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How octopuses squeeze through too small gaps

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#19Peak rank
2Days on list
68Score · 7d
Nov 6, 2026First seen
Rank · 7 days

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Nov 6, 2026
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Trending history

How octopuses squeeze through too small gaps was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 6, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 32 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #19 of 30, reached on Nov 7, 00:07 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 7, 03:37 UTC.

Rank history

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

#1#11#20#30 19:5221:4823:4401:4103:37 Nov 6, 19:52 UTC · #27Nov 6, 20:07 UTC · #27Nov 6, 20:22 UTC · #22Nov 6, 20:37 UTC · #25Nov 6, 20:52 UTC · #24Nov 6, 21:07 UTC · #24Nov 6, 21:22 UTC · #23Nov 6, 21:37 UTC · #23Nov 6, 21:52 UTC · #23Nov 6, 22:07 UTC · #23Nov 6, 22:22 UTC · #23Nov 6, 22:37 UTC · #24Nov 6, 22:52 UTC · #25Nov 6, 23:07 UTC · #22Nov 6, 23:22 UTC · #20Nov 6, 23:37 UTC · #21Nov 6, 23:52 UTC · #21Nov 7, 00:07 UTC · #19Nov 7, 00:22 UTC · #20Nov 7, 00:37 UTC · #20Nov 7, 00:52 UTC · #21Nov 7, 01:07 UTC · #20Nov 7, 01:22 UTC · #21Nov 7, 01:37 UTC · #20Nov 7, 01:52 UTC · #19Nov 7, 02:07 UTC · #20Nov 7, 02:22 UTC · #19Nov 7, 02:37 UTC · #19Nov 7, 02:52 UTC · #19Nov 7, 03:07 UTC · #19Nov 7, 03:22 UTC · #20Nov 7, 03:37 UTC · #20

Last 14 days

Best rank per day (UTC).

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Metric history

Platform metric as reported by Hacker News.

0183655 19:5221:4823:4401:4103:37 Nov 6, 19:52 UTC · 5Nov 6, 20:07 UTC · 12Nov 6, 20:22 UTC · 16Nov 6, 20:37 UTC · 18Nov 6, 20:52 UTC · 20Nov 6, 21:07 UTC · 20Nov 6, 21:22 UTC · 20Nov 6, 21:37 UTC · 27Nov 6, 21:52 UTC · 28Nov 6, 22:07 UTC · 30Nov 6, 22:22 UTC · 31Nov 6, 22:37 UTC · 34Nov 6, 22:52 UTC · 36Nov 6, 23:07 UTC · 37Nov 6, 23:22 UTC · 40Nov 6, 23:37 UTC · 41Nov 6, 23:52 UTC · 41Nov 7, 00:07 UTC · 43Nov 7, 00:22 UTC · 44Nov 7, 00:37 UTC · 45Nov 7, 00:52 UTC · 45Nov 7, 01:07 UTC · 46Nov 7, 01:22 UTC · 48Nov 7, 01:37 UTC · 48Nov 7, 01:52 UTC · 49Nov 7, 02:07 UTC · 51Nov 7, 02:22 UTC · 52Nov 7, 02:37 UTC · 53Nov 7, 02:52 UTC · 53Nov 7, 03:07 UTC · 55Nov 7, 03:22 UTC · 55Nov 7, 03:37 UTC · 55

Questions

Is How octopuses squeeze through too small gaps trending on Hacker News right now?

Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 7, 03:37 UTC, after 2 days of trending.

What is the highest rank How octopuses squeeze through too small gaps reached?

#19 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 7, 00:07 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.

How long has How octopuses squeeze through too small gaps been trending?

It was first seen on Nov 6, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (32 checks) since.

How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?

6 points and 0 comments; submitted by bookofjoe on Nov 6, 2026.