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Claude Code

Every number here is named for what it counts. How each one is measured is on the methodology page.

Fig. 1
Claude Code's share of Hacker News and Lobsters stories, by month
051015AprMayJunJulAugSept
Claude Code%

Distinct stories naming the tool, as a percentage of all stories naming any tracked tool. Complete months only.

Fig. 2
New GitHub repos a week: claude-code
025005000750010.0K13 Jul17 Aug7 Sept21 Sept12 Oct19 Oct
claude-code

Each week's median of the daily snapshots, so one glitched snapshot cannot move the line. Complete weeks only.

Fig. 3
npm downloads a week: @anthropic-ai/claude-code
010.0M20.0M30.0M6 Jul20 Jul3 Aug17 Aug31 Aug14 Sept28 Sept12 Oct19 Oct
@anthropic-ai/claude-code

Each week's median of the daily snapshots, so one glitched snapshot cannot move the line. Complete weeks only.

Job ads naming it, by week

Postings in Adzuna's UK IT feed and on RemoteOK whose title or description names Claude Code. Small counts: read the direction, not the rate.

  1. 10 Aug 2
  2. 17 Aug 0
  3. 24 Aug 1
  4. 31 Aug 2
  5. 7 Sept 0
  6. 14 Sept 3
  7. 21 Sept 1
  8. 28 Sept 0
  9. 5 Oct 1
  10. 12 Oct 1
  11. 19 Oct 1
  12. 26 Oct 1

Biggest stories, last 90 days

  1. Claude Code now reads AGENTS.md if there is no Claude.md727 pts · 273 comments · 18 Sept
  2. Claude Code reads AGENTS.md only when telemetry is on [fixed]480 pts · 282 comments · 23 Sept
  3. How the Claude Code team does code review468 pts · 468 comments · 16 Oct
  4. Breaking Claude Code Opus 5 Auto Mode397 pts · 119 comments · 31 Aug
  5. Maximizing the value of your Claude Code sessions311 pts · 181 comments · 14 Aug
  6. I think I found a planet nobody knew existed. I used Claude Code to find it298 pts · 131 comments · 8 Oct
  7. Claude Code May–August 2026 weekly limits promotion293 pts · 262 comments · 18 Aug
  8. Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code289 pts · 310 comments · 10 Aug

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