---
license: apache-2.0
language:
- en
pretty_name: Hacker News Dataset
tags:
- hacker-news
- ycombinator
---

## Dataset Schema

| field name  | type      | description                                                           |
| ----------- | --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| title       | STRING    | Story title                                                           |
| url         | STRING    | Story url                                                             |
| text        | STRING    | Story or comment text                                                 |
| dead        | BOOLEAN   | Is dead?                                                              |
| by          | STRING    | The username of the item's author.                                    |
| score       | INTEGER   | Story score                                                           |
| time        | INTEGER   | Unix time                                                             |
| timestamp   | TIMESTAMP | Timestamp for the unix time                                           |
| type        | STRING    | type of details (comment, comment_ranking, poll, story, job, pollopt) |
| id          | INTEGER   | The item's unique id.                                                 |
| parent      | INTEGER   | Parent comment ID                                                     |
| descendants | INTEGER   | Number of story or poll descendants                                   |
| ranking     | INTEGER   | Comment ranking                                                       |
| deleted     | BOOLEAN   | Is deleted?                                                           |