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Library of Juggling

Shares rank 10 of 18 reference websites by recommenders

Recommended for its animated, step-by-step juggling trick instructions, which help learners work up to harder tricks. The main caveat is the lack of hyperlinks.

Recommended for its animated, step-by-step juggling trick instructions, which help learners work up to harder tricks. The main caveat is the lack of hyperlinks.

8 people gave an opinion

recommend it
7
criticize it
1
approval share
88%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 3 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: not recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: not recommended
  9. July 2026: recommended
  10. August 2026: not recommended
  11. September 2026: not recommended
  12. October 2026: not recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.

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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

  • Animated step-by-step trick instructions

    “having such a listing with animations and step-by-step instructions is very valuable”

    Comment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Library of Juggling”

    “All tricks sorted by difficulty with animations.”

    Comment from 22 Jul 2026 in “Why Do You Suck at Juggling?”
  • Useful for learning juggling

    “I remember happily going through these each day after school until I could do everything.”

    Comment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Library of Juggling”

    “having such a listing with animations and step-by-step instructions is very valuable”

    Comment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Library of Juggling”

What people warn about

Each mark is one comment

  • Lacks hyperlinks

    “The website is great, but I find the lack of hyperlinks maddening.”

    Comment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Library of Juggling”

Other reference websites people recommend

The four most recommended other reference websites, 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.

Library of Juggling compared with 4 alternatives
ProductRecommendCriticizeApprovalMonthsOwnedBadge
Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info490100%619 yrs4 ownersApproved
Animated Knots by Grog14193%2——
Ian's Shoelace Site10191%4—Approved
OEIS9190%6——
Library of JugglingThis page7188%3——
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What people said

All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“All tricks sorted by difficulty with animations.”

RecommendsComment from 22 Jul 2026 in “Why Do You Suck at Juggling?”

“I'm very amazed by this site linked in the Wikipedia”

RecommendsComment from 12 Apr 2026 in “Most people can't juggle one ball”

“great to stumble across it”

RecommendsComment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Library of Juggling”

“I remember happily going through these each day after school until I could do everything.”

RecommendsComment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Library of Juggling”

“If wikipedia were like this it would be unusable.”

CriticizesComment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Library of Juggling”

“What a great website aesthetic, takes me way back to when the Internet felt a lot smaller.”

RecommendsComment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Library of Juggling”

“The website is great, but I find the lack of hyperlinks maddening.”

MixedComment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Library of Juggling”

“having such a listing with animations and step-by-step instructions is very valuable”

MixedComment from 2 Feb 2026 in “Library of Juggling”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.