Stacker News Monthly: October 2025
Welcome to this month's edition of Stacker News Monthly! Today we're going to take a look back at the month of October 2025!
This month, 584 stackers wrote 1,247,560 words across 4,117 posts and 20,541 comments, earning a total of 2,484,017 sats, for an average of 1.99 sats per word, and 2.65 sats per word on posts.
Let's take a look at how things performed in October!
Top Stackers
Here were the top stackers for the month of October:
Top Zapped
Measured by total sats earned on zaps across all items
| Stacker | Sats | Posts | Comments | Favorite Word |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| @Scoresby | 161,312 | 200 | 596 | bitcoin |
| @0xbitcoiner | 116,086 | 274 | 744 | ai |
| @grayruby | 96,457 | 67 | 1,384 | game |
| @BlokchainB | 92,000 | 115 | 812 | sats |
| @Undisciplined | 84,067 | 86 | 1,186 | money |
Congratulations to @Scoresby for stacking the most sats in October!
Most Active
Measured by total number of items posted
| Stacker | Items | Posts | Comments | Sats | Favorite Word |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| @grayruby | 1,451 | 67 | 1,384 | 96,457 | game |
| @Undisciplined | 1,272 | 86 | 1,186 | 84,067 | money |
| @DarthCoin | 1,207 | 55 | 1,152 | 83,479 | bitcoin |
| @0xbitcoiner | 1,018 | 274 | 744 | 116,086 | ai |
| @BlokchainB | 927 | 115 | 812 | 92,000 | sats |
Congratulations to @grayruby for being the most active stacker in October!
Highest Signal
Measured by sats per post (minimum 5)
| Stacker | Sats/Post | Post Sats | Posts | Favorite Word |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| @plebpoet | 8,374 | 75,370 | 9 | zine |
| @jasonb | 3,554 | 24,879 | 7 | bitcoin |
| @SimpleStacker | 2,405 | 40,893 | 17 | bitcoin |
| @denlillaapan | 1,557 | 43,592 | 28 | money |
| @optimism | 1,450 | 23,192 | 16 | ai |
Congratulations to @plebpoet for delivering the highest signal commentary in October!
Top Territories
Here were the top territories for the month of October:
Top Zapped
Measured by total sats earned on zaps in both posts and comments
| Stacker | Sats | Posts | Comments | Favorite Word |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ~bitcoin | 435,795 | 539 | 3,402 | bitcoin |
| ~Stacker_Sports | 300,344 | 328 | 3,741 | abs |
| ~econ | 194,226 | 215 | 1,507 | bitcoin |
| ~meta | 121,113 | 69 | 531 | october |
| ~AI | 112,359 | 268 | 678 | ai |
Congratulations to ~bitcoin territory for stacking the most sats in October, and ~Stacker_Sports for being the runner up!
Highest Signal
Measured by the highest number of sats per post (minimum 10; AMA excluded)
| Stacker | Sats/Post | Post Sats | Posts | Favorite Word |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ~builders | 1,732 | 17,316 | 10 | bitcoin |
| ~meta | 1,363 | 94,032 | 69 | october |
| ~the_stacker_muse | 1,090 | 53,427 | 49 | writing |
| ~movies | 1,039 | 81,047 | 78 | review |
| ~DIY | 1,037 | 19,703 | 19 | bitcoin |
Congratulations to ~builders territory for delivering the highest signal in October!
Hottest Discussion
Measured by the highest number of comments per new post (minimum 10; AMA excluded)
| Stacker | Comments/Post | Posts | Comments | Sats | Favorite Word |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ~AskSN | 13.7 | 66 | 903 | 64,300 | bitcoin |
| ~Stacker_Sports | 11.4 | 328 | 3,747 | 300,344 | abs |
| ~meta | 7.7 | 69 | 528 | 121,113 | october |
| ~builders | 7.5 | 10 | 75 | 19,588 | bitcoin |
| ~lightning | 7.1 | 95 | 678 | 85,059 | lightning |
Congratulations to ~AskSN territory for generating the most discussion in October!
Top Words
And finally, here were the top words for the month of October:
By Frequency
Measured by the total number of times the term appears in posts and comments
| Word | Frequency | Sats |
|---|---|---|
| abs | 7,199 | 969 |
| bitcoin | 5,720 | 34,022 |
| sats | 1,883 | 11,290 |
| ai | 1,455 | 7,857 |
| money | 1,243 | 6,505 |
| world | 1,156 | 6,432 |
| real | 950 | 4,943 |
| market | 934 | 4,570 |
| lightning | 928 | 8,629 |
| government | 900 | 3,099 |
abs continues to maintain its dominant position. Will another word ever displace the king?By Sats
Each word is allocated sats from zaps based on its relative frequency of appearance in posts and comments
| Word | Frequency | Sats |
|---|---|---|
| bitcoin | 5,720 | 34,022 |
| sats | 1,883 | 11,290 |
| lightning | 928 | 8,629 |
| ai | 1,455 | 7,857 |
| money | 1,243 | 6,505 |
| world | 1,156 | 6,432 |
| sn | 857 | 6,296 |
| wallet | 879 | 5,346 |
| game | 695 | 5,311 |
| real | 950 | 4,943 |
A very bitcoiny month, with the top 3 zapped words all being bitcoin related!
Stacker News Knowledge Graph
For this month's data sciencey stuff, I'll simply point to my previous post on the Stacker News Knowledge Graph, in case anyone missed it! It's a visualization of the largest interconnected web of Stacker News posts connected via internal links, and it looks like this:
You can also explore an interactive version here: https://www.ekung.io/sn-graph-explorer/.
One thing I didn't talk about in the previous post was the smaller interconnected webs of posts on Stacker News that aren't connected to the largest component. If we plot them out, they also make a pretty chart:
Pretty fun, huh? Data actually makes for pretty good artwork.
Anyway, hope you enjoyed this edition of Stacker News Monthly! Remember, stay humble and stack sats.
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