GifCities
Shares rank 36 of 38 search engines by recommenders
Free search engine for animated GIFs archived from Geocities by the Internet Archive. Results are inconsistent and search could be better.
Free search engine for animated GIFs archived from Geocities by the Internet Archive. Results are inconsistent and search could be better.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Large archive of Geocities GIFs
“Internet Archive backed up a metric shit-ton of animated GIFs from geocities”
Comment from 30 Jul 2026 in “LLM Honeypot” Free to use
“it is very inconsistent, but it's hard to complain about free”
Comment from 19 Oct 2026 in “GifCities” Cool resource for nostalgia
“It’s a cool resource, the search could use some improvement.”
Comment from 16 Oct 2026 in “GifCities”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Inconsistent search results
“it is very inconsistent, but it's hard to complain about free”
Comment from 19 Oct 2026 in “GifCities” Search needs improvement
“It’s a cool resource, the search could use some improvement.”
Comment from 16 Oct 2026 in “GifCities” Duplicate GIFs not removed
“Would be nice if it uniquified the GIFs.”
Comment from 16 Oct 2026 in “GifCities”
Other search engines people recommend
The four most recommended other search engines, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kagi | 732 | 234 | 76% | 13 | 2 yrs106 owners | Approved |
| Google Search | 315 | 1,039 | 23% | 12 | 20 yrs25 owners | — |
| DuckDuckGo | 286 | 204 | 58% | 12 | 3.5 yrs47 owners | — |
| Hister | 81 | 9 | 90% | 9 | 2 mo17 owners | Approved |
| GifCitiesThis page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it is very inconsistent, but it's hard to complain about free”
“It’s a cool resource, the search could use some improvement.”
“Would be nice if it uniquified the GIFs.”
“Internet Archive backed up a metric shit-ton of animated GIFs from geocities”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.