Monday 06:00 UTC is the sweet spot: 0.93 opportunity score from 292 points per story on modest volume

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Create heatmap please, with weekday and hour

All 168 weekday-by-hour cells of Hacker News story submissions from 2025-01-01 to 2026-09-02 — 769,222 stories in total. Colour is the opportunity score: an equal-weight blend of fewer submissions and higher eventual net points per front-page-caliber story (final score ≥ 30), min-max normalized across cells.

Monday 06:00–06:59 UTC wins on balance: score 0.9312, only 3,084 submissions yet 292.00 net points per qualifying story — the highest yield of any cell. play.clickhouse.com

Saturday 07:00–07:59 UTC is the low-traffic alternative: 2,574 submissions and 224.65 points per story (score 0.7503). play.clickhouse.com

The crowd peaks Tuesday 15:00 UTC with 9,405 submissions — the busiest cell, yet its opportunity score is a middling 0.4206. play.clickhouse.com

The worst cell is Wednesday 13:00 UTC (score 0.3122): heavy volume of 8,018 submissions with an unremarkable 203.82 points per story. play.clickhouse.com

Top 12 cells by opportunity score

Weekday	Hour (UTC)	Score	Submissions	Pts/story	Qualifying	Net points	Source
Monday	06:00–07:00 UTC	0.9312	3,084	292.0	215	62,780	play.clickhouse.com
Saturday	10:00–11:00 UTC	0.7581	2,943	234.96	254	59,679	play.clickhouse.com
Thursday	01:00–02:00 UTC	0.7572	3,049	236.94	296	70,133	play.clickhouse.com
Saturday	07:00–08:00 UTC	0.7503	2,574	224.65	213	47,850	play.clickhouse.com
Monday	04:00–05:00 UTC	0.7497	2,393	220.62	216	47,654	play.clickhouse.com
Wednesday	04:00–05:00 UTC	0.7464	2,792	228.09	183	41,740	play.clickhouse.com
Monday	01:00–02:00 UTC	0.7433	2,659	224.27	255	57,189	play.clickhouse.com
Thursday	00:00–01:00 UTC	0.7249	3,423	234.81	357	83,828	play.clickhouse.com
Saturday	06:00–07:00 UTC	0.7132	2,303	207.3	233	48,301	play.clickhouse.com
Sunday	22:00–23:00 UTC	0.712	3,490	232.21	425	98,690	play.clickhouse.com
Monday	10:00–11:00 UTC	0.7116	4,185	246.87	342	84,431	play.clickhouse.com
Sunday	11:00–12:00 UTC	0.7106	3,621	234.55	423	99,216	play.clickhouse.com

Hacker News stories submitted 2025-01-01 through 2026-09-02, grouped into 168 weekday × UTC-hour cells; comments excluded. Opportunity score equally weights lower submission volume and higher net points per qualifying story (final score ≥ 30 as a retrospective front-page-caliber proxy) after min-max normalization across the 168 cells; net points subtract the initial submission point. Cells are grouped by submission time, not vote time, and do not establish exact historical front-page membership. Table shows the top 12 of 168 cells; the heatmap shows all.

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