№ 4 The State of AI Writing on Hacker News · July 2026

July's front page averaged 17% AI-generated.

Pangram flagged 17% of the month's 1,259 analyzed stories as AI-generated. That's 4pp higher than the month before.

Issue №4 Analyzed 1,259 stories Across 31 days From 817 distinct domains By HN AI Detector

1 in 6

front-page stories was AI-generated

Pangram flagged 217 of 1259 analyzed stories as AI this month.

+4pp

change versus the previous month

The front page ran more AI than June 2026.

100%

of postgresisenough.dev was AI-generated

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

— The trend

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

31 days · daily rolling avg

Prev. avg: 13% · this month: 8%

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Jul 01Jul 08Jul 15Jul 22Jul 31

Below 17% 17–20% 20% and above Highest day: 24% on Jul 13

— Trending up

vs. previous month

— Steady

vs. previous month