Hosted Hit Counter

One image tag that counts every load of your page. Server side, so it counts everyone.

In 2026: Works. This is the pattern every free counter service used, and it is what the xbawx counters at /counter/ serve. Make your own there and paste the tag it gives you. The title attribute is what shows on hover and the alt is what a screen reader reads, which between them carry the attribution the free services all wanted in exchange.

Where it came from: The pattern used by Web-Counter, Digits and every other free counter service from 1995 onward. Wikipedia ↗

<!-- Make one at https://xbawx.com/counter/ and paste the tag it gives you -->
<center>
<font face="Verdana" size="1">You are visitor number</font><br>
<a href="https://xbawx.com/counter/" target="_blank"
   title="Get your own free counter at xbawx.com">
  <img src="https://xbawx.com/counter/3cswt32t59r8.png" border="0"
       alt="Visitor counter" title="Hit counter powered by xbawx.com">
</a><br>
<font face="Verdana" size="1">since June 1997</font>
</center>