Hacker News (Show HN)
PassingShow HN: brutal, high-signal, and the single best place to reach builders.
Authority
Domain Rating, measured independently
Monthly traffic
estimated visits / month
Price
no cost to submit
Acceptance
avg response Same day
The four-point assessment
Every destination clears all four to be listed. Here's how Hacker News (Show HN) scores against the published bar.
Alive
ClearsResponds with a 2xx and real content
The destination has to actually resolve: no parked domain, no dead host, no permanent challenge page. We fetch it on every measurement cycle; two consecutive dead reads demote it.
Real traffic
Clears≥ 20,000 estimated monthly visits
A directory nobody reads can't put your product in front of anyone. We hold destinations to a floor of measurable monthly traffic and demote the ones that fall through it.
Real authority
ClearsDomain Rating ≥ 40
A submission is only worth the trust the destination can lend you. We measure domain authority independently and require a genuine floor. A high-DR dofollow link is the actual prize.
Actually accepts
ClearsOpen, working submission path
The place has to genuinely take new products: an open form, a live queue, a reachable editor. A directory that quietly stopped accepting, or went pay-to-play behind a closed door, no longer clears this.