End 2024 on a High Note: The Top Writing Tips and Templates You Need

As we welcome 2025, let's take a moment to celebrate the incredible stories that fueled our hacker minds in 2024! We've compiled a roundup of the most-used writing templates and tips that helped you refine your writing techniques. Let’s recap the key lessons from 2024 that we’ll carry into 2025.

In 2024, HackerNoon featured several articles that resonated with readers, offering valuable insights for writers. Here are some of the most-read stories:

1. Learn How To Backlink Like a Pro From The HackerNoon Editors
Learn to boost your SEO by selecting relevant keywords, ensuring quality backlinks, and maintaining diversity. This helps increase your content's authority and visibility.

2. How to Use HackerNoon Polls to Your Advantage 🤔
Leverage HackerNoon’s polls to understand reader sentiment, generate relevant ideas, and enhance engagement with your audience.

3. From Not to Hot 🔥7 Practices to Land a Trending Story
Adopt strategies like staying updated on trends, using data-driven insights, and offering clear, actionable advice to increase your content’s chances of trending.

4. Publishing Interviews on HackerNoon? Here's What You Need to Know!
Follow essential guidelines for publishing interviews, including obtaining interviewee consent and adhering to HackerNoon’s platform standards.

5. Find Your Next Article Idea on HackerNoon💡

Get inspiration by browsing social media, reading news, exploring others' work, and using HackerNoon templates to generate fresh content ideas.

6. How HackerNoon Feels About AI Generated Content (Hint: 👎🏽)
While AI-generated content is allowed in certain contexts, HackerNoon prioritizes human-authored content and encourages transparency in AI use.

7. 3 Tips on How to Use AI in Your Writing From HackerNoon Editors
Integrate AI to enhance creativity, identify content gaps, and improve grammar, while ensuring your voice remains authentic in the final piece.

8. Why Content Calendars Are Non-Negotiable
Stay organized and consistent by using content calendars to plan, categorize, schedule, and track your content for timely distribution.

9. Why Looks Matter More Than You Think: A Guide to The HackerNoon Editor 3.0
Learn how to use HackerNoon Editor 3.0 to improve article formatting, readability, and overall presentation, increasing reader engagement.

It’s possible to become a trending writer using HackerNoon templates. Here are the top 10 most popular templates of 2024, along with stories that utilized them to achieve record-breaking readership:

1. Write Your First HackerNoon Top Story

Most-read story: Causal Impact Analysis as an Alternative to A/B Testing

2. Tech Company News in Context

Most-read story: Digital Transformation Success Stories in Mezzanine Lending

3. Every «Insert Profession» Should Know About This!
Most-read story: Building Hyper-Personalized Customer Experience in Digital: Time to Take Things Personally?

4. Women in Tech Interview

Most-read story: Elena Shabanova, Senior Product Designer at PolyAI: Women in Tech Interview

5. 10 Questions for Every Startup Founder
Most-read story: Tech Behind Luxury Fashion Marketplaces is 10 Years Behind, Says The List Founder Andreas Skorski

6. Describe Your Life Hacks

Most-read story: The Last-Mile Delivery Revolution: What’s Next on the Horizon?

7. Meet the Writer
Most-read story: Meet the Writer: HackerNoon's Contributor Konstantin Malkov - Product Manager

8. Keeping Yourself Safe in Cyberspace

Most-read story: Riches to Wretchedness: The Fall of Alexandre Cazes and the Resurrection of AlphaBay

9. Writer v. Blank Page
Most-read story: Building a Unicorn: The inDrive Tech Journey from Local Startup to Global Phenomenon

10. General Interview

Most-read story: The Cybersecurity Battle Has Come to Hardware

You’ve all worked incredibly hard to create the amazing stories that have graced our homepage and tag pages in 2024. We've seen record-breaking readership, writers who barely put their keyboards down, and readers who made HackerNoon their personal TBR list—and so much more. You all deserve a huge shout-out, and you’ll get just that! Keep an eye on HackerNoon and your inbox for a special treat around the turn of the year.

Until next time,
HackerNoon Team