Fonts Over Time: what the web is set in

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Every week we load 9,838 homepages in a real browser and record which fonts they use. Last crawl: Oct 4, 2026.

Free fonts appear in their own typeface. Grey names are commercial fonts we can’t license. System fonts use your device’s copy. Sparklines show the trend across 7621 sites we can trace back in time, dashed where estimated from web archives.

Most used body fonts

  1. 1,401 sites

  2. 659 sites−0.1 pts

  3. 417 sites

  1. 349 sites+0.1 pts

  2. 300 sites

  3. 222 sites

  4. 221 sites

  5. 203 sites

  6. 182 sites

  7. 158 sites

  1. Source Sans1.6%
  2. Lato1.4%
  3. Manrope1.4%
  4. Plus Jakarta Sans1.0%
  5. sans-serif0.9%
  6. IBM Plex Sans0.9%
  7. Proxima Nova0.8%
  8. Figtree0.8%
  9. Verdana0.8%
  10. Instrument Sans0.7%
  11. Times New Roman0.7%
  12. Satoshi0.7%
  13. Noto Sans0.7%
  14. Public Sans0.6%
Share among the 7621 sites we can trace back to 2016Dashed lines before September 2026 are estimates from web archives. Solid lines are our weekly crawl. The chart follows a fixed set of 7621 sites, not every site in the rankings.
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Rising and falling

All movers

Fonts sites are switching to and away from.

Sites that switched awaySites that switched to it

8 font switches across 9,838 sites in our crawl, Sep 25, 2026 to Oct 4, 2026.

  1. graphik Compact+22 switched to it (time.com, fortune.com). 0 switched away.

The type map

Every font

Body fonts, sized by share of homepages.

The 20 most used body fonts across 9,838 homepages, sized by share. The other 48% use less common faces.

How fonts are served

Where font files come from, and what the sites are built with.

Font source for body text
  • Self-hosted51%
  • Google Fonts32%
  • System fonts15%
  • Adobe Fonts1.8%
  • Other font CDNs0.4%

Site platform

  • Other or custom51%
  • Next.js24%
  • WordPress9.3%
  • Webflow8.6%
  • Framer3.6%
  • Nuxt1.4%
  • Shopify1.1%

Load at least one variable font
28%

Median font weight per homepage
125 KB

Distinct typefaces in use
2,755

  1. homedepot.com changed its body text from Helvetica Neue 55 Roman to Helvetica Neue

  2. homedepot.com changed its headings from Helvetica Neue 55 Roman to Helvetica Neue 75

  3. ikea.com changed its body text from Noto IKEA to Times New Roman

  4. ikea.com changed its headings from Noto IKEA to Times New Roman

  5. theverge.com changed its body text from FK Roman Standard to PolySans

  6. airtable.com changed its body text from Season Sans to Neue Haas Grotesk

  7. airtable.com changed its headings from Season Sans to Neue Haas Grotesk

  8. amazon.com changed its headings from Amazon Ember to Arial

Headings