HackerNoon Decoded 2024: Celebrating Our Data Science Community!

Welcome to HackerNoon Decoded: Data Science Edition—the ultimate recap of the stories, writers, and trends that defined your 2024!

In Data Science, You Found Patterns No One Else Could See

You don’t need to be neurospicy to enjoy a good dataset. You just have to be you 😉

If this was your top tech category, you’re part of the 2.94% of readers who know that data science isn’t just about crunching numbers—it’s about uncovering the secrets of the universe (or at least your user metrics).

Most Read Data Science Stories

Here are the top 10 Data Science stories that totally took over 2024:

1. Outlier Detection: What You Need to Know Natalia by Natalia Ogneva
2. QA Checks for Big Datasets With Deequ & Statistical Methods by Akshay Jain
3. Data Science for Portfolio Optimization: Markowitz Mean-Variance Theory by Andrey Kustarev
4. Dealing with Missing Data in Financial Time Series - Recipes and Pitfalls by Vladimir Kirilin
5. Google Analytics 4 (GA4) for Beginners—Part 1: Data Collection, Processing, and Account Structure by Asher
6. Leveraging Data Granularity, Distribution, and Modeling for Effective Product Management by Gevorg Kazaryan
7. Unlocking the Power of Data Lakes for Embedded Analytics in Multi-Tenant SaaS by Qrvey
8. How to Specify Data Format in Excel with Python by Luca Liu
9. Scaling Ethereum: Data Bloat, Data Availability, and the Cloudless Solution by Logos
10. Beyond the Hype: How Data Annotation Powers Generative AI by Indium

Top 10 Data Science Readers

These readers couldn't get enough of Data Science content:

1. Lior Barak
2. Varun Nakra
3. Natalia Anufrieva
4. Nuruddeen Sambo
5. Karolis Didziulis
6. @shadix0815
7. Linda Quinn
8. @hacker-cm4ubmcw10001bz0f1jbohpp4
9. Madiha Khalid
10. Matias

Top 10 Data Science Writers

These prolific writers shaped our content landscape:

1. Configuring
2. Interoperability
3. Learn Repo
4. Alex Merced
5. Anchoring
6. Lior Barak
7. EScholar
8. Netizenship
9. Computational Technology
10. Tech Media Bias

Take advantage of this recap and catch up on some of the most-read stories, subscribe to your favorite writers, or start writing yourself— try this writing template. You too could make this list by next year!

Thank You, Hacker!

We want to take a moment to thank you for your continued support and for choosing HackerNoon as your go-to platform for all things tech. Your engagement, feedback, and passion for sharing knowledge have helped make HackerNoon what it is today. We're grateful to have you as part of this incredible community, and we can’t wait to see what you’ll achieve with us in 2025 and beyond!

Happy HackerNoon Decoded!