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#19Peak rank
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Oct 21, 2026First seen

Trending history

What the heck is /pkg? was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 21, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 21 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #19 of 30, reached on Oct 21, 04:17 UTC. It dropped off the list after Oct 21, 05:03 UTC. The same link also trended on Lobsters, which raises its cross-platform score.

This page has little history so far; it stays out of search results until the item has trended on two days or has more context.

Rank history

Position on Hacker News · Front page at every check (lower is better).

#1#11#20#30 00:0201:1702:3203:4805:03 Oct 21, 00:02 UTC · #24Oct 21, 00:17 UTC · #23Oct 21, 00:32 UTC · #23Oct 21, 00:47 UTC · #22Oct 21, 01:02 UTC · #23Oct 21, 01:17 UTC · #23Oct 21, 01:32 UTC · #24Oct 21, 01:47 UTC · #23Oct 21, 02:02 UTC · #21Oct 21, 02:17 UTC · #20Oct 21, 02:32 UTC · #20Oct 21, 02:47 UTC · #21Oct 21, 03:02 UTC · #21Oct 21, 03:17 UTC · #21Oct 21, 03:32 UTC · #20Oct 21, 03:47 UTC · #20Oct 21, 04:02 UTC · #20Oct 21, 04:17 UTC · #19Oct 21, 04:32 UTC · #20Oct 21, 04:47 UTC · #20Oct 21, 05:03 UTC · #20

Last 14 days

Best rank per day (UTC).

Oct 26today

Metric history

Platform metric as reported by Hacker News.

0244873 00:0201:1702:3203:4805:03 Oct 21, 00:02 UTC · 51Oct 21, 00:17 UTC · 53Oct 21, 00:32 UTC · 54Oct 21, 00:47 UTC · 55Oct 21, 01:02 UTC · 55Oct 21, 01:17 UTC · 55Oct 21, 01:32 UTC · 55Oct 21, 01:47 UTC · 57Oct 21, 02:02 UTC · 61Oct 21, 02:17 UTC · 62Oct 21, 02:32 UTC · 63Oct 21, 02:47 UTC · 63Oct 21, 03:02 UTC · 66Oct 21, 03:17 UTC · 68Oct 21, 03:32 UTC · 69Oct 21, 03:47 UTC · 69Oct 21, 04:02 UTC · 69Oct 21, 04:17 UTC · 69Oct 21, 04:32 UTC · 72Oct 21, 04:47 UTC · 72Oct 21, 05:03 UTC · 73

Where it trended

ListBestDaysChecksLast seen
Hacker News · Front page#19121
Lobsters · Hottest What the heck is /pkg?same link

Questions

Is What the heck is /pkg? trending on Hacker News right now?

Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Oct 21, 05:03 UTC, after 1 day of trending.

What is the highest rank What the heck is /pkg? reached?

#19 on Hacker News · Front page, on Oct 21, 04:17 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.

How long has What the heck is /pkg? been trending?

It was first seen on Oct 21, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (21 checks) since.