Wayback Machine: weird website review & sites like it

The Wayback Machine is the Internet Archive's time machine for websites. It stores billions of snapshots of web pages, so you can type in an address and see what it looked like on an earlier date, if it was captured.

It is the ultimate tool for web nostalgia. Look up a site from your childhood, an old homepage, or a page that has vanished, and see what remains. Some snapshots are incomplete, with missing images, which adds to the archaeology.

It is run by the Internet Archive and is free to use. It works on phones and desktops. Related: /site/internet-arcade, /category/history-time and /category/nostalgia-retro. Plan on plenty of time, since it is a genuine rabbit hole. It works on phones. You can find it at web.archive.org, and we check the link daily.

Tips for getting the most out of it

Try your old school's site.
Pick a date from the calendar.
Expect some missing images.

Questions about Wayback Machine

What is the Wayback Machine?

The Wayback Machine is the Internet Archive's service for browsing archived snapshots of websites. Plan on plenty of time, since it is a genuine rabbit hole. It works on phones. You can find it at web.archive.org, and we check the link daily.

Can the Wayback Machine show any website?

Not every site, since it can only show pages it captured. Some snapshots are incomplete. Plan on plenty of time, since it is a genuine rabbit hole. It works on phones. You can find it at web.archive.org, and we check the link daily.