# South Park Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/south-park/ 14 people recommended South Park in Hacker News comments, 5 had mixed feelings and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 12 months, in 13 threads. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Sharp satirical animated comedy that people still recommend for its topical, transgressive episodes. Common caveat: recent seasons seem less funny and original to some. Summary written by Claude from 33 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 28 of those comments still count. ## Why people recommend it - Topical, sharp satire on current events (5 comments in the sample): "they covered this pretty well recently with Randy Marsh going on a sycophant bender" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46041814)) "If you wanna see satire done right, there are some good South Park episodes." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47840261)) "South Park really nailed it with that" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46208644)) - Specific episodes still worth watching (5 comments in the sample): "it’s worth watching more recent seasons, at least from the first trump presidency" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49617292)) "I think they have a lot of good material to work with going into this next season" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49619872)) "the South Park episode was good therapy for her" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46968557)) - Strange, transgressive, very funny animation (2 comments in the sample): "the great thing about South park is how strange and transgressive it was" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46850966)) "one of the funniest animated series ever" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46248288)) ## What people warn about - Recent seasons unfunny or dated (3 comments in the sample): "This isn't to say it's a bad show. It's just older" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49636656)) "the new stuff I've seen has been unserious and unfunny" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49617356)) "They stopped being funny and original 10+ years ago" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49620046)) - Politically one-sided or cynical influence (3 comments in the sample): "Much of the culture war crap that helped justify Tea Party and proto-alt right commentary started out from 2000s and early 2010s South Park." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49636114)) "They really set the table for conservative populists to feast." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49617194)) "both sides are equally bad, everyone and everything sucks" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49616754)) - Lost interest after years of watching (1 comment in the sample): "South Park is just background noise now. I don't enjoy it nor feels worth watching outside of the USA." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49641242)) ## Other animated series people recommend - [Star Trek: Lower Decks](https://hackerapproved.com/p/star-trek-lower-decks/): 20 recommend, 2 mixed, 4 criticize - [The Simpsons](https://hackerapproved.com/p/simpsons/): 11 recommend, 2 mixed, 14 criticize - [Arcane](https://hackerapproved.com/p/arcane/): 10 recommend, 2 mixed, 1 criticize - [Neural Viz](https://hackerapproved.com/p/neural-viz/): 9 recommend, 1 mixed, 2 criticize ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "South Park", https://hackerapproved.com/p/south-park/ (14 recommend, 5 mixed, 7 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.