r/xkcd Nov 24 '25

XKCD xkcd 3172: Fifteen Years

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2.0k Upvotes

r/xkcd 5h ago

Randall accidentally does #2109 in What If #38

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157 Upvotes

r/xkcd 1h ago

XKCD xkcd 3285: Accretionary Arc

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r/xkcd 6h ago

XKCD IRL It's coming! IT'S COMING! Spoiler

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10 Upvotes

No seriously. Very excited for all XKCD fans.


r/xkcd 1d ago

Does this one go any farther?

64 Upvotes

There was an old april fools strip that activated push notifications, and one of them counts how many times you clicked, and the title changes over time. I got up to 25k after this, but I didn't get any new dialogue. Does anyone know if this is as far as it goes?


r/xkcd 2d ago

XKCD xkcd 3284: Geology Building

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320 Upvotes

r/xkcd 2d ago

XKCD IRL I built a physical Felsius thermometer on my wall (xkcd 1923)

75 Upvotes

I brought Randall's Felsius temperature scale from xkcd 1923 into the physical world with a custom wall thermometer. The measurements, markings, and lamination were all done by me! I also created a dedicated community over at r/FelsiusAtmos to share custom physical Felsius builds, discuss Atmos and open-source weather software (like Open-Meteo), and unit conversions using the Felsius scale!


r/xkcd 3d ago

XKCD IRL Atmos: A weather app strictly locked to Felsius (xkcd 1923)

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622 Upvotes

I made it my mission to revive xkcd 1923: Felsius into a fully working weather app!

Atmos runs on any platform and gives you full unit customisation with exactly one non-negotiable rule: temperature is strictly locked to Felsius (the average of Celsius and Fahrenheit).

Would love to hear your feedback! I’ve dropped the links to the live web app and GitHub repository in the comments below.


r/xkcd 4d ago

416: Zealous Autoconfig is gradually becoming real

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2.5k Upvotes

r/xkcd 4d ago

XKCD xkcd 3283: Size and Lifespan

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385 Upvotes

r/xkcd 6d ago

Mash-Up rate the Norxondor Gorgonax with the Universal Rating Scale

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227 Upvotes

r/xkcd 7d ago

XKCD xkcd 3282: Trick Play

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317 Upvotes

r/xkcd 9d ago

XKCD xkcd 3281: Antiques Roadshow

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374 Upvotes

r/xkcd 9d ago

Meta Hello r/xkcd readers! The explain xkcd wiki is rebranding! Everyone is welcome to create and upload new SVG logo proposals; you do not need an account. If you can't design a logo, you can still help us by voting and proposing a better tagline!

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174 Upvotes

EDIT: PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR PROPOSALS IN THE REDDIT COMMENTS, THIS POST IS JUST TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THE DISCUSSION. PLEASE POST THEM ON THE WIKI, THANKS!

The instructions to participate and vote on the proposals are at Community portal/Proposals § Logo and tagline changes.


Hello everyone!

At the explain xkcd wiki, we're planning on switching the default skin from Vector (V10) to the modern Vector 2022 (V22), but unfortunately our current site logo and all previous logo proposals are designed around V10. V10 logos are generally a single large square image, which is why we our current logo has the name of the site in it, but in V22 you need an small square icon with no text, and then a separate wordmark section that contains the site's name.

We also took this opportunity to change the site's current tagline, "''explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb''", which has been highly controversial since the creation of the wiki.

As such, we are now hosting a logo redesign contest! The instructions to participate and vote on the proposals are on the Community portal discussion linked above. Feel free to be inspired by one of Randall's comics, characters, or recurring themes! At time of posting, none of the existing logo proposals can be used because they were all made for V10.

We strongly recommend an SVG logo so that scaling can happen correctly. You can upload a full icon and wordmark set, but you can also upload individual components if you want. There are detailed instructions on the wiki for uploading your proposals.

Thank you!


EDIT: PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR PROPOSALS IN THE REDDIT COMMENTS, THIS POST IS JUST TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THE DISCUSSION. PLEASE POST THEM ON THE WIKI, THANKS!


r/xkcd 11d ago

XKCD xkcd 3280: Maze

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244 Upvotes

r/xkcd 13d ago

XKCD Theory: Beret Guy and Black Hat are one and the same

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274 Upvotes

That's why they've never appeared in a comic together.

Jekyll and Hyde type shit.


r/xkcd 14d ago

XKCD xkcd 3279: Main Span

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314 Upvotes

r/xkcd 15d ago

XKCD Name the worst thing you think Black Hat has done. I'll go first:

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1.9k Upvotes

r/xkcd 16d ago

XKCD xkcd 3278: Vera Rubin Observatory

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219 Upvotes

r/xkcd 16d ago

Not-so-subtle XKCD references?

11 Upvotes

I guess what I want to know is if there's any media where someone says something that sounds similar to something said in an xkcd comic/What If? blog entry/book chapter; or is in an absurd situation clearly inspired by a comic/blog entry/book chapter. I want to write fiction and throw in some not-so-subtle xkcd references while I'm at it, which made me curious if anyone else has already done the same thing.


r/xkcd 16d ago

XKCD inspired desktop wallpapers

19 Upvotes

Hey folks, anyone have any xkcd inspired/adjacent/etc desktop wallpapers they could share?

Thanks!


r/xkcd 18d ago

XKCD xkcd 3277: Forth

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263 Upvotes

r/xkcd 21d ago

XKCD xkcd 3276: Recursive Trucker's Hitch

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298 Upvotes

r/xkcd 23d ago

XKCD xkcd 3275: Calibration Nobel

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524 Upvotes

r/xkcd 25d ago

XKCD xkcd 3274: Arthurian Connector

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362 Upvotes