Newgrounds
Hacker ApprovedRanked 2 of 5 online communities by recommenders
A free community site for Flash games, animation, music and art, loved for its creative, rowdy early-2000s spirit. Some user-made games are poor, and it can take up a lot of time.
A free community site for Flash games, animation, music and art, loved for its creative, rowdy early-2000s spirit. Some user-made games are poor, and it can take up a lot of time.
31 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 30
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 97%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 30 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 30 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 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
Fond memories of its golden age
“I remember fondly browsing Newgrounds and being thankful to those who were paying to keep the servers running”
Comment from 20 May 2026 in “Apparently Google hates us now” “Lots of fond memories of this website. I have many flash games and animations still on there.”
Comment from 3 Oct 2026 in “Newgrounds.com – A community of games, music, and art” “the height of Newgrounds really seemed like a golden age for light gaming”
Comment from 3 Oct 2026 in “Newgrounds.com – A community of games, music, and art” - Comment from 3 Oct 2026 in “Newgrounds.com – A community of games, music, and art”
- Comment from 4 Nov 2025 in “When stick figures fought”
- Comment from 3 Oct 2026 in “Newgrounds.com – A community of games, music, and art”
- Comment from 15 Jun 2026 in “Your ePub Is Fine. Kobo Disagrees. Blame Adobe”
Creative, transgressive, wide-ranging user content
“Even though a lot of the games were kind of crap, I still thought it was cool that people made these games.”
Comment from 7 Jan 2026 in “Video Game Websites in the early 00s” “It was an era of accessible animation and games like Newgrounds and Homestar Runner”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Gemini 3” “The creativity and range of newgrounds content was mind blowing.”
Comment from 5 Mar 2026 in “Building a New Flash” - Comment from 5 May 2026 in “The best is over: The fun has been optimized out of the Internet”
Community and creators worth following
“A lot of the creators I follow also release their stuff on newgrounds, so it's easy.”
Comment from 4 Oct 2026 in “Newgrounds.com – A community of games, music, and art” “I feel so very fortunate to have had that community and experience”
Comment from 3 Oct 2026 in “Newgrounds.com – A community of games, music, and art” “Such a good community surrounding the Flash games scene.”
Comment from 3 Oct 2026 in “Newgrounds.com – A community of games, music, and art” - Comment from 3 Oct 2026 in “Newgrounds.com – A community of games, music, and art”
Still active with new content
“newgrounds is alive and kicking with new stuff”
Comment from 15 Jun 2026 in “Your ePub Is Fine. Kobo Disagrees. Blame Adobe” “has kept it's soul all these years”
Comment from 3 Oct 2026 in “Newgrounds.com – A community of games, music, and art”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Uneven quality of user games
“Even though a lot of the games were kind of crap, I still thought it was cool that people made these games.”
Comment from 7 Jan 2026 in “Video Game Websites in the early 00s” Can take up too much time
“occupied far too much of my attention when I was younger”
Comment from 3 Oct 2026 in “Newgrounds.com – A community of games, music, and art”
Other online communities people recommend
The four most recommended other online communities, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| late.sh | 31 | 11 | 74% | 6 | — | Approved |
| NewgroundsThis page | 30 | 1 | 97% | 8 | — | Approved |
| r/LocalLLaMA | 20 | 3 | 87% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Facebook Groups | 17 | 11 | 61% | 8 | — | — |
| r/BuyItForLife | 6 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
28 of the 32 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“A lot of the creators I follow also release their stuff on newgrounds, so it's easy.”
“I feel so very fortunate to have had that community and experience”
“Newgrounds got me into learning how to animate, and thus practical techniques to do so quickly.”
“Such a good community surrounding the Flash games scene.”
“occupied far too much of my attention when I was younger”
“I also found one of my favorite pieces of music on Newgrounds.”
“NG and AG were wonderful sites that made sure I never did all my homework”
“Lots of fond memories of this website. I have many flash games and animations still on there.”
“pre-teen me loved newgrounds, we would play at school hiding the browser from teachers”
“Spent insane amounts of time on Newgrounds back in the day”
“And a legendary one at that!”
“A testament to the prime 2000s web.”
“has kept it's soul all these years”
“Site is loading super slow for me.”
“Newgrounds really was the golden age for web gaming.”
“NG artists actually cared”
“the height of Newgrounds really seemed like a golden age for light gaming”
“having a more laissez-faire platform is a breath of fresh air”
“newgrounds is alive and kicking with new stuff”
“Newgrounds was a place of magic.”
“I remember fondly browsing Newgrounds and being thankful to those who were paying to keep the servers running”
“Newgrounds was creative and transgressive”
“I liked them specifically because they weren't safe for TV.”
“The creativity and range of newgrounds content was mind blowing.”
“Having to pass a vote before you were uploaded and available for real I think was a good way to do things.”
“Even though a lot of the games were kind of crap, I still thought it was cool that people made these games.”
“It was an era of accessible animation and games like Newgrounds and Homestar Runner”
“newgrounds.com in its heyday was so fun”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.