What powers xkcd.com?
Last seen Jun 2026 · 30 technologies across 22 categories
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Top search keywords
| Keyword | Position | Est. monthly visits |
|---|---|---|
| xkcd | #1 | 22,500 |
| how to | #7 | 4,200 |
| escape speed | #2 | 1,300 |
| ballmer peak | #1 | 1,100 |
| xkcd webcomic | #1 | 1,000 |
| xkcd standards | #1 | 1,000 |
| passwords | #51 | 870 |
| passwords | #51 | 870 |
| ten thousand | #7 | 850 |
| xkcd explain | #4 | 650 |
| cartoon | #29 | 630 |
| nerd sniping | #1 | 580 |
| 30 days hath | #3 | 530 |
| history timeline | #84 | 470 |
| greek letters | #17 | 470 |
| connoisseur | #18 | 450 |
| universal naming convention | #52 | 420 |
| random number | #6 | 370 |
| rng | #66 | 350 |
| explain xkcd | #6 | 340 |
| xkcd explained | #4 | 330 |
| big spoon and little spoon | #5 | 280 |
| xkcd merchandise | #1 | 270 |
| radiation dose chart | #1 | 270 |
| radiation chart | #1 | 270 |
The site's top keywords in Google (US), with the visits each one is estimated to bring per month.
Top backlinks
Top links pointing at the site, one per source domain, strongest first. The anchor text opens the page carrying the link.
Audience
- 53% desktop
- 44% phone
- 2% tablet
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Netherlands
Australia
Austria
Countries where the site has Chrome traffic, strongest markets first.
Open Page Rank
8.66 / 10 · ranked #1,280 of all domains
13,139 referring domains · OpenPageRank
Search traffic
85,300 est. monthly organic visits (US)
52,442 keywords in Google's top 30
Core Web Vitals
| LCP | 0.9 s |
| INP | 225 ms |
| CLS | 0.05 |
| TTFB | 500 ms |
Real user p75, Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026.
Page
- CDN: Fastly
- Weight: 0.2 MB · 7 requests
- Structured data: OpenGraph, Twitter Cards
Homepage as crawled by the HTTP Archive, Jul 2026.
Subdomains
| Host | Techs |
|---|---|
| blog.xkcd.com | 15 |
| store.xkcd.com | 11 |
| what-if.xkcd.com | 7 |
| whatif.xkcd.com | 7 |
| xk3d.xkcd.com | 7 |
| 3d.xkcd.com | 6 |
| fora.xkcd.com | 6 |
| forums.xkcd.com | 6 |
| uni.xkcd.com | 6 |
| www.xkcd.com | 6 |
| xkcd.com | 6 |
| es.xkcd.com | 5 |
| m.xkcd.com | 5 |
| wiki.xkcd.com | 5 |
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