Get featured in HackerNoon
Technology stories for engineers and founders
We write a custom feature about you and manage the placement. You approve every word before it goes live.
- You approve every word
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How do I get featured in HackerNoon?
We develop your story, write the feature to editorial standard, and manage the placement. You approve every word before anything goes live.
About HackerNoon
HackerNoon is a technology publishing platform built for technologists to read, write and publish, with more than 50,000 contributing writers and more than four million monthly readers, according to its About page.
Why a feature here matters
Every story is reviewed by a human editor before publication, and the readership is technical, so a well-argued piece reaches people who build and buy technology.
Best for: Software engineers, AI and ML practitioners, cybersecurity specialists, Web3 builders, tech founders and technical leaders.
How coverage happens at HackerNoon
There are two ways in. The first is to write and submit the story yourself. You create a HackerNoon account, write in its editor, add the image, description, TL;DR and tags it asks for, and submit the story for review. This is free, but it takes time to learn the guidelines, a human editor decides whether it runs, and the help centre lists many reasons stories are turned down. The second is to work with DNA. We develop the technical angle with you, write the story to HackerNoon's editorial and backlink guidelines, manage the placement through its review, and send you the draft first. Nothing goes live until you have approved every word.
The kind of story that lands
HackerNoon files stories under Software Engineering, AI and ML, Business, General Tech, Cybersecurity and Web3, and requires every story to connect to technology. The pieces that suit it teach something specific: how a team rebuilt a slow service, what a security incident revealed, how a startup put a machine learning model into production, or what founders learned scaling a developer tool. A business story still needs a clear technology thread. Pure announcements, unsupported top-ten lists and link-heavy articles do not, and any stake you have in the subject must be disclosed at the start. Clear structure and a strong conclusion matter as much as the topic.
How to Get Featured in HackerNoon
What HackerNoon is
HackerNoon describes itself as built for technologists to read, write and publish. Its About page cites more than 50,000 contributing writers and more than four million monthly readers, and says writers get the support of a team of human editors who review, improve, publish and distribute their words. If you want to get featured in HackerNoon, you can write and submit a story yourself through its editor, or work with DNA to develop the piece, write it to HackerNoon's guidelines and manage the placement for you.
Either way, the story goes through HackerNoon's editorial review. The site says every story is reviewed by a human editor before it is published, so the work is in making the piece good enough to pass that review.
What HackerNoon covers
HackerNoon groups its stories into six top-level categories: Software Engineering, AI and ML, Business, General Tech, Cybersecurity and Web3. Its help centre says stories must be at least tangentially related to technology, with the main thesis connected to tech. So a story filed under Business still needs a clear technology thread running through it.
How to submit an article to HackerNoon
The publish page sets out the steps. You need a HackerNoon account first. Once logged in, you use the Write button in the top navigation to open the editor, where you can write or upload a story. To submit, open Story Settings and choose Submit Story for Review. Before you do, the page asks you to add:
- a featured image
- a meta description and a TL;DR
- up to eight tags
- story indicators, plus an optional note for the editors
Submissions go into a shared pool that any member of the editorial team can pick up. According to the help centre, you then receive one of two emails: one saying the story has been published, or one with feedback on your submission, which you can act on and resubmit. HackerNoon publishes a median review time in its help centre and asks writers who have not heard back within it to use its contact form and choose the My Story is Not Reviewed option.
HackerNoon write for us: who can contribute
HackerNoon has no separate write-for-us form. Its help centre says anyone can submit a story, and the publish page is the route for individual writers. You keep ownership of your content and, according to the publish page, can remove it at any time. Republished work is allowed if you give the original URL in the First Seen At field; without it, the help centre treats the story as plagiarism.
What makes a strong piece for HackerNoon
The help centre's list of rejection reasons is the clearest brief. Stories are turned down for being off-topic, poorly structured, partial rather than complete, plagiarised, or for misusing links. Headlines must not be misleading and should run between 60 and 100 characters. A relevant, credited image should sit below the headline, the opening paragraph should summarise the whole piece, and the conclusion should be crisp. Any financial or personal stake in the subject has to be disclosed up front.
Links are tightly controlled. The backlinks guideline allows one link to your own site per 500 words and asks for two or three links to other reputable sources for every link to your own blog. Changing or adding promotional links after publication is grounds for a permanent ban.
The pieces that pass tend to teach something: an engineering lesson from a real build, an analysis of a security problem, practical AI or ML work with data behind it. If your story is about company culture or leadership rather than technology, a business title such as Fast Company may be the better target.
How the process works with DNA
We start by finding the technical angle in your work that HackerNoon readers will value. We then write the story to the site's guidelines, with disclosure, links and headline handled to its rules, and send you the draft. You approve every word before it goes live, and we manage the placement through HackerNoon's review.
How long it takes
Plan for weeks rather than days. Developing the angle, agreeing the draft and working through editor feedback all take time, and we do not promise a publication date or an outcome.
How we get you in HackerNoon
Questions about HackerNoon
Is the HackerNoon coverage a real, published feature?
Yes. It is a genuine article published on the outlet, written about you and your work — not an ad you design yourself.
How long does it take?
Most placements take weeks rather than days. We give you a realistic timeline for HackerNoon before we start, and never promise a date we cannot control.
What if I am not happy with the draft?
You review and revise until it is right. Nothing publishes without your approval.
How do I submit an article to HackerNoon?
Create an account, write or upload your story in the HackerNoon editor, add a featured image, meta description, TL;DR and tags in Story Settings, then choose Submit Story for Review. A human editor reviews it before anything is published.
Does HackerNoon accept write-for-us submissions?
Yes. Its help centre says anyone can submit a story, and there is no separate write-for-us form. Stories must relate to technology and follow its editorial and backlink guidelines.
Can I republish my blog post on HackerNoon?
Yes, if you enter the original URL in the First Seen At field. The help centre says republished work without that attribution is treated as plagiarism.