Technology history for xkcd.com
Stack size over time
From 3 detected technologies in Jun 2018 to 30 in Jun 2026 (peak 31).
Currently detected
- jQuery since Jun 2018
- Varnish since Jun 2018
- Nginx since Jun 2018
- Apache HTTP Server since Aug 2018
- PHP since Aug 2018
- phpBB since Aug 2018
- Shopify since Aug 2018
- Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) since Aug 2018
- WordPress since Aug 2018
- Debian since Aug 2018
- Google Analytics since Aug 2018
- MathJax since Aug 2018
- MediaWiki since Aug 2018
- MySQL since Aug 2018
- Cloudflare since May 2019
- core-js since Sep 2021
- PayPal since Nov 2021
- PhotoShelter for Brands since Nov 2021
- WordPress.com since Nov 2021
- Google Hosted Libraries since Feb 2022
- Google Workspace since Aug 2022
- Mailgun since Aug 2022
- HSTS since Sep 2022
- HTTP/3 since Sep 2022
- Open Graph since Sep 2022
- RSS since Dec 2022
- Swiper since Oct 2023
- WordPress Block Editor since Jul 2024
- Apple Pay since Oct 2025
- Priority Hints since Oct 2025
Previously used
- Shop Pay Oct 2025 to Dec 2025 · 2 mo
- GoDaddy CoBlocks Oct 2024 to Apr 2025 · 6 mo
- Preact Apr 2025 to Apr 2025 · 1 mo
- PWA Apr 2025 to Apr 2025 · 1 mo
- Facebook Login May 2022 to Jun 2024 · 2 yrs
- Google Sign-in May 2022 to Jun 2024 · 2 yrs
- Google Font API Nov 2022 to Nov 2023 · 1 yr
- jQuery Migrate Aug 2018 to Mar 2023 · 4 yrs
- C Feb 2023 to Feb 2023 · 1 mo
- Cloudflare Network Error Logging Aug 2022 to Oct 2022 · 2 mo
- Fastly May 2022 to Aug 2022 · 3 mo
- cdnjs Nov 2021 to Apr 2022 · 5 mo
- Boomerang Jul 2021 to Jan 2022 · 6 mo
- Cart Functionality Aug 2020 to Jan 2022 · 1 yr
- Venmo Nov 2021 to Jan 2022 · 2 mo
- Automattic Mar 2020 to Oct 2021 · 1 yr
- React Aug 2018 to Oct 2021 · 3 yrs
- Wheelio Sep 2021 to Oct 2021 · 1 mo
- Facebook Jan 2019 to Aug 2020 · 1 yr
- Google Plus Jan 2019 to Aug 2020 · 1 yr
- Babel Mar 2020 to May 2020 · 2 mo
- Lodash May 2020 to May 2020 · 1 mo
- Twitter Aug 2018 to Jul 2019 · 11 mo
Timeline
2026 1 dropped
- dropped Shop Pay Feb 2026 · Payment processors
2025 3 added · 4 dropped
- added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Dec 2025 · Font scripts
- dropped Cloudflare Network Error Logging Nov 2025 · Issue trackers
- dropped GoDaddy CoBlocks Jun 2025 · WordPress plugins
- dropped Preact Jun 2025 · JavaScript libraries
- dropped PWA Jun 2025 · Miscellaneous
- added Preact Apr 2025 · JavaScript libraries
- added PWA Apr 2025 · Miscellaneous
2024 2 added · 4 dropped
- dropped Facebook Login Nov 2024 · Authentication
- dropped Google Sign-in Nov 2024 · Authentication
- added GoDaddy CoBlocks Oct 2024 · WordPress plugins
- added WordPress Block Editor Jul 2024 · Page builders
- dropped C Feb 2024 · Programming languages
- dropped Google Font API Jan 2024 · Font scripts
2023 2 added · 3 dropped
- added Swiper Oct 2023 · JavaScript libraries
- dropped Fastly May 2023 · CDN
- dropped jQuery Migrate May 2023 · JavaScript libraries
- dropped Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Apr 2023 · Font scripts
