Stacker News Monthly: May / June 2026 Doubleheader!Stacker News Monthly: May / June 2026 Doubleheader!
Welcome to this month's edition of Stacker News Monthly! Today we're going to take a look back at the months of May / June 2026!
These two months, 625 stackers wrote 1,482,305 words across 3,806 posts and 27,002 comments, earning a total of 4,518,428 sats, for an average of 3.05 sats per word, and 4.27 sats per word on posts.
Top StackersTop Stackers
Here were the top stackers for the months of May / June:
Top ZappedTop Zapped
Measured by total sats earned on zaps across all items
| Stacker | Sats | Posts | Comments | Favorite Word | Favorite Territory |
| @Scoresby | 338,958 | 237 | 1,053 | bitcoin | bitcoin |
| @denlillaapan | 268,635 | 103 | 895 | bitcoin | econ |
| @petertodd | 253,931 | 5 | 40 | ukraine | bitcoin |
| @0xbitcoiner | 209,146 | 344 | 656 | read | Stacker_Stocks |
| @grayruby | 188,413 | 135 | 2,111 | game | Stacker_Sports |
Most ActiveMost Active
Measured by total number of items posted
| Stacker | Items | Posts | Comments | Sats | Favorite Word | Favorite Territory |
| @grayruby | 2,246 | 135 | 2,111 | 188,413 | game | Stacker_Sports |
| @BlokchainB | 2,010 | 143 | 1,867 | 138,492 | bitcoin | Stacker_Stocks |
| @Undisciplined | 1,849 | 100 | 1,749 | 155,082 | bitcoin | Stacker_Sports |
| @Scoresby | 1,290 | 237 | 1,053 | 338,958 | bitcoin | bitcoin |
| @gsc360 | 1,009 | 74 | 935 | 84,307 | game | Stacker_Sports |
Highest SignalHighest Signal
Measured by sats per post (minimum 5)
| Stacker | Sats/Post | Post Sats | Posts | Favorite Word | Favorite Territory |
| @petertodd | 48,882 | 244,411 | 5 | ukraine | bitcoin |
| @bief57 | 3,357 | 30,214 | 9 | rate | Politics_And_Law |
| @raw_avocado | 2,994 | 17,967 | 6 | llms | bitcoin |
| @TotallyHumanWriter | 2,724 | 19,067 | 7 | bitcoin | the_stacker_muse |
| @hyperfree | 2,710 | 13,548 | 5 | bitcoin | bitcoin |
Most ProlificMost Prolific
Measured by number of words
| Stacker | Words | Sats | Sats/Word | Favorite Word | Favorite Territory |
| @Scoresby | 128,610 | 338,958 | 2.64 | bitcoin | bitcoin |
| @0xbitcoiner | 76,025 | 209,146 | 2.75 | read | Stacker_Stocks |
| @denlillaapan | 69,221 | 268,635 | 3.88 | bitcoin | econ |
| @BlokchainB | 64,960 | 138,492 | 2.13 | bitcoin | Stacker_Stocks |
| @optimism | 50,289 | 103,888 | 2.07 | code | AI |
Top TerritoriesTop Territories
Here were the top territories for the months of May / June:
Top ZappedTop Zapped
Measured by total sats earned on zaps in both posts and comments
| Territory | Sats | Posts | Comments | Favorite Word |
| ~bitcoin | 1,308,457 | 666 | 4,708 | bitcoin |
| ~Stacker_Sports | 654,420 | 678 | 6,574 | game |
| ~econ | 463,309 | 343 | 2,167 | bitcoin |
| ~Stacker_Stocks | 449,748 | 266 | 2,193 | bitcoin |
| ~Politics_And_Law | 343,552 | 340 | 1,982 | government |
Highest SignalHighest Signal
Measured by the highest number of sats per post (minimum 10; AMA excluded)
| Territory | Sats/Post | Post Sats | Posts | Favorite Word |
| ~Travel | 9,333 | 252,000 | 27 | bitcoin |
| ~the_stacker_muse | 1,894 | 138,263 | 73 | bitcoin |
| ~Christianity | 1,652 | 49,550 | 30 | god |
| ~bitcoin | 1,557 | 1,036,650 | 666 | bitcoin |
| ~BooksAndArticles | 1,517 | 180,526 | 119 | bitcoin |
Hottest DiscussionHottest Discussion
