Font Survey
This is an ongoing project to find the most commonly used fonts/typefaces on the web. I originally posted about the initial findings and as I collect more data, I will update this as much as I see fit.
The inital data was collected in the early months of 2008 by Andrew Jaswa.
Number of Sites: 114
Number of Font-faces: 26 (including secondary fonts)
| Popular Primary Fonts | |||||||||
| Font face | Number of occurrences | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Font face | Number of occurrences | ||||||||
| Arial | 46 | ||||||||
| Verdana | 30 | ||||||||
| Lucida Grande | 10 | ||||||||
| Georgia | 9 | ||||||||
| Tahoma | 6 | ||||||||
| sans-serif | 3 | ||||||||
| Trebuchet MS | 3 | ||||||||
| Helvetica | 2 | ||||||||
| Helvetica Neue | 1 | ||||||||
| Times New Roman | 1 | ||||||||
| Calibri | 1 | ||||||||
| Universe | 1 | ||||||||
| Lucida Sans Unicode | 1 | ||||||||
Font type break down
Typefaces come in generally two types: Serif and Sans-Serif. Interesting that it isn't equal? Or is it?
| Primary Font type break down | |||||||||
| Font type | Number of occurrences | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Font type | Number of occurrences | ||||||||
| sans-serif | 104 | ||||||||
| serif | 10 | ||||||||
Raw Data
I've limited this to the first 4 fonts, if you would like to see all of them please chack out the raw data page.
| Raw data | |||||||||
| # | Site | 1st Font | 2nd Font | 3rd Font | 4th Font | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Site | 1st Font | 2nd Font | 3rd Font | 4th Font | ||||
| 1 | google.com | Arial | sans-serif | ||||||
| 2 | yahoo.com | Arial | Helvetica | Clean | sans-serif | ||||
| 3 | youtube.com | Arial | sans-serif | ||||||
| 4 | live.com | Arial | sans-serif | ||||||
| 5 | msn.com | Tahoma | sans-serif | ||||||
| 6 | nd.edu | Helvetica | Arial | sans-serif | |||||
| 7 | facebook.com | Lucida Grande | Tahoma | Verdana | Arial | ||||
| 8 | hi5.com | Verdana | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | ||||
| 9 | wikipedia.org | sans-serif | |||||||
| 10 | orkut.com | Verdana | Arial | sans-serif | |||||
| 11 | rapidshare.com | Arial | sans-serif | ||||||
| 12 | blogger.com | Trebuchet MS | Verdana | Arial | sans-serif | ||||
| 13 | microsoft.com | Tahoma | Verdana | Segoe | sans-serif | ||||
| 14 | ebay.com | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | |||||
| 15 | fotolog.com | Verdana | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | ||||
| 16 | megaupload.com | Tahoma | |||||||
| 17 | friendster.com | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | |||||
| 18 | skyrock.com | Arial | sans-serif | ||||||
| 19 | amazon.com | Verdana | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | ||||
| # | Site | 1st Font | 2nd Font | 3rd Font | 4th Font | ||||
| 20 | criagslist.com | sans-serif | |||||||
| 21 | aol.com | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | |||||
| 22 | go.com | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | |||||
| 23 | imdb.com | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | |||||
| 24 | photobucket.com | Arial | Helvetica | Verdana | sans-serif | ||||
| 25 | cnn.com | Arial | sans-serif | ||||||
| 26 | flickr.com | Arial | Helvetica | Clean | sans-serif | ||||
| 27 | comcast.com | Arial | Verdana | sans-serif | |||||
| 28 | livejournal.com | Verdana | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | ||||
| 29 | weather.com | Verdana | Geneva | Arial | Helvetica | ||||
| 30 | digg.com | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | |||||
| 31 | aim.com | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | |||||
| 32 | gamefaqs.com | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | |||||
| 33 | veoh.com | Trebuchet MS | |||||||
| 34 | nytimes.com | Georgia | serif | ||||||
| 35 | timesonline.co.uk | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | |||||
| 36 | apple.com | Lucida Grande | Geneva | Arial | Verdana | ||||
| 37 | linkedin.com | Arial | Helvetica | Nimbus Sans L | sans-serif | ||||
| 38 | about.com | Arial | |||||||
| 39 | deviantart.com | Trebuchet MS | Arial | ||||||
| # | Site | 1st Font | 2nd Font | 3rd Font | 4th Font | ||||
| 40 | wordpress.com | Lucida Grande | Verdana | Bitstream Vera Sans | Arial | ||||
| 41 | bankofamerica.com | Verdana | Geneva | Arial | Helvetica | ||||
| 42 | mapquest.com | Verdana | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | ||||
| 43 | ign.com | Tahoma | |||||||
| 44 | worldofwarcraft.com | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | |||||
| 45 | cnet.com | Verdana | Geneva | Helvetica | |||||
| 46 | bbc.co.uk | Verdana | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | ||||
