All XKCD Comics That Have Been Explained
Here is the archive of all the xkcd comics explained by month and year posted. This is what we have so far. Click on the month to expand. All of the very early comics are listed in XKCD's archive as posted on 1-1-2006, so that is what I'm going by. I will use the hours and minutes to be sure they were in the right order.
June 2012 (11 posts )
- 06/25: Weekend (24 comments)
- 06/22: Seventies (63 comments)
- 06/20: Exoplanets (62 comments)
- 06/18: Words for Small Sets (102 comments)
- 06/15: Alphabet (72 comments)
- 06/13: Swiftkey (23 comments)
- 06/11: Pressures (37 comments)
- 06/08: Laundry (51 comments)
- 06/06: Shoes (65 comments)
- 06/04: Front Door (26 comments)
- 06/01: Kill Hitler (83 comments)
May 2012 (13 posts )
- 05/30: Budget News (28 comments)
- 05/28: EST (113 comments)
- 05/25: Crowdsourcing (36 comments)
- 05/23: Bel-Air (32 comments)
- 05/22: Old-Timers (43 comments)
- 05/18: Klout (38 comments)
- 05/16: Felidae (92 comments)
- 05/14: Kickstarter (42 comments)
- 05/11: The bacon (20 comments)
- 05/09: Ten Thousand (34 comments)
- 05/07: Every Major’s Terrible (122 comments)
- 05/05: Visited (31 comments)
- 05/02: Forgot Algebra (164 comments)
April 2012 (15 posts )
- 04/30: Bookshelf (60 comments)
- 04/27: Emotion (40 comments)
- 04/25: Approximations (168 comments)
- 04/23: Skynet (40 comments)
- 04/20: Constraints (47 comments)
- 04/18: Romney Quiz (78 comments)
- 04/16: Ablogalypse (15 comments)
- 04/13: Thanks for your support! (33 comments)
- 04/13: Never (41 comments)
- 04/11: Whites of Their Eyes (38 comments)
- 04/09: Lakes and Oceans (96 comments)
- 04/06: RuBisCO (27 comments)
- 04/04: Fountain (24 comments)
- 04/03: Umwelt – Follow Up (30 comments)
- 04/02: Umwelt (425 comments)
March 2012 (13 posts )
- 03/30: Reviews (27 comments)
- 03/28: Cadbury Eggs (37 comments)
- 03/26: Share Buttons (30 comments)
- 03/23: Formal Logic (28 comments)
- 03/21: Networking (49 comments)
- 03/19: s/keyboard/leopard (62 comments)
- 03/16: Keyed (27 comments)
- 03/14: Drawing Stars (90 comments)
- 03/12: Communication (93 comments)
- 03/09: Pickup Artist (90 comments)
- 03/07: Compare and Contrast (47 comments)
- 03/05: Tumblr (16 comments)
- 03/02: Error Code (41 comments)
February 2012 (13 posts )
- 02/29: Late-Night PBS (49 comments)
- 02/27: So It Has Come To This (30 comments)
- 02/24: Business Plan (28 comments)
- 02/22: Orion Nebula (25 comments)
- 02/20: First Post (29 comments)
- 02/17: Good Cop, Dadaist Cop (42 comments)
- 02/15: Backward in Time (23 comments)
- 02/13: Valentine Dilemma (33 comments)
- 02/10: Kerning (42 comments)
- 02/08: Car Problems (57 comments)
- 02/06: Wake Up Sheeple (36 comments)
- 02/03: Wrong Superhero (86 comments)
- 02/01: Baby Names (91 comments)
January 2012 (14 posts )
- 01/30: Etymology-Man (57 comments)
- 01/27: Sigh (29 comments)
- 01/25: Suckville (52 comments)
- 01/23: Sustainable (51 comments)
- 01/20: Sloppier Than Fiction (14 comments)
- 01/18: SOPA (38 comments)
- 01/16: Batman (32 comments)
- 01/13: Adam and Eve (77 comments)
- 01/11: Game AIs (47 comments)
- 01/09: AAAAAA (24 comments)
- 01/06: This Week’s New Explanations (3 comments)
