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| 1 | +# Top Hacker News Submissions by Year: 2009–2015 |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +*Based on the submission's URL. See [README](../README.md) for details.* |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +## 2009 |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +Rank | Title | Comments | Score |
| 8 | +:-: | --- | --: | --: |
| 9 | +563 | <a href="http://paulgraham.com/apple.html">Apple's Mistake</a> | [269](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=950751) | 723 |
| 10 | +903 | <a href="http://ticketstumbler.com/blogs/new-stuff/2009/10/03/a-terrible-tragedy/">A terrible tragedy: Dan Haubert of Ticketstumbler (fallentimes) has passed away</a> | [133](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=859117) | 626 |
| 11 | +1105 | <a href="http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/03/secret-copyright-tre.html">Secret copyright treaty leaks. It's bad. Very bad.</a> | [287](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=920704) | 588 |
| 12 | +1148 | <a href="http://blog.plurk.com/2009/12/14/microsoft-rips-plurk/">Microsoft rips off Plurk</a> | [135](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=994417) | 581 |
| 13 | +1286 | <a href="http://twitter.com/_why">_why is no more</a> | [399](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=773106) | 558 |
| 14 | +2558 | <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/30/crunchpad-end/">The End Of The CrunchPad </a> | [138](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=968018) | 435 |
| 15 | +2928 | <a href="http://blog.last.fm/2009/02/23/techcrunch-are-full-of-shit">Last.fm: "Techcrunch are full of shit"</a> | [101](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=491750) | 413 |
| 16 | +3173 | <a href="http://blog.backblaze.com/2009/09/01/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-cheap-cloud-storage/">Petabytes on a budget: How to build cheap cloud storage</a> | [105](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=797995) | 401 |
| 17 | +3185 | <a href="http://www.slash7.com/articles/2009/3/26/google-is-evil-worse-than-paypal-don-t-use-google-checkout-for-your-business">Google is Evil, Worse than PayPal: Don't use Google Checkout for your business</a> | [150](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=533849) | 400 |
| 18 | +3501 | <a href="http://sivers.org/kimo">There's no speed limit. (The lessons that changed my life.)</a> | [60](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=970945) | 386 |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +## 2010 |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +Rank | Title | Comments | Score |
| 23 | +:-: | --- | --: | --: |
| 24 | +83 | <a href="http://questvisual.com/">Introducing Word Lens</a> | [281](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2014555) | 1297 |
| 25 | +90 | <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/elal2/have_you_ever_picked_up_a_hitchhiker/c18z0z2">Today you, tomorrow me </a> | [203](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2003515) | 1270 |
| 26 | +134 | <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/new-approach-to-china.html">A new approach to China</a> | [368](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1048800) | 1145 |
| 27 | +156 | <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/21/so-a-blogger-walks-into-a-bar/">So A Blogger Walks Into A Bar… </a> | [232](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1714377) | 1098 |
| 28 | +196 | <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1952356">Google Beatbox</a> | [96](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1952356) | 1028 |
| 29 | +243 | <a href="http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/">Thoughts on Flash</a> | [505](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1304310) | 962 |
| 30 | +462 | <a href="http://alexisohanian.com/keep-calm-carry-on-what-you-didnt-know-about">Keep calm & carry on: What you didn't know about the reddit story</a> | [83](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1571427) | 776 |
| 31 | +531 | <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/35539144/pnp12pt">P ≠ NP</a> | [208](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1585850) | 740 |
| 32 | +582 | <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/08/breaking-salesforce-buys-heroku-for-212-million-in-cash/">Salesforce Buys Heroku (YC W08) For $212 Million In Cash</a> | [198](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1982489) | 717 |
| 33 | +589 | <a href="http://codebutler.com/firesheep">Firesheep: Easy HTTP session hijacking from within Firefox</a> | [341](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1827928) | 714 |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +## 2011 |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +Rank | Title | Comments | Score |
| 38 | +:-: | --- | --: | --: |
| 39 | +1 | <a href="http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/">Steve Jobs has passed away.</a> | [363](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3078128) | 4339 |
| 40 | +8 | <a href="http://www.jwz.org/blog/2011/11/watch-a-vc-use-my-name-to-sell-a-con/">Watch a VC use my name to sell a con</a> | [292](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3288671) | 2376 |
| 41 | +18 | <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/2/101960720994009339267/posts/ENuEDDYfvKP?hl=en">Dennis Ritchie has died</a> | [195](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3105510) | 1959 |
