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№ 3 The State of AI Writing on Hacker News · June 2026

June's front page averaged 13% AI-generated.

Pangram flagged 13% of the month's 1,941 analyzed stories as AI-generated. That's 2pp higher than the month before.

Issue №3 Analyzed 1,941 stories Across 30 days From 1,144 distinct domains By HN AI Detector
1 in 8
front-page stories was AI-generated

Pangram flagged 260 of 1941 analyzed stories as AI this month.

+2pp
change versus the previous month

The front page ran more AI than May 2026.

100%
of julienreszka.com was AI-generated

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

— The trend

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

30 days · daily rolling avg
Prev. avg: 11% · this month: 10%
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
prev avg · 11%
Jun 01Jun 08Jun 15Jun 22Jun 30
Below 17% 17–20% 20% and above Highest day: 24% on Jun 21

— Steady

Domains holding the line

vs. previous month
bloomberg.com
↓ 33pp
medium.com
↓ 27pp
electrek.co
↓ 14pp
AI of the month

GitHub - NolanFogarty/courtside: A terminal UI for viewing NBA games and scores.

github.com · Jun 8
99% AI likelihood
Most-human longread

AI Agent Bankrupted Their Operator While Trying to Scan DN42 - Lan Tian @ Blog

lantian.pub · Jun 12 · 5,000 words
11% AI likelihood
Mixed signal

An interactive introduction to the terrific experience of rendering Arabic typography and its technical debt

lr0.org · Jun 13 · 5,000 words
61% AI likelihood