| 47 | dell.com | Arial | Helvetica | ||||||
| 48 | netflix.com | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | |||||
| 49 | gamespot.com | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | |||||
| 50 | bestbuy.com | Verdana | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | ||||
| 51 | reference.com | Lucida Sans Unicode | Arial Unicode MS | Lucida Sans | Lucida Grande | ||||
| 52 | imageshack.us | Tahoma | Arial | ||||||
| 53 | mininova.org | Verdana | sans-serif | ||||||
| 54 | walmart.com | Verdana | sans-serif | ||||||
| 55 | paypal.com | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | |||||
| 56 | crunchyroll.com | Arial | |||||||
| 57 | att.com | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | |||||
| 58 | chase.com | Arial | |||||||
| 59 | stumbleupon.com | Lucida Grande | Verdana | Tahoma | Arial | ||||
| # | Site | 1st Font | 2nd Font | 3rd Font | 4th Font | ||||
| 60 | nba.com | Arial | |||||||
| 61 | target.com | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | |||||
| 62 | careerbuilder.com | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | |||||
| 63 | ask.com | Arial | sans-serif | ||||||
| 64 | aiga.org | Georgia | serif | ||||||
| 65 | alistapart.com | Verdana | sans-serif | ||||||
| 66 | underconsideration.com | Georgia | serif | ||||||
| 67 | monster.com | Verdana | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | ||||
| 68 | circuitcity.com | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | |||||
| 69 | adobe.com | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | |||||
| 70 | download.com | Verdana | Geneva | Helvetica | |||||
| 71 | digitalpoint.com | Verdana | Geneva | Lucida Sans | Lucida Grande | ||||
| 72 | usps.com | Universe | Arial | ||||||
| 73 | alexa.com | Arial | Verdana | Helvetica | sans-serif | ||||
| 74 | resiteonline.com | Verdana | |||||||
| 75 | forrent.com | Verdana | Geneva | sans-serif | |||||
| 76 | ilovetypography.com | Georgia | Times New Roman | Times | serif | ||||
| 77 | macrumors.com | Verdana | sans-serif | ||||||
| 78 | slashdot.com | sans-serif | |||||||
| 79 | meetup.com | Verdana | Helvetica | Arial | sans-serif | ||||
| # | Site | 1st Font | 2nd Font | 3rd Font | 4th Font | ||||
| 80 | uxmag.com | Verdana | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | ||||
| 81 | superherohype.com | Arial | Helvetica | ||||||
| 82 | zeldman.com | Lucida Grande | Trebuchet MS | Bitstream Vera Sans | Verdana | ||||
| 83 | jasonsantamaria.com | Georgia | Times New Roman | Times | serif | ||||
| 84 | webstandards.org | Tahoma | Verdana | Lucida Sans Unicode | Helvetica | ||||
| 85 | stuffandnonsense.co.uk | Lucida Grande | Verdana | Arial | sans-serif | ||||
| 86 | veer.com | Verdana | Helvetica | Arial | Geneva | ||||
| 87 | meyerweb.com | Arial | sans-serif | ||||||
| 88 | usaa.com | Verdana | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | ||||
| 89 | joleonsoftware.com | Georgia | Times New Roman | Times | serif | ||||
| 90 | authenticjobs.com | Georgia | serif | ||||||
| 91 | cameronmoll.com | Georgia | Palatino | Palatino Linotype | serif | ||||
| 92 | irs.gov | Arial | Verdana | sans-serif | |||||
| 93 | newsvine.com | Lucida Grande | Arial | Verdana | Helvetica | ||||
| 94 | useit.com | Verdana | Arial | Helvetica | Geneva | ||||
| 95 | w3.org | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | |||||
| 96 | presentationzen.com | Arial | sans-serif | ||||||
| 97 | codinghorror.com | Calibri | Tahoma | Arial | sans-serif | ||||
| 98 | section508.gov | Verdana | Arial | Helvetica | |||||
| 99 | boxesandarrows.com | Arial | Helvetica | Verdana | sans-serif | ||||
| # | Site | 1st Font | 2nd Font | 3rd Font | 4th Font | ||||
| 100 | ixda.com | Lucida Grande | Helvetica | Arial | Tahoma | ||||
| 101 | microformats.org | Verdana | sans-serif | ||||||
| 102 | scottklarr.com | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | |||||
| 103 | 0at.org | Lucida Grande | Verdana | sans-serif | |||||
| 104 | mingle2.com | Arial | Verdana | sans-serif | |||||
| 105 | mediatemple.net | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | |||||
| 106 | divinecaroline.com | Times New Roman | Times | serif | |||||
| 107 | gizmodo.com | Lucida Grande | Tahoma | Arial | |||||
| 108 | techcrunch.com | Verdana | Arial | sans-serif | |||||
| 109 | ironicsans.com | Georgia | Times New Roman | Times | |||||
| 110 | noblepig.com | Verdana | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | ||||
| 111 | vt.edu | Arial | Helvetica | sans-serif | |||||
| 112 | coudal.com | Verdana | Geneva | Arial | sans-serif | ||||
| 113 | jeffcroft.com | Helvetica Neue | Arial | sans-serif | |||||
| 114 | darkmotion.com | Helvetica | Arial | sans-serif | |||||