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DeepSeek

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

Fig. 1
DeepSeek's share of Hacker News and Lobsters stories, by month
01234AprMayJunJulAugSept
DeepSeek%

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

Job ads naming it, by week

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

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

Biggest stories, last 90 days

  1. DeepInfer: High-performance inference framework for DeepSeek models2.3K pts · 891 comments · 20 Oct
  2. DeepSeek-V4-Pro-0813 Publish1.8K pts · 1412 comments · 12 Aug
  3. Why isn't the industry freaking out about DeepSeek 4.1 Flash?1.1K pts · 983 comments · 8 Oct
  4. DeepSeek V4 Pro 08131.0K pts · 446 comments · 12 Aug
  5. DeepSeek v4.1 Flash1.0K pts · 571 comments · 10 Sept
  6. DeepSeek-v4.1-Flash-1017950 pts · 711 comments · 17 Oct
  7. DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731787 pts · 470 comments · 7 Aug
  8. DeepSeek-V4-Flash Update735 pts · 344 comments · 31 Jul

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