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---
license: cc
task_categories:
- image-to-text
language:
- en
tags:
- art
pretty_name: Explain XKCD
size_categories:
- 1K<n<10K
dataset_info:
features:
- name: number
dtype: string
- name: date
dtype: string
- name: title
dtype: string
- name: before
dtype: string
- name: image
dtype: image
- name: titletext
dtype: string
- name: transcript
dtype: string
- name: explanation
dtype: string
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num_examples: 2795
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configs:
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path: data/train-*
---
# Dataset Card for Explain XKCD
## Dataset Description
- **Homepage:** https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
- **Repository:** https://huggingface.co/datasets/dchichkov/explainxkcd
- **Paper:**
- **Leaderboard:**
- **Point of Contact:**
### Dataset Summary
An import of the Explain XKCD wiki (up to March 30, 2024), containing explanations for 2668 xkcd comics.
| Field | Type | Description |
| ------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `number` | string | The xkcd comic’s sequential number (e.g. `"3"`, `"1000"`). |
| `date` | string | Publication date of the comic, in “Month Day, Year” format (e.g. `"September 30, 2005"`). |
| `title` | string | The displayed title of the comic (e.g. `"Island (sketch)"`). |
| `before` | string | Any original or archived title/caption metadata, typically a MediaWiki-style link or HTML snippet pointing back to the source (e.g. the LiveJournal archive). |
| `image` | string | Filename of the comic image (e.g. `"island_color.jpg"`) in the images/. |
| `titletext` | string | The “alt” or tooltip text that appears when you hover over the comic on xkcd’s site. |
| `transcript` | string | A plain-text transcript of the comic panels and dialogue. |
| `explanation` | string | A detailed explanation of the joke or references in the comic, suitable for the “Explain xkcd” format. |
NOTE: original image filenames in xkcd included spaces, in this dataset these were replaced with underscores.
## Licensing Information
Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)
```text
Explain xkcd: It’s ’cause you’re dumb. (2025). Main Page. Fan-maintained wiki. Retrieved May 19, 2025, from https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
```
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License (CC BY-NC 2.5)
```text
xkcd: License Page. Retrieved Retrieved May 19, 2025, from https://xkcd.com/license.html
```
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0)
```text
This work
```
### Citation Information
```bibtex
@misc{dchichkov_explainxkcd_2025,
author = {Chichkov, Dmitry},
title = {{Explain XKCD Dataset}},
year = {2024},
howpublished = {\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/dchichkov/explainxkcd}},
note = {Fan-curated import of the Explain XKCD wiki up to March 30, 2024}
}
### Contributions
Thanks to [@dchichkov](https://github.com/dchichkov) for adding this dataset. |