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#24Peak rank
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Oct 25, 2026First seen

Trending history

Flapping Airplanes was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 25, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 6 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #24 of 30, reached on Oct 25, 18:36 UTC. It dropped off the list after Oct 25, 18:52 UTC.

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 17:3617:5518:1418:3318:52 Oct 25, 17:36 UTC · #30Oct 25, 17:51 UTC · #30Oct 25, 18:06 UTC · #28Oct 25, 18:21 UTC · #27Oct 25, 18:36 UTC · #24Oct 25, 18:52 UTC · #26

Last 14 days

Best rank per day (UTC).

Oct 26today

Metric history

Platform metric as reported by Hacker News.

05914 17:3617:5518:1418:3318:52 Oct 25, 17:36 UTC · 4Oct 25, 17:51 UTC · 8Oct 25, 18:06 UTC · 10Oct 25, 18:21 UTC · 11Oct 25, 18:36 UTC · 14Oct 25, 18:52 UTC · 14

Questions

Is Flapping Airplanes trending on Hacker News right now?

Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Oct 25, 18:52 UTC, after 1 day of trending.

What is the highest rank Flapping Airplanes reached?

#24 on Hacker News · Front page, on Oct 25, 18:36 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.

How long has Flapping Airplanes been trending?

It was first seen on Oct 25, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (6 checks) since.