Ask HN: What sort of traffic can you expect from the HN front page

Posted by osrec on Monday September 25, 2017 @10:39AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hi all, I'm about to submit one of my apps to HN to get a bit of feedback. In the unlikely event that it reaches the front page, I'd like to get an estimate of what sort of traffic I might expect. Basically, I just want to ensure that my servers can handle it, hopefully with a bit of room to spare! Anyone have any data/estimates they're willing to share (even anecdata will do!)? Thanks very much!

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Re:Ask HN: What sort of traffic can you expect from the HN f... by PaulHoule on Monday September 25, 2017 @11:01AM (#15330988)

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8107658

The results given there are close to what I remember.

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Re:Ask HN: What sort of traffic can you expect from the HN f... by osrec on Monday September 25, 2017 @11:28AM (#15331224)

Thank you - that's pretty comprehensive.

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Re:Ask HN: What sort of traffic can you expect from the HN f... by martinmj on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @03:20PM (#15351338)

In the past there was this post about exactly this topic - http://martin.majlis.cz/what-happened-when-my-project-got-on... - with some analysis.

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Re:Ask HN: What sort of traffic can you expect from the HN f... by claudiulodro on Monday September 25, 2017 @12:29PM (#15331779)

The other comments in this thread are pretty accurate in my experience. Depends on the day and time of day also. On weekends and evenings after ~5 PM PST the traffic is lower but still 500+ concurrent visitors.

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Re:Ask HN: What sort of traffic can you expect from the HN f... by anitil on Monday September 25, 2017 @10:31PM (#15335712)

Love your confidence, I'll be looking out for your launch.

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Re:Ask HN: What sort of traffic can you expect from the HN f... by osrec on Tuesday September 26, 2017 @07:38AM (#15337769)

Thanks! Will probably be ready by Thursday/Friday

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Re:Ask HN: What sort of traffic can you expect from the HN f... by itamarst on Monday September 25, 2017 @11:11AM (#15331082)

Maxxed out at 1000 concurrent visitors according to Google Analytics, so undercounting people with ad blockers.

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Re:Ask HN: What sort of traffic can you expect from the HN f... by osrec on Monday September 25, 2017 @11:27AM (#15331214)

Ah great, that's good to know. Do you think doubling that would be a realistic estimate?

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Re:Ask HN: What sort of traffic can you expect from the HN f... by itamarst on Monday September 25, 2017 @01:03PM (#15332096)

Hard to say. Probably depends on position? Better approach might just be making sure CDN does all the heavy lifting, and then it doesn't matter.

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Re:Ask HN: What sort of traffic can you expect from the HN f... by guohuang on Monday September 25, 2017 @11:38PM (#15335942)

our experience was about 5-6k users when hitting the front page. it really depends on how many people upvote your posts. good luck!

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