№ 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.
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
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— Trending up
Domains writing more AI
— Steady
Domains holding the line
AI of the month
GitHub - NolanFogarty/courtside: A terminal UI for viewing NBA games and scores.
99% AI likelihood
Most-human longread
AI Agent Bankrupted Their Operator While Trying to Scan DN42 - Lan Tian @ Blog
11% AI likelihood
Mixed signal
An interactive introduction to the terrific experience of rendering Arabic typography and its technical debt
61% AI likelihood