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GPT / ChatGPT

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

Fig. 1
GPT / ChatGPT's share of Hacker News and Lobsters stories, by month
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GPT / ChatGPT%

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 GPT / ChatGPT. Small counts: read the direction, not the rate.

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

Biggest stories, last 90 days

  1. GPT-6 Astra2.3K pts · 2067 comments · 3 Sept
  2. GPT-6 Sol and Luna1.8K pts · 853 comments · 22 Sept
  3. GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price1.1K pts · 944 comments · 29 Sept
  4. ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector757 pts · 391 comments · 20 Sept
  5. GPT‑6 and Intelligent UI for everyone751 pts · 456 comments · 7 Oct
  6. OpenAI GPT–6 Astra breaks Enigma message that has resisted solution since 2005732 pts · 441 comments · 22 Sept
  7. Accelerating GPT-5.6 Sol Ultrafast709 pts · 276 comments · 13 Aug
  8. GPT-6.1 Terra630 pts · 425 comments · 26 Oct

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