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Universities

Research universities and colleges.

215 sites. 4.4% blocked our crawler this week.

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  1. 10%22 sites−0.1 pts
  2. 9.8%21 sites−0.1 pts
  3. 7.0%15 sites−0.1 pts
  1. 10 sites+0.4 pts
  2. 8 sites+0.4 pts
  3. 6 sites
  1. Times New Roman2.3%
  2. Helvetica1.9%
  3. Barlow1.4%
  4. Franklin Gothic Urw1.4%
  5. Freight Sans Pro1.4%
  6. Libre Franklin1.4%
  7. Work Sans1.4%
  8. DM Sans0.9%
  9. Helvetica Neue0.9%
  10. Indivisible0.9%
Share among the 227 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 227 sites, not every site in the rankings.
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PeriodSourceRobotoOpen SansSource SansInterArialProxima Nova
2016 Q1Web archive estimate, 1072 sites2.3%14%1.5%0.0%28%4.5%
2016 Q2Web archive estimate, 1810 sites3.0%11%3.5%0.0%21%5.0%
2016 Q3Web archive estimate, 186 sites4.7%13%0.0%0.0%17%3.1%
2016 Q4Web archive estimate, 584 sites––––––
2017 Q1Web archive estimate, 492 sites––––––
2017 Q2Web archive estimate, 1682 sites4.6%15%3.4%0.0%19%5.1%
2017 Q3Web archive estimate, 629 sites5.9%0.0%5.9%0.0%18%2.9%
2017 Q4Web archive estimate, 467 sites––––––
2018 Q1Web archive estimate, 451 sites––––––
2018 Q2Web archive estimate, 1970 sites5.2%15%4.2%0.0%14%5.7%
2018 Q3Web archive estimate, 2233 sites5.5%12%5.5%0.0%13%5.9%
2018 Q4Web archive estimate, 1376 sites6.1%15%4.9%0.0%9.7%6.1%
2019 Q1Web archive estimate, 2256 sites6.0%13%6.0%0.0%10%6.0%
2019 Q2Web archive estimate, 2857 sites6.1%13%4.7%0.0%10%6.8%
2019 Q3Web archive estimate, 2064 sites6.3%13%3.6%0.0%11%4.5%
2019 Q4Web archive estimate, 2297 sites6.6%11%4.7%0.0%10%4.7%
2020 Q1Web archive estimate, 2273 sites3.3%12%5.4%0.0%9.8%4.3%
2020 Q2Web archive estimate, 1919 sites2.9%12%7.3%0.0%13%2.9%
2020 Q3Web archive estimate, 1530 sites2.8%11%2.8%0.0%19%0.0%
2020 Q4Web archive estimate, 1473 sites3.3%13%3.3%0.0%13%0.0%
2021 Q1Web archive estimate, 1634 sites9.1%6.1%3.0%0.0%9.1%0.0%
2021 Q2Web archive estimate, 1333 sites––––––
2021 Q3Web archive estimate, 2057 sites––––––
2021 Q4Web archive estimate, 1750 sites––––––
2022 Q1Web archive estimate, 2101 sites––––––
2022 Q2Web archive estimate, 2374 sites––––––
2022 Q3Web archive estimate, 1592 sites––––––
2022 Q4Web archive estimate, 1090 sites––––––
2023 Q1Web archive estimate, 1734 sites––––––
2023 Q2Web archive estimate, 1631 sites––––––
2023 Q3Web archive estimate, 2019 sites––––––
2023 Q4Web archive estimate, 2074 sites––––––
2024 Q1Web archive estimate, 1743 sites––––––
2024 Q2Web archive estimate, 1201 sites––––––
2024 Q3Web archive estimate, 1764 sites––––––
2024 Q4Web archive estimate, 1490 sites––––––
2025 Q1Web archive estimate, 1484 sites––––––
2025 Q2Web archive estimate, 411 sites––––––
2025 Q3Web archive estimate, 2422 sites––––––
2025 Q4Web archive estimate, 2463 sites––––––
2026 Q1Web archive estimate, 276 sites––––––
2026 Q2Web archive estimate, 186 sites––––––
2026 Q3Web archive estimate, 83 sites––––––
Sep 27, 2026Our crawl, 6,305 sites11%10%6.7%4.3%3.4%2.9%
Oct 4, 2026Our crawl, 6,330 sites10%9.9%7.1%4.3%3.3%2.8%
Oct 11, 2026Our crawl, 6,302 sites10%10%6.7%4.3%3.3%2.9%
Oct 18, 2026Our crawl, 6,304 sites9.9%10%6.6%4.7%3.3%2.8%
Oct 25, 2026Our crawl, 6,249 sites9.6%11%6.7%4.8%3.4%2.9%
Nov 1, 2026Our crawl, 6,272 sites10%10%6.7%4.3%3.8%2.9%

