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Re:HackerNews exceeds Slashdot in unique visitors by cabalamat on Saturday April 02, 2011 @06:35PM (#2401165)
Alexa seems to agree that HN has caught up with Slashdot and is about to overtake it: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/slashdot.org+ycombinator.com
Re:HackerNews exceeds Slashdot in unique visitors by object404 on Saturday April 02, 2011 @11:53PM (#2401749)
only non-techieidiots have the Alexa spyware toolbar installed.

That only shows that more non-technically proficient visitors check out ycombinator and is not indicative of the total number of users.