Yhn LifeFood first seen 1 d ago, last 22 min ago, peak #1
AI crawler surge overwhelms site after Hacker News post
Original: I posted to HN, and then my website was flooded with AI bot traffic
A developer wrote about how posting to Hacker News sent his personal website a flood of traffic from AI bots rather than human readers, choking the small site. The write-up documents the scale of the crawler wave and the strain it put on his hosting.
Why now: Frustration with aggressive AI crawlers hitting small sites is a hot topic among developers right now.
Rank over time, top of the chart is #1. 118 snapshots from 1 d ago to 22 min ago.
Evidence
- I posted to HN, and then my website was flooded with AI BOT traffic · sammy0910 · 339
API: https://socialmediatrends-api.osmike.com/v1/trends/2124214