Partiful
Shares rank 4 of 7 event platforms by recommenders
Recommended for planning in-person parties and events, replacing Facebook Events and Meetup. Main caveat: critics worry guest and social data may be mined or sold.
Recommended for planning in-person parties and events, replacing Facebook Events and Meetup. Main caveat: critics worry guest and social data may be mined or sold.
18 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 9
- approval share
- 50%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1 recommender for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not 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
Replaces Facebook Events and Meetup
“Partiful feels like it has replaced Facebook Events, Meetup, and the other formerly-popular hubs for in-person event planning.”
Comment from 8 Jun 2026 in “Italy's Bending Spoons, Owner of AOL and Vimeo, Files for Nasdaq IPO” “Partiful and other sites have completely consumed Facebook events for me for personal stuff”
Comment from 9 Jun 2026 in “Ask HN: Why hasn't there been a real competitor to Ticketmaster yet?” Used for in-person meetups
“do it in person now at Luma or Partiful events”
Comment from 20 Apr 2026 in “Everything is AI now – does this kill the excitment of software development?” “1-2 meetups initially via luma/partiful”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: Moved to SF to build a startup. What next?”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Data mining and privacy concerns
“You're giving them a list of friends, that's what they're building the site in order to ask for!”
Comment from 3 Nov 2025 in “Facts about throwing good parties” “Also all those data promises go out the window as soon as they are acquired.”
Comment from 20 Oct 2026 in “Facebook Pages require paid subscription to post more than two links per month” “I don't see how Luma/Partiful will avoid this problem eventually.”
Comment from 8 Jun 2026 in “Italy's Bending Spoons, Owner of AOL and Vimeo, Files for Nasdaq IPO” - Comment from 3 Nov 2025 in “Facts about throwing good parties”
Palantir ties and data sharing
“which has gone up due to Partiful giving them the social graph and Palantir being able to data mine it”
Comment from 3 Nov 2025 in “Facts about throwing good parties” “Partiful got those Palantir vibes”
Comment from 17 Aug 2026 in “A 3rd World Embedded Engineer Responds to "RISC-V They Should Have Known Better"” “Which has ties to Palantir”
Comment from 4 Aug 2026 in “Bending Spoons makes first post-IPO acquisition with $1.3B Airtable deal” Guests RSVP yes but don't show
“creates a perverse incentive for people to say yes despite having no intention of coming”
Comment from 3 Nov 2025 in “Facts about throwing good parties” “Very high flake rate like 2/3”
Comment from 3 Nov 2025 in “Facts about throwing good parties”
Other event platforms people recommend
The four most recommended other event platforms, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meetup.com | 26 | 44 | 37% | 9 | 10 yrs3 owners | — |
| Radius | 13 | 10 | 57% | 4 | — | — |
| Luma | 11 | 4 | 73% | 8 | — | Approved |
| PartifulThis page | 9 | 9 | 50% | 6 | — | — |
| Whirligig | 9 | 1 | 90% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
20 of the 23 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Its a glorified ECard service. The entire thing could run on a single machine.”
“Also all those data promises go out the window as soon as they are acquired.”
“Partiful got those Palantir vibes”
“Which has ties to Palantir”
“I've had a lot of success lately relying exclusively on Partiful as my one social app.”
“Partiful and other sites have completely consumed Facebook events for me for personal stuff”
“Partiful feels like it has replaced Facebook Events, Meetup, and the other formerly-popular hubs for in-person event planning.”
“I don't see how Luma/Partiful will avoid this problem eventually.”
“Luma and Partiful are almost entirely professionals in careers like Tech, Finance, or Entertainment”
“do it in person now at Luma or Partiful events”
“1-2 meetups initially via luma/partiful”
“a lot of annoying stuff when entering my name”
“You're giving them a list of friends, that's what they're building the site in order to ask for!”
“which has gone up due to Partiful giving them the social graph and Palantir being able to data mine it”
“creates a perverse incentive for people to say yes despite having no intention of coming”
“the most popular and imo best party app”
“Very high flake rate like 2/3”
“It's become the clear standard for house parties in my sphere.”
“I refuse to use an event page personally because I think it makes it less personal”
“they are datamining the shit out of us”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.