| 42 | +23 | <a href="http://bellard.org/jslinux/">Boot a linux kernel right inside your browser. </a> | [239](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2555349) | 1820 |
| 43 | +27 | <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/22/paul-graham-sopa-supporting-companies-no-longer-allowed-at-yc-demo-day/">Paul Graham: SOPA Supporting Companies No Longer Allowed At YC Demo Day</a> | [272](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3383209) | 1742 |
| 44 | +28 | <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/opinion/mona-simpsons-eulogy-for-steve-jobs.html?pagewanted=all">A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs</a> | [121](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3174961) | 1736 |
| 45 | +33 | <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Steve-Jobs-Resigns-as-CEO-of-bw-19285464.html?x=0&.v=1">Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple</a> | [305](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2922756) | 1667 |
| 46 | +36 | <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCarthy_(computer_scientist)">John McCarthy Has Died</a> | [218](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3151233) | 1619 |
| 47 | +64 | <a href="http://public.numair.com/2011_fbfool.html">I was once a Facebook fool</a> | [163](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3029872) | 1390 |
| 48 | +100 | <a href="https://stripe.com">Stripe: instant payment processing for developers</a> | [348](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3053883) | 1249 |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +## 2012 |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +Rank | Title | Comments | Score |
| 53 | +:-: | --- | --: | --: |
| 54 | +2 | <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/vote?for=3742902&dir=up&whence=%6e%65%77%65%73%74">Show HN: This up votes itself</a> | [82](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3742902) | 3536 |
| 55 | +13 | <a href="http://ycombinator.com/rfs9.html">Request for Startups: Kill Hollywood</a> | [662](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3491523) | 2063 |
| 56 | +35 | <a href="http://tsaoutofourpants.wordpress.com/2012/03/06/1b-of-nude-body-scanners-made-worthless-by-blog-how-anyone-can-get-anything-past-the-tsas-nude-body-scanners/">$1B of TSA Nude Body Scanners Made Worthless By Blog </a> | [329](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3673462) | 1637 |
| 57 | +40 | <a href="http://www.chris-granger.com/2012/04/12/light-table---a-new-ide-concept/">Light Table - a new IDE concept</a> | [291](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3836978) | 1592 |
| 58 | +55 | <a href="http://www.bekkelund.net/2012/10/22/outlawed-by-amazon-drm/">Outlawed by Amazon DRM</a> | [479](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4682392) | 1445 |
| 59 | +68 | <a href="http://www.meteor.com">Show HN: Meteor, a realtime JavaScript framework</a> | [322](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3824908) | 1386 |
| 60 | +71 | <a href="http://therealkatie.net/blog/2012/mar/21/lighten-up/">"Lighten up"</a> | [794](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3736037) | 1371 |
| 61 | +74 | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/limitedpressing/posts/209534972507958">Company withdrawing from Facebook as analytics show 80% of ad clicks from bots</a> | [356](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4312731) | 1347 |
| 62 | +80 | <a href="http://www.realdanlyons.com/blog/2012/02/13/hit-men-click-whores-and-paid-apologists-welcome-to-the-silicon-cesspool/">Hit men, click whores, and paid apologists: Welcome to the Silicon Cesspool</a> | [195](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3587730) | 1319 |
| 63 | +103 | <a href="http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/02/farewell-stack-exchange.html">Farewell Stack Exchange</a> | [213](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3559631) | 1233 |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | +## 2013 |
| 66 | + |
| 67 | +Rank | Title | Comments | Score |
| 68 | +:-: | --- | --: | --: |
| 69 | +5 | <a href="http://varnull.adityamukerjee.net/post/59021412512/dont-fly-during-ramadan">Don't Fly During Ramadan</a> | [962](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6258422) | 2744 |
| 70 | +6 | <a href="http://www.spacex.com/hyperloop">Hyperloop Alpha by SpaceX</a> | [960](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6199992) | 2737 |
| 71 | +10 | <a href="http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N61/swartz.html">Aaron Swartz commits suicide</a> | [546](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5046845) | 2103 |
| 72 | +17 | <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-second-spring-of-cleaning.html">Google Reader shutting down</a> | [695](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5371725) | 1964 |
| 73 | +21 | <a href="http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/most-peculiar-test-drive">A Most Peculiar Test Drive</a> | [578](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5218288) | 1859 |
| 74 | +22 | <a href="http://lavabit.com/">Lavabit abruptly shuts down</a> | [641](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6181081) | 1841 |
| 75 | +26 | <a href="http://rapgenius.com/James-somers-herokus-ugly-secret-lyrics">Heroku's Ugly Secret: The story of how the cloud-king turned its back on Rails</a> | [423](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5215884) | 1763 |
