HackerNoon listing

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Cost to list: Free + paid; Free listing, paid upgrades
Approval: Editorial review
Link type: Nofollow link; Checked on a live listing
Shows up in searches for: 1 business type; Best #5, freelancers
Popularity: Tranco #7,108; #239 of 1,712 directory sites
Countries: Worldwide

Checked Oct 20, 2026 · 4 sources

Is HackerNoon worth it?

Our reading of the measured data, not a score.

For its audience

Worth a post if its members are your customers.

HackerNoon didn't make Google's top 10 in any of the 13 buyer searches we ran for the 3 business types it accepts. That's typical: directories of any kind held only 22% of the top-10 spots in those searches, so what HackerNoon offers is the people who browse it directly. A basic listing is free; paid options are sold on top. Profile links are reported nofollow, so list for customers, not for SEO links.

What works

Showed up in Google for freelancers, as high as #5
The basic listing is free
Busier than most directory sites: #239 of 1,712 by Tranco

Watch out for

Not in Google's top 10 for creators, developer tools, and startups (0 of 13 searches)
Paid upgrades are sold on top of the free listing
Nofollow links: list for customers, not for SEO

Measured fit, by business type

How often HackerNoon made Google's top 10 in our US buyer searches for the types it accepts.

Creators 0/4

Not seen
Developer tools 0/5

Not seen
Startups 0/4

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Where HackerNoon shows up when people search

We ran 399 real buyer searches (Google US, desktop) for 100 business types on Oct 20, 2026 and recorded which directories made the organic top 10. Local packs and ads are not counted.

HackerNoon accepts 3 business types we measure. Here is every one, with what Google showed instead, so you can see where a listing would and wouldn't be found.

Freelancers check eligibility

1/4

HackerNoon ranked as high as #5 in 1 of these searches. Directories of any kind held 17% of the top-10 spots.

Directories

Upwork Agencies 3/4, r/smallbusiness 2/4

Other sites

quora.com, business.com, reddit.com

Searches: “hire freelance web developer”, “upwork alternatives”, “best freelance websites”, “hire freelance designer” result
Creators

0/4

Not in the top 10 of any of these searches. Directories of any kind held 21% of the top-10 spots.

Directories

Medium 2/4, r/webdev 1/4, Dribbble 1/4

Other sites

youtube.com, reddit.com, quora.com

Searches: “best youtube channels for learning”, “best personal finance youtubers”, “best design portfolios”, “best tech blogs”
Developer tools

0/5

Not in the top 10 of any of these searches. Directories of any kind held 10% of the top-10 spots.

Directories

Medium 1/5, Notion Marketplace 1/5, PeerSpot 1/5

Other sites

reddit.com, speedscale.com, youtube.com

Searches: “best api testing tools”, “postman alternatives”, “best code review tools”, “best ci cd tools”, “heroku alternatives”
Startups

0/4

Not in the top 10 of any of these searches. Directories of any kind held 39% of the top-10 spots.

Directories

r/SaaS 3/4, Facebook Pages 1/4, Instagram 1/4

Other sites

quora.com, peerlist.io, ycombinator.com

Searches: “product hunt alternatives”, “where to launch a startup”, “startup directories”, “best startup launch platforms”

Bars show the searches where it made the organic top 10. "Directories" lists the tracked directories that did rank for the same searches, with their hit count. How we measure

What HackerNoon costs and who can list

As stated on HackerNoon's own pages or reported by a named source. Checked Oct 20, 2026.

Who can list: Creators
Developer tools
Startups

Census audience: tech founders, developers, writers · Worldwide
Pricing: Free + paid options

Writers can publish via the free editor; paid Business Blogging/sponsored publishing "starts at $650"; Targeted Ads "start at $5,000/week".
Approval: Editorial review. Editorial: submissions go through HackerNoon's human editing protocol before publishing; turnaround not stated.
Link attribute: Nofollow link. We checked a live listing on Oct 20, 2026: hackernoon.com/awesome-agentsmd-that-can-be-used-on-any-agent-and-any-stack.
Note: In-body links rel="noopener noreferrer ugc" with ?ref=hackernoon.com; canonical cross-post link shown as rel="dofollow".
Sources: business.hackernoon.com
editingprotocol.com
hackernoon.com/awesome-agentsmd-that-can-be-used-on-any-agent-and-any-stack
hackernoon.com/about

Prices and rules change; the linked pages are the authority.

How to get listed on HackerNoon

1
Prepare your details
- The community's own rules, read before posting
- An account with some genuine history
- A post that is useful on its own, not just a link
- Product URL, short description and images
Our standard checklist for this kind of site (community and consumer site), not a list published by HackerNoon.
2

Open the submit page
app.hackernoon.com/new
3

Approval: editorial review

Editorial: submissions go through HackerNoon's human editing protocol before publishing; turnaround not stated.
4

Check the watch-outs

3 things to know before you post.

HackerNoon alternatives

Ranked by the same evidence: Google top-10 appearances for the business types HackerNoon serves, then audience fit, then Tranco popularity.

Questions about HackerNoon

Is HackerNoon worth it for getting listed?

Worth a post if its members are your customers. HackerNoon didn't make Google's top 10 in any of the 13 buyer searches we ran for the 3 business types it accepts. That's typical: directories of any kind held only 22% of the top-10 spots in those searches, so what HackerNoon offers is the people who browse it directly. A basic listing is free; paid options are sold on top. Profile links are reported nofollow, so list for customers, not for SEO links. This is our reading of the measured data.

How much does a HackerNoon listing cost?

Free + paid options. What we found: Writers can publish via the free editor; paid Business Blogging/sponsored publishing "starts at $650"; Targeted Ads "start at $5,000/week".. Checked Oct 20, 2026.

Is a link from HackerNoon dofollow?

Nofollow link, as reported in our census.

How do I get listed on HackerNoon?

Start at app.hackernoon.com/new. Approval: editorial review (Editorial: submissions go through HackerNoon's human editing protocol before publishing; turnaround not stated.). Have your details ready first (see "How to list" above).

What are the best HackerNoon alternatives?

Ranked by the same evidence: r/SaaS, r/smallbusiness, and r/webdev. The full list of 8 is above, with the searches each one appeared in.

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