I reached the front page of HN too (though not #1). My rough stats were:
20-30,000 new visitors
Most were from USA, with europe and India, China behind.
Mobile users were 70-80%
I've been on top of HN and Reddit programming before as well. Though you get a boost, the traffic isnt very sticky. From those 30,000 visitors, I got maybe 20-30 email signups. And the traffic dropped in 1-2 days.
But there are long term benefits, as the link was then shared by other people on Linkedin, Chinese new sites etc, leading to indirectly new visitors over time.
20-30,000 new visitors
Most were from USA, with europe and India, China behind.
Mobile users were 70-80%
I've been on top of HN and Reddit programming before as well. Though you get a boost, the traffic isnt very sticky. From those 30,000 visitors, I got maybe 20-30 email signups. And the traffic dropped in 1-2 days.
But there are long term benefits, as the link was then shared by other people on Linkedin, Chinese new sites etc, leading to indirectly new visitors over time.