README badges that increased my GitHub visitor count

Dennis Lee
2 min readJul 18, 2020

If you are caught in the README hype, like me, then these are some badges that you can use.

Remember to replace USER and REPOSITORY with your GitHub name and repository.

Visitor Stats

These are badges for visitor statistics of your repository, i.e. stars, forks, watchers, followers.

Visitor Stats Badges
![GitHub stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/USER/REPOSITORY?style=social) ![GitHub forks](https://img.shields.io/github/forks/USER/REPOSITORY?style=social) ![GitHub watchers](https://img.shields.io/github/watchers/USER/REPOSITORY?style=social) ![GitHub followers](https://img.shields.io/github/followers/USER?style=social)

Code Stats

These are badges for code analysis of your repository, e.g. repo size, language count, top language, last commit.

Code Stats Badges
![GitHub repo size](https://img.shields.io/github/repo-size/USER/REPOSITORY?style=plastic) ![GitHub language count](https://img.shields.io/github/languages/count/USER/REPOSITORY?style=plastic) ![GitHub top language](https://img.shields.io/github/languages/top/USER/REPOSITORY?style=plastic) ![GitHub last commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/USER/REPOSITORY?color=red&style=plastic)

Donate Link

These are badges for donate links, e.g. kofi-com, patreon.com.

Donate Badges
<span class="badge-buymeacoffee">
<a href="https://ko-fi.com/USER" title="Donate to this project using Buy Me A Coffee"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/buy%20me%20a%20coffee-donate-yellow.svg" alt="Buy Me A Coffee donate button" /></a>
</span>
<span class="badge-patreon">
<a href="https://patreon.com/USER" title="Donate to this project using Patreon"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/patreon-donate-yellow.svg" alt="Patreon donate button" /></a>
</span>

Social Media

And last but not least, these are badges for social media, e.g. Twitter, Medium, Dev.to, and YouTube.

Social Media Badges
<p>
<a href="https://twitter.com/USER"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/twitter-%231DA1F2.svg?&style=for-the-badge&logo=twitter&logoColor=white" height=25></a>
<a href="https://medium.com/USER"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/medium-%2312100E.svg?&style=for-the-badge&logo=medium&logoColor=white" height=25></a>
<a href="https://dev.to/USER"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/DEV.TO-%230A0A0A.svg?&style=for-the-badge&logo=dev-dot-to&logoColor=white" height=25></a>
<a href="https://YouTube.com/USER"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/-YouTube-red?&style=for-the-badge&logo=youtube&logoColor=white" height=25></a>
</p>

Disclaimer: There is no guarantee that these badges will increase your GitHub visitor count.

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SOCIAL MEDIA

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Originally published at https://dev.to on July 18, 2020.

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