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HackerNoon
hackernoon.com ↗Tech publishing platform where anyone can publish after editor review. A startup must publish from a brand account, may link its own site once per 500 words and must also cite other sources; ad-like posts are rejected.
HackerNoon is a tech publication at hackernoon.com. It covers AI startups. Listing is free; a paid spot starts at $159.99. The link you get is sponsored: links in a live brand story carry rel="sponsored"; links in an individual writer's story carry rel="ugc" (checked two live stories). Review: every story is reviewed by a human editor before publication; no time is stated. Terms read on hackernoon.com on 2 October 2026.
Rate card
- Price
- Free to publish; brand accounts get their first credit free; Story Boost to the homepage and newsletter from $159.99 a credit
- Link you get
- Links in a live brand story carry rel="sponsored"; links in an individual writer's story carry rel="ugc" (checked two live stories)
- Review
- Every story is reviewed by a human editor before publication; no time is stated
- Lists
- Every kind of AI product
- Reach
- HugeHuge reach: #7,045 by traffic in the Tranco top million; #1,080 of about 120 million domains by links in Common Crawl's web graph.
- Checked
- , on its own pages
Quick answers
- Does HackerNoon cover AI startups?
- Yes. It covers AI startups.
- How much does a listing on HackerNoon cost?
- Listing is free; a paid spot starts at $159.99.
- What link does HackerNoon give?
- The link you get is sponsored: links in a live brand story carry rel="sponsored"; links in an individual writer's story carry rel="ugc" (checked two live stories).
How to submit to HackerNoon
- 1. Prepare the kit. A one-line pitch, a description, a square logo and screenshots. The listing guide lists what forms ask for; the tracker builds the kit from your website.
- 2. Open the form. Their submit page opens from the button above once you are signed in; signing in costs nothing.
- 3. Wait for the review. Every story is reviewed by a human editor before publication; no time is stated. Pay only for a spot you asked for; the listing itself is what the price above says. Mark the result in your tracker yourself: our checks cannot read this site.
Listing tracker
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Add your app once and keep every submission in one place. hackernoon.com blocks automatic reads, so this one you mark by hand; the other places we read every week, every night on Pro.
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