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A post on xkcd.com is cited by 30 distinct blogs to date (corpus.blog, measured 11 October 2026).

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30blogs citing

Citing blogs and links by period
Period Blogs Links
All time3031
Last 90 days34
Last 30 days11
Last 7 days00
Figures for this page
First cited5 Nov 2021
Latest citation23 Sept 2026
Words blogs link it with5
External links0
Length131 words · short
New citing blogs a weeksince Nov 2021
New citing blogs a week, since Nov 2021: 258 weeks, peak 3 a week, latest week 0

0 this week (still settling) · peak 3

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Shape: evergreen. Half of its 29 citing blogs had cited it after 1,516 days; 97% first cited it more than a year on.

Each blog counts once, in the week of its first citation. 1 blog has no dated post that cites this page: counted in the tally, not here. A blog added to the index recently can bring old first citations in at once.

Who cited it

Cited by 30 blogs across 9 subjects: technology 11, arts and culture 3, science 3, books and writing 2, life 2, society and politics 2, business and economics 1, ideas and humanities 1, sports 1, unclassified 4.

Words blogs link it with

The words blogs link this page with, by how many different blogs use them.

  • of course2 blogs
  • xkcd2 blogs
  • xkcd #25012 blogs
  • xkcd 25012 blogs
  • "of course people know what a feldspar is!"1 blog

Cited by 30 blogs in 31 posts

One row per blog, the most recently citing first. Each shows the blog's newest citing post; open a row for the others.

Blog
Newest citing post
Date
brennan.day - Queer Métis Author & Web Developer · brennan.day2 posts
Static Site Generators for Beginners

linked as “This XKCD comic”

Read at brennan.day (opens in a new tab)
23 Sept 2026
1 other post
Softcore First, Hardcore Eventually: A Ladder for the IndieWeb

linked as “we forget what is familiar to a person who isn't an expert in it”

Read at brennan.day (opens in a new tab)
20 Jul 2026
dandreamsofcoding.com1 post
Category Error

linked as “xkcd”

Read at dandreamsofcoding.com (opens in a new tab)
17 Aug 2026
outofowls.com1 post
Boris Cherny's AI Maturity Model Is Smart. It's Also Incomplete.

linked as “an XKCD comic that’s applicable”

Read at outofowls.com (opens in a new tab)
22 Jul 2026
All posts1 post
Blog about things you don't understand yet

linked as “overestimate”

Read at seangoedecke.com (opens in a new tab)
7 Jul 2026
Haskell for all1 post
Record type inference for dummies

linked as “XKCD #2501”

Read at haskellforall.com (opens in a new tab)
23 Jun 2026
Weird and Deadly Interesting – Personal blog and homepage of Ahmet Alphan Sabancı.1 post
Reading Lists Can Wait | Weekstarter 26-2026

linked as “we always overestimate”

Read at ahmetasabanci.com (opens in a new tab)
22 Jun 2026
About me — bojidar-bg.dev1 post
Great webcomics I love

linked as “of course”

Read at bojidar-bg.dev (opens in a new tab)
16 May 2026
implicit.computer1 post
The Enthusiast's Fallacy

linked as “XKCD 2501”

Read at implicit.computer (opens in a new tab)
4 May 2026
connectedplaces.online1 post
FR#160 – Everyone Wants Servers And Nobody Wants Servers

linked as “rarely”

Read at connectedplaces.online (opens in a new tab)
23 Apr 2026
acrlog.org1 post
How Can We Teach Material We Know *Too* Well?

linked as “xkcd”

Read at acrlog.org (opens in a new tab)
17 Apr 2026
Traverse Fantasy1 post
FAQ U: What's the Phallus?

linked as “that XKCD bit”

Read at traversefantasy.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)
31 Mar 2026
Blog - Games by Mason1 post
🪟 Prediction: Microsoft Is Going To Do The Funniest Thing Imaginable

linked as “non technical people aren’t going to be installing Linux on their own any time soon.”

Read at gamesbymason.com (opens in a new tab)
18 Jan 2026
beeminder.com1 post
Against Pseudovernacular Jargon

linked as “perfectly self-explanatory”

Read at beeminder.com (opens in a new tab)
6 Jan 2026
jsonwtf.org1 post
JSON WTF - Jacob Asper

linked as “Relevant XKCD”

Read at jsonwtf.org (opens in a new tab)
3 Jan 2026
Andrew Gelman1 post
A funny mismatch between the level of the course and what the instructor is doing on the blackboard

linked as “quartz cartoon”

Read at statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu (opens in a new tab)
30 Dec 2025
Eukaryote Writes Blog | Risk, research, and life as a membrane-bound organism1 post
Why people like your quick bullshit takes better than your high-effort posts

linked as “tripping over feldspars”

Read at eukaryotewritesblog.com (opens in a new tab)
28 Nov 2025
Signore Galilei – Let's Explore!1 post
Inkhaven’s turn: The best empires 600 BCE – Present Read at signoregalilei.com (opens in a new tab)
28 Nov 2025
asourdays.substack.com1 post
A Brief History of Venice, Part One

linked as “xkcd.geologists”

Read at asourdays.substack.com (opens in a new tab)
26 Nov 2025
miniver.blogspot.com1 post
Clarifying common social justice praxis

linked as “presume”

Read at miniver.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)
21 Nov 2025
the website of jyn1 post
build system tradeoffs

linked as “"of course people know what a feldspar is!"”

Read at jyn.dev (opens in a new tab)
2 Nov 2025
robcottingham.ca1 post
Your audience doesn’t know what you know. You know?

linked as “see original here”

Read at robcottingham.ca (opens in a new tab)
2 Jul 2025
Terence Eden’s Blog1 post
Book Review: The Secret World of Denisovans: The Epic Story of the Ancient Cousins to Sapiens and Neanderthals by Silvana Condemi ★★★☆☆

linked as “Average Familiarity Fallacy”

Read at shkspr.mobi (opens in a new tab)
10 Jun 2025
dcb.lu1 post
In defense of 'Just Pretty Good'

linked as “the median is much lower than you expect.”

Read at dcb.lu (opens in a new tab)
9 Mar 2025
esoterictriangle.neocities.org1 post
postrequisites

linked as “xkcd geologists”

Read at esoterictriangle.neocities.org (opens in a new tab)
23 Feb 2025
Book and Sword – felix qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas1 post
Knowing Things is Hard

linked as “XKCD 2501”

Read at bookandsword.com (opens in a new tab)
11 Jan 2025

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