- 01/06: 1000 Comics (57 comments)
- 01/04: Cougars (28 comments)
- 01/02: 2012 (20 comments)
December 2011 (15 posts )
- 12/30: This Week’s New Explanations (6 comments)
- 12/30: Wait Wait (27 comments)
- 12/28: Making Things Difficult (25 comments)
- 12/26: Coinstar (42 comments)
- 12/23: Advent Calendar (43 comments)
- 12/22: Help Us Help You Help Us (26 comments)
- 12/21: Brand Identity (82 comments)
- 12/19: Mnemonics (67 comments)
- 12/16: Phantom Menace (39 comments)
- 12/14: Plastic Bags (57 comments)
- 12/12: Cryogenics (48 comments)
- 12/09: Tradition (53 comments)
- 12/07: Potential (26 comments)
- 12/05: Drinking Fountains (42 comments)
- 12/02: Percentage Points (55 comments)
November 2011 (13 posts )
- 11/30: Space Launch System (76 comments)
- 11/28: Privacy (28 comments)
- 11/26: Set Theory (14 comments)
- 11/23: Porn Folder (26 comments)
- 11/21: Money Chart (99 comments)
- 11/18: Wisdom of the Ancients (62 comments)
- 11/16: Citogenesis (77 comments)
- 11/14: Map Projections (61 comments)
- 11/11: Sail (17 comments)
- 11/09: Occulting Telescope (25 comments)
- 11/07: The General Problem (24 comments)
- 11/04: MTV Generation (33 comments)
- 11/02: November (27 comments)
October 2011 (13 posts )
- 10/31: Alternative Literature (57 comments)
- 10/28: The Important Field (26 comments)
- 10/26: Delta-P (118 comments)
- 10/24: Everything (49 comments)
- 10/21: Prairie (26 comments)
- 10/19: Jet Fuel (20 comments)
- 10/17: Elements (46 comments)
- 10/14: Dorm Poster (41 comments)
- 10/12: X11 (30 comments)
- 10/10: The Corliss Resolution (15 comments)
- 10/06: Eternal Flame (35 comments)
- 10/05: Subliminal (49 comments)
- 10/03: Caroling (31 comments)
September 2011 (13 posts )
- 09/30: Hotels (18 comments)
- 09/28: Development (28 comments)
- 09/26: Sharing (26 comments)
- 09/23: Neutrinos (32 comments)
- 09/21: Chin-Up Bar (57 comments)
- 09/19: 1 to 10 (57 comments)
- 09/16: Stud Finder (53 comments)
- 09/14: Working (38 comments)
- 09/12: Mystery Solved (24 comments)
- 09/09: File Transfer (41 comments)
- 09/07: AI (16 comments)
- 09/05: Investing (47 comments)
- 09/02: Family Decals (52 comments)
August 2011 (14 posts )
- 08/31: I’m Sorry (51 comments)
- 08/29: Hurricane Names (24 comments)
- 08/26: Empirical (28 comments)
- 08/24: Juggling (33 comments)
- 08/22: Depth Perception (31 comments)
- 08/19: Oversight (19 comments)
- 08/17: Arrow (19 comments)
- 08/15: T-Cells (36 comments)
- 08/12: TornadoGuard (26 comments)
- 08/10: Password Strength (104 comments)
- 08/08: Missed Connections (22 comments)
- 08/05: Mac/PC (26 comments)
- 08/03: Tattoo (30 comments)
- 08/01: CIA (20 comments)
July 2011 (13 posts )
- 07/29: Lanes (20 comments)
- 07/27: Days Of The Week (19 comments)
- 07/25: Speculation (35 comments)
- 07/22: Mimic Octopus (30 comments)
- 07/20: Standards (23 comments)
- 07/18: Time Vulture (24 comments)
- 07/15: Cell Phones (34 comments)
- 07/13: 3D Printer (26 comments)
- 07/11: Strunk and White (14 comments)
- 07/08: Fight Club (18 comments)
- 07/06: Delivery Notification (20 comments)
- 07/04: YouTube Parties (11 comments)
- 07/01: Tween Bromance (94 comments)
