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java-man
or perhaps more and more people use adblocks?
pathartl
I don't think it's that. I can only speak from my experience, but it seems like web comics have been replaced more by memes and I see a lot less of them, especially XKCD.
gmuslera
The comic #2094 could be based on that graph.
KindOne
That comic does not exist?
newen
Squiggly line plots get old after a while. No narrative plot probably means, like me, people don't stick around after the novelty wears off.
ouid
I don't see how searches for xkcd being in decline necessarily means that xkcd itself is.
cavalcanti
Exactly, most browsers nowadays will autosuggest the full domain if you give "xkcd" as input.

If we use the same criteria, google itself is at its hugest decline.

ouid
I just type x and then hit enter.
donalhunt
"An improvement to our data collection system was applied from 1/1/16"

Coincidence??

And yes... the decline started well before that!!

HocusLocus
That's strange... the graph directly corresponds with the rising popularity of DuckDuckGo.