| 76 | +29 | <a href="http://bjk5.com/post/44698559168/breaking-down-amazons-mega-dropdown">Breaking down Amazon's mega dropdown</a> | [191](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5330998) | 1734 |
| 77 | +32 | <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/31/nsa-top-secret-program-online-data">NSA tool that collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet'</a> | [611](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6133321) | 1689 |
| 78 | +34 | <a href="http://explainshell.com/">Explainshell – match command-line arguments to their help text</a> | [253](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6296634) | 1647 |
| 79 | + |
| 80 | +## 2014 |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +Rank | Title | Comments | Score |
| 83 | +:-: | --- | --: | --: |
| 84 | +3 | <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-10-30/tim-cook-im-proud-to-be-gay">Tim Cook Speaks Up</a> | [974](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8532261) | 3086 |
| 85 | +4 | <a href="http://gabrielecirulli.github.io/2048/">2048</a> | [410](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7373566) | 2903 |
| 86 | +7 | <a href="http://news.microsoft.com/2014/11/12/microsoft-takes-net-open-source-and-cross-platform-adds-new-development-capabilities-with-visual-studio-2015-net-2015-and-visual-studio-online/">Microsoft takes .NET open source and cross-platform</a> | [894](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8595905) | 2376 |
| 87 | +12 | <a href="https://thedaywefightback.org/">Feb 11th: A day of action against mass surviellance</a> | [258](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7037580) | 2075 |
| 88 | +14 | <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/11/certificate-authority-encrypt-entire-web">Launching in 2015: A Certificate Authority to Encrypt the Entire Web</a> | [461](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8624160) | 2019 |
| 89 | +15 | <a href="http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you">All Our Patent Are Belong To You</a> | [314](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7884560) | 1999 |
| 90 | +16 | <a href="http://www.drop-dropbox.com/">Drop Dropbox</a> | [1008](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7566069) | 1990 |
| 91 | +25 | <a href="http://heartbleed.com/">The Heartbleed Bug</a> | [528](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7548991) | 1768 |
| 92 | +30 | <a href="http://blog.ycombinator.com/hacker-news-api">Hacker News API</a> | [298](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8422599) | 1715 |
| 93 | +31 | <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVfHeWTKjag">The Facebook Fraud, by Veritasium</a> | [398](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7211388) | 1699 |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | +## 2015 |
| 96 | + |
| 97 | +Rank | Title | Comments | Score |
| 98 | +:-: | --- | --: | --: |
| 99 | +9 | <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2015/08/google-alphabet.html">G is for Google</a> | [562](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10037157) | 2228 |
| 100 | +11 | <a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/the-worlds-email-encryption-software-relies-on-one-guy-who-is-going-broke">Email Encryption Software Relies on One Guy, Who Is Going Broke</a> | [453](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9003791) | 2088 |
| 101 | +19 | <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2015/09/16/14-year-old-boy-arrested-for-bringing-homemade-clock-to-school/">14-Year-Old Boy Arrested for Bringing Homemade Clock to School</a> | [946](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10226196) | 1952 |
| 102 | +20 | <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/27/us/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage.html?emc=edit_na_20150626&nlid=63565976&ref=headline&_r=0">Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules</a> | [1216](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9784470) | 1905 |
| 103 | +24 | <a href="http://blog.ycombinator.com/yc-research">YC Research</a> | [369](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10347821) | 1775 |
| 104 | +38 | <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2015/04/29/microsoft-shocks-the-world-with-visual-studio-code-a-free-code-editor-for-os-x-linux-and-windows/">Microsoft Launches Visual Studio Code, a Free Cross-Platform Code Editor</a> | [543](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9459364) | 1608 |
| 105 | +41 | <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/television/leonard-nimoy-spock-of-star-trek-dies-at-83.html?smid=tw-bna">Leonard Nimoy, Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 83</a> | [165](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9119951) | 1584 |
| 106 | +44 | <a href="https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-iOS/issues/124#issuecomment-133630294">“Two days ago the police came to me and wanted me to stop working on this”</a> | [526](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10101469) | 1543 |
| 107 | +47 | <a href="http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/26/fcc-passes-strict-net-neutrality-regulations-on-3-2-vote/">FCC Passes Strict Net Neutrality Regulations on 3-2 Vote</a> | [711](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9113976) | 1489 |
| 108 | +48 | <a href="https://www.expeditedssl.com/aws-in-plain-english">AWS in Plain English</a> | [223](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10199746) | 1485 |
| 109 | + |
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