June 2011 (13 posts )
- 06/29: Google+ (19 comments)
- 06/27: Hofstadter (34 comments)
- 06/24: Unpickable (34 comments)
- 06/22: Connoisseur (17 comments)
- 06/20: Ice (35 comments)
- 06/17: Core (26 comments)
- 06/15: Manual Override (26 comments)
- 06/13: Magic School Bus (17 comments)
- 06/10: Permanence (27 comments)
- 06/08: Worst-Case Shopping (20 comments)
- 06/06: The Cloud (21 comments)
- 06/03: Ages (16 comments)
- 06/01: Discovery (11 comments)
May 2011 (13 posts )
- 05/31: Homeownership (9 comments)
- 05/28: Sports (15 comments)
- 05/25: Extended Mind (141 comments)
- 05/23: Darmok and Jalad (31 comments)
- 05/20: Temperature (36 comments)
- 05/18: Religions (37 comments)
- 05/16: Number Line (115 comments)
- 05/13: Chain of Command (8 comments)
- 05/11: Elevator Inspection (13 comments)
- 05/09: Marie Curie (16 comments)
- 05/06: Teaching Physics (22 comments)
- 05/04: Progeny (20 comments)
- 05/02: 65 Years (14 comments)
April 2011 (15 posts )
- 04/29: Null Hypothesis (19 comments)
- 04/27: Movie Ages (13 comments)
- 04/25: Etymology (19 comments)
- 04/22: Turtles (41 comments)
- 04/21: Heaven Tetris Game: Created (12 comments)
- 04/20: Heaven (12 comments)
- 04/18: Future Timeline (31 comments)
- 04/15: Craigslist Apartments (78 comments)
- 04/14: A Million? A Million! (7 comments)
- 04/13: Recycling (11 comments)
- 04/11: Rogers St. (28 comments)
- 04/08: Pain Rating (16 comments)
- 04/06: Significant (33 comments)
- 04/04: Probability (22 comments)
- 04/01: Headache (22 comments)
March 2011 (13 posts )
- 03/30: Lamp (11 comments)
- 03/28: Model Rail (27 comments)
- 03/25: Beauty (8 comments)
- 03/23: Trapped (6 comments)
- 03/21: 2009 Called (5 comments)
- 03/18: Time Management (4 comments)
- 03/16: FPS Mod (17 comments)
- 03/14: Fairy Tales (21 comments)
- 03/11: Charity (16 comments)
- 03/09: Advertising (14 comments)
- 03/08: Server Attention Span (7 comments)
- 03/04: Nolan Chart (8 comments)
- 03/02: Herpetology (14 comments)
February 2011 (12 posts )
- 02/28: Compass and Straightedge (19 comments)
- 02/25: Nanobots (17 comments)
- 02/23: Flying Cars (30 comments)
- 02/21: Major In The Universe (13 comments)
- 02/18: Let Go (12 comments)
- 02/16: Wisdom Teeth (23 comments)
- 02/14: Never Do This (16 comments)
- 02/11: ( (23 comments)
- 02/09: Milk (15 comments)
- 02/07: Archimedes (22 comments)
- 02/04: Trochee Fixation (19 comments)
- 02/02: 1999 (6 comments)
January 2011 (13 posts )
- 01/31: Learning to Cook (8 comments)
- 01/28: Consecutive Vowels (21 comments)
- 01/26: Local g (23 comments)
- 01/24: Na (21 comments)
- 01/21: World According to Americans (21 comments)
- 01/19: Complex Conjugate (23 comments)
- 01/17: 3D (20 comments)
- 01/14: Stingray Nebula (8 comments)
- 01/12: Dental Nerve (16 comments)
- 01/10: Modern History (5 comments)
- 01/07: Good Code (7 comments)
- 01/05: Misconceptions (14 comments)
- 01/03: Mark (25 comments)
December 2010 (14 posts )
- 12/29: Serious (5 comments)
- 12/28: Sorry! (0 comments)
- 12/27: Explorers (14 comments)
- 12/24: Incident (9 comments)
- 12/22: Coupon Code (21 comments)
- 12/20: Sickness (13 comments)
- 12/17: Tree (8 comments)
- 12/15: Wikileaks (7 comments)
