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What's the most popular number in Hacker News titles?

Max Glenister examines which numbers appear most often in Hacker News titles by analyzing the site's history dataset. A first pass suggested the digit 2 led, but a refined approach that treats whole numbers and filters out years shows 1 at the top, with 2 and 3 following. The piece attributes the pattern to listicles, software versioning, and round-number usage, noting spikes for 19 in 2020 and for 4 in 2023 tied to major releases.

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