Measured by total number of comments in territory
| Territory | Comments | Posts | Comments/Post | Sats | Favorite Word |
| ~Stacker_Sports | 6,574 | 678 | 9.7 | 654,420 | game |
| ~bitcoin | 4,708 | 666 | 6.6 | 1,308,457 | bitcoin |
| ~Stacker_Stocks | 2,193 | 266 | 5.3 | 449,748 | bitcoin |
| ~econ | 2,167 | 343 | 6.3 | 463,309 | bitcoin |
| ~Politics_And_Law | 1,982 | 340 | 5.6 | 343,552 | government |
Most CrosspostedMost Crossposted
Measured by number of posts with more than one territory
| Territory | Crossposts | Posts | Sats | Favorite Word |
| ~bitcoin | 377 | 666 | 1,308,457 | bitcoin |
| ~econ | 278 | 343 | 463,309 | bitcoin |
| ~Politics_And_Law | 230 | 340 | 343,552 | government |
| ~AI | 213 | 294 | 237,246 | ai |
| ~lightning | 137 | 233 | 247,439 | lightning |
Top WordsTop Words
And finally, here were the top words for the months of May / June:
By FrequencyBy Frequency
Measured by the total number of times the term appears in posts and comments
| Word | Frequency | Sats |
| bitcoin | 8,251 | 70,823 |
| sats | 2,930 | 14,673 |
| abs | 2,193 | 1,250 |
| ai | 1,899 | 14,095 |
| world | 1,642 | 14,096 |
| read | 1,504 | 9,715 |
| lightning | 1,417 | 10,931 |
| money | 1,404 | 9,468 |
| space | 1,259 | 3,886 |
| wallet | 1,110 | 7,628 |
By SatsBy Sats
Each word is allocated sats from zaps based on its relative frequency of appearance in posts and comments
| Word | Frequency | Sats |
| bitcoin | 8,251 | 70,823 |
| sats | 2,930 | 14,673 |
| world | 1,642 | 14,096 |
| ai | 1,899 | 14,095 |
| lightning | 1,417 | 10,931 |
| game | 1,042 | 10,605 |
| actually | 918 | 9,819 |
| read | 1,504 | 9,715 |
| money | 1,404 | 9,468 |
| source | 516 | 8,758 |
I don't know why, but it's humorous to me that "aykshually" is one of Stacker News's top words :)
Diamonds in the RoughDiamonds in the Rough
And finally, here were the top three "Diamonds in the Rough" for May / June. These are posts that a model of post quality predicts should have received more sats than they actually did. Here's your chance to revisit them!
- Is True Self-Sovereign Identity Finally Possible on Bitcoin? by @anon (Diamond Score: 4.01)
- build an arkade wallet for iOS in 10 minutes using Tether's WDK by @Scoresby (Diamond Score: 3.01)
- Here’s how much water AI data centers actually use by @0xbitcoiner (Diamond Score: 2.56)
Anyway, hope you enjoyed this edition of Stacker News Monthly! Remember, stay humble and stack sats.
oh is that a beautiful observation
I believe it was over 4 last time? #1492474
...apparently less than 4 when @scoresby cuckolded me
#1470741
Seems like some people talk a lot about Bitcoin and games.
Great recap.
so sad "prediction market" isn't in there!!
now that i think about it, I'm surprised the word "market" doesn't show up more
"money" is usually ~econ's favorite word... this month is one of the rare times "bitcoin" took its place in ~econ
Maybe next time.
Shocked to see ~Stacker_Stocks in these metrics 🙂↔️
Omg a table of contents with markdown 🤯
Use it! https://github.com/stackernews/stacker.news/pull/2213
haha my writing isn’t that complex yet!
Those stats are incredible, the growth of the platform over the last two months is pretty impressive. Over 4.5 million sats earned is wild! Thanks for putting this report together, it's great to see the community expanding like this.