartoon series people remember fondly from the early internet, with goofy humor that friends bonded over.
Free, long-running web cartoon series people remember fondly from the early internet, with goofy humor that friends bonded over.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not 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
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 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
Goofy early-internet fun many remember fondly
“the same goofy stuff that was such a hit with my own group of friends in college”
Comment from 16 Feb 2026 in “Flashpoint Archive – Over 200k web games and animations preserved” “Homestar runner and albino black sheep ... in about 2004 was peak fun Internet”
Comment from 21 Dec 2025 in “You have reached the end of the internet (2006)” “games like Newgrounds and Homestar Runner, that had no ready replacement”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Gemini 3”
Other animated series people recommend
The four most recommended other animated series, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star Trek: Lower Decks | 24 | 4 | 86% | 7 | — | Approved |
| South Park | 22 | 10 | 69% | 9 | — | Approved |
| The Simpsons | 14 | 15 | 48% | 8 | — | — |
| Arcane | 13 | 1 | 93% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Homestar RunnerThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Homestar Runner was another pretty big one.”
“the same goofy stuff that was such a hit with my own group of friends in college”
“The fun stuff is still out there; it's just not the only stuff there”
“Homestar runner and albino black sheep ... in about 2004 was peak fun Internet”
“games like Newgrounds and Homestar Runner, that had no ready replacement”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.