№ 1 The State of AI Writing on Hacker News · April 2026

April's front page averaged 6% AI-generated.

Pangram flagged 6% of the month's 1,128 analyzed stories as AI-generated. That's 6pp higher than the month before.

Issue №1 Analyzed 1,128 stories Across 30 days From 682 distinct domains By HN AI Detector

1 in 17

front-page stories was AI-generated

Pangram flagged 63 of 1128 analyzed stories as AI this month.

+6pp

change versus the previous month

The front page ran more AI than the prior month.

33%

of ycombinator.com was AI-generated

Of domains with at least three stories this month, ycombinator.com had the highest AI share.

— The trend

AI % on the HN front page, every day of Apr

30 days · daily rolling avg

Prev. avg: 0% · this month: 3%

10%

prev avg · 0%

Apr 01Apr 08Apr 15Apr 22Apr 30

Below 17% 17–20% 20% and above Highest day: 12% on Apr 21

— Trending up

vs. previous month

— Steady

vs. previous month