№ 8 The State of AI Writing on Hacker News · November 2026

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

Pangram flagged 17% of the month's 357 analyzed stories as AI-generated. That's 1pp higher than the month before.

Issue №8 Analyzed 357 stories Across 30 days From 277 distinct domains By HN AI Detector

1 in 6

front-page stories was AI-generated

Pangram flagged 62 of 357 analyzed stories as AI this month.

+1pp

change versus the previous month

The front page ran more AI than October 2026.

83%

of github.com was AI-generated

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

— The trend

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

30 days · daily rolling avg

Prev. avg: 16% · this month: 3%

10%

15%

20%

prev avg · 16%

Nov 01Nov 08Nov 15Nov 22Nov 30

Below 17% 17–20% 20% and above Highest day: 21% on Nov 04

— Trending up

vs. previous month

— Steady

vs. previous month