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Pairings

Font source
  • Self-hosted42%
  • Google Fonts41%
  • Adobe Fonts13%
  • System fonts4.2%

Platform

  • Other or custom83%
  • WordPress13%
  • Next.js2.3%
  • Gatsby0.9%

Switches

  1. bath.ac.uk changed its body text from Noto Sans to DM Sans

  2. bath.ac.uk changed its headings from Noto Sans to DM Sans

  3. umd.edu changed its body text from Helvetica to Interstate

  4. umd.edu changed its headings from Helvetica to Interstate

  5. unc.edu changed its headings from Franklin Gothic Urw to Playfair Display

  6. dartmouth.edu changed its headings from Dartmouth Ruzika to National 2

  7. lsu.edu changed its headings from Proxima Nova to Sinter

  8. sjsu.edu changed its body text from Helvetica to Nunito Sans

  9. usp.br changed its body text from Roboto to Open Sans

  10. cmu.edu changed its headings from Source Serif to Open Sans

Every site

SiteBodyHeadingsPlatform
aalto.fiInterInter
adelaide.edu.auRoboto SerifNational 2 Condensed
amherst.eduSetimoTiempos
anu.edu.auPublic SansPublic Sans
arizona.eduProxima NovaProxima Nova
asu.eduArialArial
auckland.ac.nzInterInter
bath.ac.ukDM SansDM Sans
bc.eduOpen SansOpen Sans
berkeley.eduInterInterWordPress
birmingham.ac.ukManropeLarken
bowdoin.eduMr Eaves Xl SansMr Eaves Xl Sans
bristol.ac.ukOpen SansSora
brown.eduTimes New RomanMinion Pro
bu.eduBenton SansBenton SansWordPress
buffalo.eduSofiaSofia
byu.eduTimes New RomanTimes New Roman
calpoly.eduUtopia Std SubheadAbolition
caltech.eduHelveticaHelvetica
cam.ac.ukLatoLato
cardiff.ac.ukMarr Sans RegMarr Sans Med
carleton.eduProximanovaSurveyor DisplayWordPress
case.eduArizonaArizonaGatsby
cmu.eduOpen SansOpen Sans
colorado.eduRobotoRoboto
cooper.eduTrade Gothic Next W01Foundry Gridnik
cornell.eduFreight Sans ProFreight Text Pro
cuny.eduLibre FranklinLibre FranklinWordPress
dal.caPublic SansPublic Sans
dartmouth.eduNational 2National 2
davidson.eduNimbus SansNimbus Sans
dtu.dkNeo SansNeo Sans
duke.eduQuattrocentoMontserratWordPress
dur.ac.ukOpen SansOpen Sans
emory.eduOpen SansCrimson Pro
ens.psl.euArialCrimson Text
epfl.chSuisse IntlSuisse IntlWordPress
ethz.chDINProDINPro
exeter.ac.ukOutfitOutfit
fordham.eduModern GothicModern Gothic
fu-berlin.deSource SansSource Sans
fudan.edu.cnNoto Serif CJK SCNoto Serif CJK SC
gatech.eduRobotoRoboto Slab
georgetown.eduFutura PtAdobe Caslon ProWordPress
gla.ac.ukNoto SansNoto Sans
gmu.eduOpen SansFigtree
harvard.eduGT AmericaCanelaWordPress
helsinki.fiOpen SansOpen Sans
hku.hkIndivisibleIndivisible
hkust.edu.hkMulishMulish