- 12/13: Convincing (5 comments)
- 12/10: Tic-Tac-Toe (31 comments)
- 12/08: Weather Radar (10 comments)
- 12/06: Genetic Analysis (7 comments)
- 12/03: Arsenic-Based Life (9 comments)
- 12/01: Positive Attitude (7 comments)
November 2010 (16 posts )
- 11/29: Business Idea (14 comments)
- 11/26: Guest Week: Zach Weiner (SMBC) (7 comments)
- 11/25: Guest Week: Jeffrey Rowland (Overcompensating) (3 comments)
- 11/25: Happy Thanksgiving (7 comments)
- 11/24: Guest Week: Bill Amend (FoxTrot) (10 comments)
- 11/23: Guest Week: David Troupes (Buttercup Festival) (7 comments)
- 11/22: Guest Week: Jeph Jacques (Questionable Content) (14 comments)
- 11/19: Five-Minute Comics: Part 3 (29 comments)
- 11/17: Five-Minute Comics: Part 2 (19 comments)
- 11/15: Five-Minute Comics: Part 1 (31 comments)
- 11/12: Illness (5 comments)
- 11/10: Mutual (28 comments)
- 11/08: Applied Math (10 comments)
- 11/05: Mu (16 comments)
- 11/03: Diode (17 comments)
- 11/01: One-Liners (10 comments)
October 2010 (13 posts )
- 10/29: Glass (24 comments)
- 10/27: Starlight (34 comments)
- 10/25: Constructive (13 comments)
- 10/22: Los Alamos (23 comments)
- 10/20: The Economic Argument (24 comments)
- 10/18: Connected (13 comments)
- 10/15: Tech Support (23 comments)
- 10/13: Paradise City (21 comments)
- 10/11: Pumpkin Carving (25 comments)
- 10/08: Airfoil (8 comments)
- 10/06: Online Communities 2 (23 comments)
- 10/04: Golden Hammer (17 comments)
- 10/01: Beautiful Dream (14 comments)
September 2010 (13 posts )
- 09/29: Stephen Hawking (23 comments)
- 09/27: Adjectives (8 comments)
- 09/24: debian-main (13 comments)
- 09/22: Bad Ex (14 comments)
- 09/20: Conditional Risk (7 comments)
- 09/17: Inside Joke (9 comments)
- 09/15: Physicists (19 comments)
- 09/13: Password Reuse (29 comments)
- 09/10: Leaving (4 comments)
- 09/08: Control (7 comments)
- 09/06: Showdown (7 comments)
- 09/03: The Carriage (6 comments)
- 09/01: Orbiter (10 comments)
August 2010 (13 posts )
- 08/30: Exoplanets (7 comments)
- 08/27: Open Mic Night (6 comments)
- 08/25: Falling Asleep (20 comments)
- 08/23: I Don’t Want Directions (13 comments)
- 08/20: Desecration (11 comments)
- 08/18: Ahead Stop (9 comments)
- 08/16: Sample (14 comments)
- 08/13: Anxiety (18 comments)
- 08/11: Scheduling (11 comments)
- 08/09: Pore Strips (14 comments)
- 08/06: Still No Sleep (17 comments)
- 08/04: Savannah Ancestry (15 comments)
- 08/02: Atheists (6 comments)
July 2010 (13 posts )
- 07/30: University Website (4 comments)
- 07/28: Frogger (16 comments)
- 07/26: Period Speech (5 comments)
- 07/23: All The Girls (1 comment)
- 07/21: War (12 comments)
- 07/19: 1996 (10 comments)
- 07/16: Temper (20 comments)
- 07/14: Green Flash (5 comments)
- 07/12: Dilution (11 comments)
- 07/09: One Two (10 comments)
- 07/07: Workaround (8 comments)
- 07/05: Analogies (6 comments)
- 07/02: DFS (5 comments)
June 2010 (13 posts )
- 06/30: Moria (7 comments)
- 06/28: 3×9 (5 comments)
- 06/25: Raptor Fences (2 comments)
- 06/23: Toot (5 comments)
- 06/21: Public Opinion (5 comments)
- 06/18: Interdisciplinary (5 comments)
- 06/16: Dependencies (14 comments)
- 06/14: Southern Half (11 comments)