- added C Feb 2023 · Programming languages
2022 19 added · 8 dropped
- added RSS Dec 2022 · Miscellaneous
- added HSTS Sep 2022 · Security
- added HTTP/3 Sep 2022 · Miscellaneous
- added Open Graph Sep 2022 · Miscellaneous
- added Cloudflare Aug 2022 · CDN
- added Cloudflare Network Error Logging Aug 2022 · Issue trackers
- added Facebook Login Aug 2022 · Authentication
- added Google Sign-in Aug 2022 · Authentication
- added Google Workspace Aug 2022 · Email
- added jQuery Migrate Aug 2022 · JavaScript libraries
- added Mailgun Aug 2022 · Email
- added MySQL Aug 2022 · Databases
- added PhotoShelter for Brands Aug 2022 · Digital asset management
- added Shopify Aug 2022 · Ecommerce
- added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Aug 2022 · Font scripts
- added WordPress Aug 2022 · CMS
- added WordPress.com Aug 2022 · PaaS
- dropped Facebook Jul 2022 · Widgets
- dropped Google Plus Jul 2022 · Widgets
- dropped cdnjs Jun 2022 · CDN
- dropped Google Hosted Libraries Jun 2022 · CDN
- added Fastly May 2022 · CDN
- dropped Boomerang Mar 2022 · RUM
- dropped Cart Functionality Mar 2022 · Ecommerce
- dropped core-js Mar 2022 · JavaScript libraries
- dropped PayPal Mar 2022 · Payment processors
- added Google Hosted Libraries Feb 2022 · CDN
2021 8 added · 3 dropped · 3 switched
- dropped Wheelio Dec 2021 · Widgets
- added cdnjs Nov 2021 · CDN
- switched Venmo PayPal Nov 2021 · Payment processors
- added PhotoShelter for Brands Nov 2021 · Digital asset management
- added Venmo Nov 2021 · Payment processors
- switched Automattic WordPress.com Nov 2021 · PaaS
- switched React core-js Sep 2021 · JavaScript libraries
- added Wheelio Sep 2021 · Widgets
- added Boomerang Jul 2021 · RUM
- added Cart Functionality Jul 2021 · Ecommerce
- dropped Cart Functionality Jun 2021 · Ecommerce
- added jQuery Migrate Jun 2021 · JavaScript libraries
- added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Jun 2021 · Font scripts
- dropped Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Mar 2021 · Miscellaneous
2020 4 added · 3 dropped
- dropped jQuery Migrate Sep 2020 · JavaScript libraries
- added Cart Functionality Aug 2020 · Ecommerce
- dropped Babel Jul 2020 · Miscellaneous
- dropped Lodash Jul 2020 · JavaScript libraries
- added Lodash May 2020 · JavaScript libraries
- added Automattic Mar 2020 · PaaS
- added Babel Mar 2020 · Miscellaneous
2019 14 added · 1 dropped
- dropped Twitter Sep 2019 · Widgets
- added Cloudflare May 2019 · CDN
- added Apache HTTP Server Mar 2019 · Web Servers
- added Debian Mar 2019 · Operating Systems
- added jQuery Migrate Mar 2019 · JavaScript Libraries
- added MathJax Mar 2019 · JavaScript Graphics
- added MediaWiki Mar 2019 · Wikis
- added MySQL Mar 2019 · Databases
- added PHP Mar 2019 · Programming Languages
- added phpBB Mar 2019 · Message Boards
- added React Mar 2019 · JavaScript Frameworks
- added Shopify Mar 2019 · Ecommerce
- added Twitter Mar 2019 · Widgets
- added Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) Mar 2019 · Miscellaneous
- added WordPress Mar 2019 · Blogs