Techmeme
Shares rank 6 of 9 news aggregators by recommenders
People recommend Techmeme for cutting clickbait from tech news, giving clear summaries with links to tweets, Reddit and HN discussions. The most common complaint is the citation wall on desktop.
People recommend Techmeme for cutting clickbait from tech news, giving clear summaries with links to tweets, Reddit and HN discussions. The most common complaint is the citation wall on desktop.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 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
Removes clickbait, gives clear summaries
“Techmeme is one of the few sites you can read the headlines and decide correctly whether to click in to read or not.”
Comment from 23 Nov 2025 in “Explaining, at some length, Techmeme's 20 years of consistency” “It removes the clickbait, gives you a clear idea, attaches tweets, reddit and hn links and saves so much time.”
Comment from 25 Nov 2025 in “Explaining, at some length, Techmeme's 20 years of consistency” Useful RSS feed for news
“techmeme and memeorandum are 2 great firehouse rss feeds that I appreciate”
Comment from 27 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: Who do you follow via RSS feed?” “a RSS subscription for Techmeme is sufficient.”
Comment from 16 Jul 2026 in “How do you guys keep up with AI news?”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Wall of citations on desktop
“The only thing that irritates me about the site is the wall of citations under every item on the desktop version”
Comment from 25 Nov 2025 in “Explaining, at some length, Techmeme's 20 years of consistency” Back button badly placed on mobile
“F** you Gabe for putting the Back button on the top left on mobile view”
Comment from 23 Nov 2025 in “Explaining, at some length, Techmeme's 20 years of consistency” Long and complicated to read
“They are so painfully long and complicated.”
Comment from 22 Nov 2025 in “Explaining, at some length, Techmeme's 20 years of consistency”
Other news aggregators people recommend
The four most recommended other news aggregators, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground News | 18 | 23 | 44% | 10 | — | — |
| Digg | 17 | 43 | 28% | 11 | — | — |
| Kagi News | 14 | 4 | 78% | 8 | — | Approved |
| techposts.eu | 11 | 4 | 73% | 2 | — | — |
| TechmemeThis page | 8 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“a RSS subscription for Techmeme is sufficient.”
“techmeme and memeorandum are 2 great firehouse rss feeds that I appreciate”
“The only thing that irritates me about the site is the wall of citations under every item on the desktop version”
“It removes the clickbait, gives you a clear idea, attaches tweets, reddit and hn links and saves so much time.”
“Techmeme is one of the few sites you can read the headlines and decide correctly whether to click in to read or not.”
“F** you Gabe for putting the Back button on the top left on mobile view”
“They are so painfully long and complicated.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.