- 06/11: Phobia (22 comments)
- 06/09: Swimsuit Issue (2 comments)
- 06/07: Book Burning (8 comments)
- 06/04: Study (6 comments)
- 06/02: Worst-Case Scenario (3 comments)
May 2010 (13 posts )
- 05/31: Geeks and Nerds (9 comments)
- 05/28: Birth (3 comments)
- 05/26: Dyslexics (13 comments)
- 05/24: Walkthrough (0 comments)
- 05/21: Infrastructures (6 comments)
- 05/19: Campfire (9 comments)
- 05/17: Blogging (8 comments)
- 05/14: The Tell-Tale Beat (8 comments)
- 05/12: Malamanteau (15 comments)
- 05/10: Incision (1 comment)
- 05/07: Yogurt (5 comments)
- 05/05: Cemetery (7 comments)
- 05/03: Floor (11 comments)
April 2010 (13 posts )
- 04/30: Outbreak (1 comment)
- 04/28: Eagle (12 comments)
- 04/26: HDTV (14 comments)
- 04/23: Desert Island (10 comments)
- 04/21: Circuit Diagram (51 comments)
- 04/19: Laser Pointer (5 comments)
- 04/16: iPad (0 comments)
- 04/14: Trade Expert (5 comments)
- 04/12: Seat Selection (4 comments)
- 04/09: Literally (2 comments)
- 04/07: Hell (5 comments)
- 04/05: Seismic Waves (0 comments)
- 04/02: Computer Problems (2 comments)
March 2010 (14 posts )
- 03/31: Flatland (29 comments)
- 03/29: Recipes (4 comments)
- 03/26: Brain Worms (2 comments)
- 03/24: The Flake Equation (12 comments)
- 03/22: Furtive (8 comments)
- 03/19: Time Machine (6 comments)
- 03/17: Numbers (6 comments)
- 03/15: Porn For Women (5 comments)
- 03/12: GeoIP (2 comments)
- 03/10: Single Ladies (10 comments)
- 03/08: Seismograph (7 comments)
- 03/05: Collatz Conjecture (14 comments)
- 03/03: I Am (16 comments)
- 03/01: Sex Dice (3 comments)
February 2010 (13 posts )
- 02/26: Joshing (3 comments)
- 02/24: Freedom (2 comments)
- 02/22: Devotion To Duty (2 comments)
- 02/19: Principle of Explosion (5 comments)
- 02/17: Honor Societies (9 comments)
- 02/16: Off Topic: Display Problems (30 comments)
- 02/15: Snow Tracking (14 comments)
- 02/12: Science Valentine (1 comment)
- 02/10: Complexion (0 comments)
- 02/09: Trimester (2 comments)
- 02/05: You Hang Up First (3 comments)
- 02/03: Tensile vs. Shear Strength (9 comments)
- 02/01: Strip Games (7 comments)
January 2010 (13 posts )
- 01/29: Spirit (7 comments)
- 01/27: Retro Virus (3 comments)
- 01/25: Children’s Fantasy (4 comments)
- 01/22: Dirty Harry (3 comments)
- 01/20: MicroSD (5 comments)
- 01/18: Semicontrolled Demolition (1 comment)
- 01/15: FIRST Design (6 comments)
- 01/13: Self-Description (14 comments)
- 01/11: Dimensional Analysis (6 comments)
- 01/08: Admin Mourning (5 comments)
- 01/06: G-Spot (8 comments)
- 01/04: We Get It (0 comments)
- 01/01: Science Montage (2 comments)
December 2009 (13 posts )
- 12/30: Force (4 comments)
- 12/28: Gravity Wells (4 comments)
- 12/25: December 25th (1 comment)
- 12/23: Christmas Plans (3 comments)
- 12/21: Researcher Translation (2 comments)
- 12/18: Asshole (7 comments)
- 12/16: Abstraction (0 comments)
- 12/14: Revolutionary (1 comment)
- 12/11: Natural Parenting (1 comment)
- 12/09: The Sun (7 comments)
- 12/07: Suggestions (2 comments)
- 12/04: Stephen and Me (2 comments)
- 12/02: Spinal Tap Amps (1 comment)
November 2009 (13 posts )
- 11/30: Experiment (6 comments)
- 11/27: Pandora (7 comments)
- 11/25: SkiFree (5 comments)
