# neal.fun

15 Hacker News commenters recommended neal.fun and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Quirky, engaging interactive web experiments that people enjoy. Main caveat: some ads on the site have led to semi-pornographic pages.

## Why people recommend it

- Quirky, engaging, artsy interactive projects (5 comments): "New interesting artsy web projects are being posted on hn all the time." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47004775)) "one of the quirkiest but most engaging websites I know" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50203494)) "neal.fun is the bestest place on the internet" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47957863))
- Frequently posted on HN front page (3 comments): "New interesting artsy web projects are being posted on hn all the time." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47004775)) "Always a joy to see neal.fun on the HN front page." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46225656)) "If I see a neal.fun link on HN, I click." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46221596))
- Fans of Neal Agarwal's other work (4 comments): "He's right up there with Neal Agarwal (neal.fun)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48809305)) "Yet another amazing work by Neal Agarwal." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47955259)) "Reminds me of the work of Neal Agarwal" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48966340))

## What people warn about

- Ads lead to semi-pornographic sites (2 comments): "ads on that site have proven to be a few clicks away from semi-pornographic sites" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46465545)) "the ads on the neal site I meant to link to had the aforementioned problem" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46466284))
- Readers now lukewarm or avoiding links (3 comments): "For that reason I'm kind of lukewarm on neal.fun." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47005109)) "I thought neal.fun was above that kind of thing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49555232)) "Do not open neal.fun links anymore" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46952610))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "neal.fun", https://hackerapproved.com/p/neal-fun/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).