TL; DR This quarter was strong and steady at 3.4M+ words published (+5% 2019 average), 4.5M+ monthly readers (+12% 2019 average) and redacted redacted redacted in revenue (+42% above 2019 quarterly average). how hackers start their afternoons. Product Experience Product Experience More Product Initiatives that were made live this quarter: More Product Initiatives that were made live this quarter: Ad by Tag Needle: RevenueExample: #javaNotes: Ad placement relevancy to content.Early returns: First couple Beta payings customers are live. Bugs worked out. Needle: Revenue Example: #java #java Notes: Ad placement relevancy to content. Early returns: First couple Beta payings customers are live. Bugs worked out. Story Scheduling Needle: Words PublishedExample: storyNotes: Optimizing the rate of publishing.Early returns: Average stories published per day is 29. This helps keep the editors sane. Needle: Words Published Example: story story Notes: Optimizing the rate of publishing. Early returns: Average stories published per day is 29. This helps keep the editors sane. Commenting Evolution Needle: Words PublishedExample: Scroll down to end of a storyNotes: Integrated Disqus and added our own custom emojisEarly returns: More learnings about what social proof matters. Needle: Words Published Example: Scroll down to end of a story a story Notes: Integrated Disqus and added our own custom emojis Early returns: More learnings about what social proof matters. Deeper Algolia Integration Needle: Time ReadingExample: Search anything on siteNotes: Rich media data  for stories on all curation pages and filters  on the search pageEarly returns: More value for curation decisions Needle: Time Reading Example: Search anything on site Notes: Rich media data  for stories on all curation pages and filters  on the search page Early returns: More value for curation decisions Product Initiatives that are currently in alpha and beta: Product Initiatives that are currently in alpha and beta: Collections Needle: Time ReadingExample: HN top storiesNotes: Curated reading lists from Hacker Noon & around the web Needle: Time Reading Example: HN top stories HN top stories Notes: Curated reading lists from Hacker Noon & around the web Noonies V2 Needle: RevenueExample: The NooniesNotes: Iterate on last year’s custom voting app Needle: Revenue Example: The Noonies The Noonies Notes: Iterate on last year’s custom voting app Web Monetization Needle: Words PublishedExample: site source codeNotes: Real time streaming payments from readers to writers to charities Needle: Words Published Example: site source code Notes: Real time streaming payments from readers to writers to charities Collaborative Editing V1 Needle: Words PublishedExample: storyNotes: Unlisted draft links & in talks to white label markup.io Needle: Words Published Example: story story Notes: Unlisted draft links & in talks to white label markup.io markup.io Subscriptions V1 Needle - Time ReadingExample - n/aNotes - Logic to subscribe to tags and authors Needle - Time Reading Example - n/a Notes - Logic to subscribe to tags and authors run a beta experiment hosting annotations and inline comments on a blockchain our user facing experience profile advertisements, our product team is iterating on how curation works (collections and reactions), improving the writer experience (text editor interactions and human editor interactions), and building out the reader account experience (subscriptions and recommendations). product funnel approach Editorial Experience Editorial Experience Redacted Redacted here 175 Coronavirus /Covid-19 stories programming python cryptocurrency stories Google News started picking up Hacker Noon stories in late February 630M+ Mercedes Benz commercial Wired Forbes book citations Investor Place Media Post Cornell Yale International Business Times Yahoo Finance Bitcoin Exchange Guide ZDNet BizCommunity NewsMax Crypto Slate Crypto Daily Security Boulevard Hacker Earth Decrypt UPenn Law School Seeking Alpha Value Walk Dice IFL Science ProductHunt Cointelegraph Coindesk Bitcoinist Thrive Global Bitcoin.com GeekWire Redacted Redacted Facebook Twitter Youtube LinkedIn 200+ ‘employees’ Pinterest Instagram Giphy Minds Unsplash Revenue Revenue redacted redacted Top navigation brand as author our ad by tag program Redacted Redacted sponsorship experience brand as author our own sales chatbot Ad by Tag beta program Sentry on the Javascript page Profit and Loss Profit and Loss Redacted Redacted Redacted Redacted Redacted Jobs Jobs Email us Outlook Outlook

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