- 11/23: Silent Hammer (0 comments)
- 11/20: Prudence (3 comments)
- 11/18: Academia vs Business (23 comments)
- 11/16: Sagan-Man (6 comments)
- 11/13: iPhone or Droid (5 comments)
- 11/11: Two-Party System (5 comments)
- 11/09: Sympathy (8 comments)
- 11/06: Lego (12 comments)
- 11/04: Orbitals (6 comments)
- 11/02: Movie Narrative Charts (5 comments)
October 2009 (13 posts )
- 10/30: October 30th (5 comments)
- 10/28: Climbing (4 comments)
- 10/26: Nachos (4 comments)
- 10/23: So Bad It’s Worse (2 comments)
- 10/21: More Accurate (6 comments)
- 10/19: Bag Check (5 comments)
- 10/16: Nowhere (2 comments)
- 10/14: Static (13 comments)
- 10/12: Fall Foliage (3 comments)
- 10/09: Scary (5 comments)
- 10/07: Conversations (5 comments)
- 10/05: Reverse Polish Sausage (10 comments)
- 10/02: Surgery (0 comments)
September 2009 (13 posts )
- 09/30: Ohm (0 comments)
- 09/28: Creepy (3 comments)
- 09/25: Free (3 comments)
- 09/23: Tornado Hunter (1 comment)
- 09/21: Lincoln-Douglas (5 comments)
- 09/18: The Search (4 comments)
- 09/16: Scribblenauts (20 comments)
- 09/14: Brontosaurus (2 comments)
- 09/11: Locke and Demosthenes (3 comments)
- 09/09: Date (8 comments)
- 09/07: Blockbuster Mining (9 comments)
- 09/04: Suspicion (6 comments)
- 09/02: Anatomy Text (6 comments)
August 2009 (13 posts )
- 08/31: Time Travel (12 comments)
- 08/28: Skins (4 comments)
- 08/26: Psychic (7 comments)
- 08/24: Tech Support Cheat Sheet (5 comments)
- 08/21: Newton and Leibniz (7 comments)
- 08/19: Collections (6 comments)
- 08/17: Branding (3 comments)
- 08/14: Oregon (2 comments)
- 08/12: Haiku Proof (2 comments)
- 08/10: Superlative (2 comments)
- 08/07: Wings (6 comments)
- 08/05: Supported Features (5 comments)
- 08/03: Asteriod (4 comments)
July 2009 (10 posts )
- 07/31: Understocked (6 comments)
- 07/29: Lease (6 comments)
- 07/26: Avoidance (1 comment)
- 07/24: Woodpecker (4 comments)
- 07/22: Threesome (2 comments)
- 07/20: Estimation (2 comments)
- 07/17: Disaster Voyeurism (1 comment)
- 07/15: Sheeple (6 comments)
- 07/08: 2038 (7 comments)
- 07/03: Extrapolating (6 comments)
October 2008 (2 posts )
- 10/08: I Am Not A Ninja (4 comments)
- 10/01: Fiction Rule of Thumb (7 comments)
September 2008 (4 posts )
- 09/26: Listen to Yourself (6 comments)
- 09/22: Tones (2 comments)
- 09/19: The Staple Madness (10 comments)
- 09/15: One-Sided (7 comments)
September 2007 (1 post )
- 09/10: Dating Pool (2 comments)
February 2007 (1 post )
- 02/26: Resonance (1 comment)
September 2006 (3 posts )
- 09/22: Accident (2 comments)
- 09/20: Boombox (6 comments)
- 09/18: Six Months (1 comment)
May 2006 (1 post )
- 05/19: Find You (4 comments)
April 2006 (4 posts )
- 04/19: Pwned (3 comments)
- 04/12: Escher Bracelet (3 comments)
- 04/10: Velociraptors (2 comments)
- 04/05: Paths (7 comments)
March 2006 (3 posts )
- 03/22: Iambic Pentameter (8 comments)
- 03/10: Su Doku (10 comments)
- 03/01: Guitar Hero (4 comments)
February 2006 (1 post )
- 02/27: Pillow Talk (3 comments)
January 2006 (5 posts )
- 01/30: The Cure (2 comments)
- 01/01: Kepler (4 comments)
- 01/01: George Clinton (0 comments)
- 01/01: Snapple (4 comments)
- 01/01: Poisson (4 comments)