PostgreSQL
Every number here is named for what it counts. How each one is measured is on the methodology page.
Fig. 1PostgreSQL's share of Hacker News and Lobsters stories, by month
PostgreSQL%
Distinct stories naming the tool, as a percentage of all stories naming any tracked tool. Complete months only.
Fig. 2New GitHub repos a week: postgresql
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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 PostgreSQL. Small counts: read the direction, not the rate.
- 10 Aug 5
- 17 Aug 1
- 24 Aug 2
- 31 Aug 2
- 7 Sept 3
- 14 Sept 2
- 21 Sept 4
- 28 Sept 5
- 5 Oct 4
- 12 Oct 5
- 19 Oct 8
- 26 Oct 2
Biggest stories, last 90 days
- Training a 4B model to produce 81% faster query plans than Postgres685 pts · 143 comments · 16 Sept
- PostgreSQL for Everything434 pts · 262 comments · 19 Aug
- Making Postgres 300x faster for analytics: batching, operator fusion, and SIMD327 pts · 164 comments · 7 Aug
- Neki – Sharded Postgres275 pts · 153 comments · 10 Sept
- Tin: full-text search for Postgres228 pts · 95 comments · 19 Sept
- Postgres 19 delayed after AI reviewers find more bugs than humans can fix215 pts · 91 comments · 16 Oct
- Postgres isn't slow, your storage is177 pts · 186 comments · 12 Oct
- Footguns with Postgres “at time zone 'UTC'”166 pts · 111 comments · 27 Sept
Bets on PostgreSQL
- Open · resolves 2026-11-01
Postgres monthly conversation share will exceed 3.5% in October 2026.
- Open · resolves 2026-11-01
At least one Postgres-tagged story will reach 200+ points on HN in October 2026.