About this page
This page shows every referring domain that links to kernel.org, derived from the Common Crawl hyperlink graph (release Jan-Mar 2026). Each row in the dashboard above represents a unique linking domain. Paste kernel.org or any competitor into the search box to see who links to them.
Quick stats
kernel.org has approximately 14,288 referring domains in the Jan-Mar 2026 Common Crawl release.
Common questions
How many backlinks does kernel.org have?
About 14,288 referring domains as of the Jan-Mar 2026 release. CrawlGraph counts unique linking domains, not raw URL-level backlinks - one referring domain may host many pages that link to kernel.org.
What sites link to kernel.org?
The full list is in the table above, sorted by number of hosts on the linking domain. You can also filter by TLD or export the full result set as CSV.
How fresh is this data?
This page reflects the Jan-Mar 2026 Common Crawl hyperlink-graph release. Common Crawl publishes a new graph every ~3 months; we re-index within a few days of each release.
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