Seeing Theory
Shares rank 15 of 17 online courses by recommenders
A free, animated and interactive site that teaches probability and statistics visually, admired for its design. The most common caveat is that it hijacks scrolling and back-button navigation.
A free, animated and interactive site that teaches probability and statistics visually, admired for its design. The most common caveat is that it hijacks scrolling and back-button navigation.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: 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.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not 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
Visual, animated, interactive design
“S-TIER blogs are those that are animated, visual, interactive and absolutely blow your mind off”
Comment from 9 Mar 2026 in “Ask HN: Most beautiful personal blog UI you have ever seen?” Wanted more resources like it
“more resources like seeing-theory would be great”
Comment from 6 Sep 2026 in “Ask HN: Would you read a statistics textbook?”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Hijacks scrolling and back button
“hijack scrolling, the back button and navigation history”
Comment from 9 Mar 2026 in “Ask HN: Most beautiful personal blog UI you have ever seen?”
Other online courses people recommend
The four most recommended other online courses, 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.
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| Math Academy | 35 | 1 | 97% | 12 | 9 mo6 owners | Approved |
| Nand2Tetris | 31 | 3 | 91% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Neural Networks: Zero to Hero by Andrej Karpathy | 29 | 2 | 94% | 9 | — | Approved |
| CS193p SwiftUI course by Paul Hegarty | 13 | 1 | 93% | 2 | 11.9 yrs5 owners | — |
| Seeing TheoryThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
3 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“more resources like seeing-theory would be great”
“hijack scrolling, the back button and navigation history”
“S-TIER blogs are those that are animated, visual, interactive and absolutely blow your mind off”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.