# Terence Tao's blog

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Terence Tao's blog and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Readers recommend it for rigorous, understandable explanations of mathematics that go beyond what journal papers offer, and some say it beats many textbooks.

## Why people recommend it

- Clear, rigorous explanations beyond journal papers (2 comments): "explains in an understandable but rigorous way beyond what would just be in a journal paper" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49745382)) "Terrence Tao's blog is better than most textbooks" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49001302))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Terence Tao's blog", https://hackerapproved.com/p/terence-tao-s-blog/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).