How much of hn/front_page is AI-generated?
10.9%
of sampled content classified AI-generated · 30-day average
As of 2026-06-24, 10.9% of content sampled from hn/front_page was classified AI-generated by Dead Internet Monitor (30-day volume-weighted average, across 91,902 classified items).
- Sample: 91,902 classified items (cumulative). The rate is the 30-day, volume-weighted average — the same figure shown on the dashboard.
- Versus the internet-wide rate: Dead Internet Monitor's all-source 30-day AI rate is 11.8%. hn/front_page runs 0.9× that rate — at or below the internet-wide baseline.
- Excluding automated moderation: 10.9% (removes AutoModerator-type posts).
- Excluding org-handle syndication: 10.9% (removes verified-org auto-posts).
- Dead Internet Index: 5.9.
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<a href="https://deadinternetmonitor.com/community/hackernews.front_page"><img src="https://deadinternetmonitor.com/badge/community/hackernews.front_page.svg" alt="hn/front_page AI rate — Dead Internet Monitor"></a>How this is measured
Each item collected from hn/front_page is classified by an LLM as AI-generated, human, or uncertain. The headline figure is the 30-day, volume-weighted share classified AI-generated — high-volume days count proportionally more. Read the full methodology, explore every community on the dashboard, or pull the underlying data from the open data API (CC BY 4.0).