How to list your website on Hacker News (Show HN)
Show HN post presenting something you've made to the Hacker News community.
- Link
- Mixed links
- Cost
- Free
- Effort
- Involved
- Reach (our estimate)
- High authority
- Region
- Worldwide
- When
- Weeks 2 and 3
Short answer
Hacker News (Show HN) is free to join, and some profile links are followed and some are nofollow. To get listed, read the Show HN guidelines; plan for an afternoon or more.
How to get listed on Hacker News (Show HN)
- Step 1: Read the Show HN guidelines.
- Step 2: Make sure people can try it, ideally without a signup wall.
- Step 3: Submit with a title starting 'Show HN:' and your URL.
- Step 4: Stay in the thread to answer questions.
You need
Something you made that people can try; no vote rings.
Good to know
Low-scoring posts carry nofollow links, and asking friends to upvote gets posts penalised.
Have these ready before you start
- Business or product name, written the same way everywhere
- Website address (the exact page you want linked)
- A 50-word and a 150-word description
- Logo, plus two or three screenshots or photos
- Contact email, and address and phone for a local business
At a glance
- Website
- news.ycombinator.com
- Category
- Developer communities
- Reach (our estimate)
- High authority
- When to do it
- Weeks 2 and 3
- Position
- 10 of 28 in Developer communities
About the link
Some links on the profile are followed and some are nofollow.
Best for
- Developers
- Startups
- SaaS
- AI products
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Questions about Hacker News (Show HN)
Are Hacker News (Show HN) links dofollow?
Partly. Some links on Hacker News (Show HN) profiles are followed and some carry rel="nofollow".
Is Hacker News (Show HN) free?
Yes. Listing on Hacker News (Show HN) is free.
How much work does a listing on Hacker News (Show HN) take?
An article, a launch or a review: plan for an afternoon or more. How long approval takes is up to Hacker News (Show HN): many sites review a listing before it goes live.
Plan it, then tick it off.
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