Model Context Protocol
Every number here is named for what it counts. How each one is measured is on the methodology page.
Distinct stories naming the tool, as a percentage of all stories naming any tracked tool. Complete months only.
Each week's median of the daily snapshots, so one glitched snapshot cannot move the line. Complete weeks only.
Each week's median of the daily snapshots, so one glitched snapshot cannot move the line. Complete weeks only.
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 Model Context Protocol. Small counts: read the direction, not the rate.
- 10 Aug 4
- 17 Aug 2
- 24 Aug 0
- 31 Aug 3
- 7 Sept 0
- 14 Sept 1
- 21 Sept 0
- 28 Sept 2
- 5 Oct 2
- 12 Oct 1
- 19 Oct 1
- 26 Oct 1
Biggest stories, last 90 days
- You said no MCP678 pts · 362 comments · 30 Sept
- Stateless MCP has recaptured my interest383 pts · 217 comments · 1 Aug
- MCP was always a bad idea?329 pts · 326 comments · 20 Sept
- New MCP Roadmap269 pts · 156 comments · 22 Aug
- PaperPilot – Zero-Cloud, Pure-Rust PDF Engine with WASM and MCP235 pts · 87 comments · 26 Oct
- Ask HN: Who is using MCP in production?198 pts · 200 comments · 3 Sept
- Figma restricts MCP access to whitelisted clients, excluding Pi187 pts · 106 comments · 1 Oct
- Show HN: WhatsApp MCP running free on Cloudflare157 pts · 85 comments · 18 Oct
Bets on Model Context Protocol
- Hit
Hit: The condition held for the whole window; mcp share of all mentions in 2026-09 was 5.75% (bet: <= 9%). Graded automatically.