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DeepSeek

35 ▼ −14% vs its own normal Cooling

Attention relative to DeepSeek's own normal activity, not absolute popularity. 50 = normal. Scored for the day through 2026-10-16.

2/3 signals

Signals

News (Hacker News)▼ −32%2 now · 3 normal
Wikipedia views▲ +7%3,161 now · 2,950 normal
Developer downloadsNot enough dataexcluded from the score

Why is it trending?

  • Likely drivers, from the signals that moved:
  • News (Hacker News) down −32% against this topic’s own baseline

History

773802026-09-192026-10-14

7-day view

Score 35 over the last 7 days against the 28 days before them (▼ −14%).

Associated coverage

Deepseek V4.1 Flash 1017 beats larger rivals in agentic tasks while once again massively cutting per-task costsThe Decoder · Oct 17DeepSeek offers user refunds after suffering another major outageSCMP · Oct 15

Stories published while attention moved. Shown as context, not as a proven cause.

How to read the score

  • 50 = normal attention for this topic
  • Above 50 = more attention than its own normal
  • Below 50 = less attention than its own normal

Attention, not quality, popularity, company value or investment potential.

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