Fonts

Source Sans

Free to use, from Google Fonts. The name and samples on this page are set in it.

Body text on
151 sites
Headings on
89 sites
Share of all homepages
1.7%
Top Hacker News articles
3.0% this week
In our crawl since
Sep 23, 2026
Earliest archive record
Feb 15, 2016

In use

Page titles from sites that set their text in Source Sans.

Share among the 7570 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 7570 sites, not every site in the rankings.
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PeriodSourceBody textHeadings
2016 Q1Web archive estimate, 1072 sites1.5%1.4%
2016 Q2Web archive estimate, 1810 sites2.2%1.9%
2016 Q3Web archive estimate, 186 sites0.0%0.5%
2016 Q4Web archive estimate, 584 sites2.6%2.2%
2017 Q1Web archive estimate, 492 sites1.4%1.4%
2017 Q2Web archive estimate, 1682 sites3.1%2.5%
2017 Q3Web archive estimate, 629 sites2.4%2.1%
2017 Q4Web archive estimate, 467 sites2.1%2.1%
2018 Q1Web archive estimate, 451 sites2.0%1.6%
2018 Q2Web archive estimate, 1970 sites3.4%2.7%
2018 Q3Web archive estimate, 2233 sites3.6%2.9%
2018 Q4Web archive estimate, 1376 sites4.0%3.1%
2019 Q1Web archive estimate, 2256 sites3.3%2.5%
2019 Q2Web archive estimate, 2857 sites2.9%2.3%
2019 Q3Web archive estimate, 2064 sites2.8%2.2%
2019 Q4Web archive estimate, 2297 sites2.7%2.0%
2020 Q1Web archive estimate, 2273 sites2.7%2.0%
2020 Q2Web archive estimate, 1919 sites3.1%2.2%
2020 Q3Web archive estimate, 1530 sites2.7%2.2%
2020 Q4Web archive estimate, 1473 sites2.4%1.9%
2021 Q1Web archive estimate, 1634 sites2.5%1.8%
2021 Q2Web archive estimate, 1333 sites2.5%1.8%
2021 Q3Web archive estimate, 2057 sites2.4%1.6%
2021 Q4Web archive estimate, 1750 sites2.7%1.9%
2022 Q1Web archive estimate, 2101 sites2.3%1.8%
2022 Q2Web archive estimate, 2374 sites2.1%1.5%
2022 Q3Web archive estimate, 1592 sites2.0%1.1%
2022 Q4Web archive estimate, 1090 sites2.7%1.5%
2023 Q1Web archive estimate, 1734 sites1.9%1.2%
2023 Q2Web archive estimate, 1631 sites1.8%1.0%
2023 Q3Web archive estimate, 2019 sites1.7%1.1%
2023 Q4Web archive estimate, 2074 sites1.7%1.2%
2024 Q1Web archive estimate, 1743 sites1.4%0.9%
2024 Q2Web archive estimate, 1201 sites1.7%1.2%
2024 Q3Web archive estimate, 1764 sites1.4%0.8%
2024 Q4Web archive estimate, 1490 sites1.5%0.9%
2025 Q1Web archive estimate, 1484 sites1.4%0.7%
2025 Q2Web archive estimate, 411 sites2.2%1.5%
2025 Q3Web archive estimate, 2422 sites0.9%0.5%
2025 Q4Web archive estimate, 2463 sites0.9%0.4%
2026 Q1Web archive estimate, 276 sites1.1%0.4%
2026 Q2Web archive estimate, 186 sites1.1%0.5%
2026 Q3Web archive estimate, 83 sites0.0%0.0%
Sep 27, 2026Our crawl, 6,305 sites2.0%1.2%
Oct 4, 2026Our crawl, 6,330 sites2.0%1.2%
Oct 11, 2026Our crawl, 6,302 sites2.1%1.2%
Oct 18, 2026Our crawl, 6,304 sites2.0%1.1%
Oct 25, 2026Our crawl, 6,249 sites2.0%1.2%
Nov 1, 2026Our crawl, 6,272 sites2.0%1.2%

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Paired with

How sites serve Source Sans
  • Self-hosted51%
  • Google Fonts43%
  • System fonts3.7%
  • Adobe Fonts2.5%

Switched to it

  1. indystar.com changed its headings from Helvetica Neue to Source Sans

  2. tumult.com changed its headings from Montserrat to Source Sans

  3. nato.int changed its body text from NotoSans Condensed to Source Sans

  4. trendyol.com changed its body text from Times New Roman to Source Sans

  5. trendyol.com changed its headings from Times New Roman to Source Sans

Switched away

  1. va.gov changed its body text from Source Sans to Public Sans

  2. crimson.law changed its body text from Source Sans to Inter

  3. librus.pl changed its body text from Source Sans to Montserrat

  4. crisesnotes.com changed its headings from Source Sans to Newsreader

  5. app.com changed its headings from Source Sans to Helvetica Neue

  6. cincinnati.com changed its headings from Source Sans to Unify Sans

  7. courier-journal.com changed its headings from Source Sans to Unify Sans

  8. indystar.com changed its headings from Source Sans to Helvetica Neue

Sites using Source Sans

SiteCategoryBodyHeadingsPlatform
1degree.orgstartupsSource SansSource Sans
512pixels.netindieSource SansEb Garamond
64xbio.comstartupsSource SansFragment MonoWebflow
amerahealthsolutions.comstartupsSource SansPlayfair DisplayFramer
archives.govgovernmentSource SansMerriweather
arstechnica.comnewsSource SansFaustinaWordPress
astro.compopularOpen SansSource Sans
axa.comenterpriseSource SansPublico HeadlineNext.js
b92.netpopularSource SansSource Sans
batsov.comindieSource SansLato
bep.govgovernmentSource SansMerriweather
biorender.comsaasSource SansSource SansWebflow
blog.0x7d0.devindieSource SansLato
bls.govgovernmentSource SansArial
bonprix.depopularSource SansBonprix
boydkane.comindieSource SansSchibsted Grotesk
brevzin.github.ioindieSource SansLato
calmatters.orgnewsSource SansSource SansWordPress
casetext.comstartupsSource SansClario
cashew-labs.comstartupsSource SansSource SansNext.js
cbp.govgovernmentSource SansSource Sans
challenge.govgovernmentSource SansMerriweather
changelog.complete.orgindieSource SansBitterWordPress
chaosgenius.iostartupsSource SansSource Sans
chefkoch.depopularSource SansSource SansNuxt
cincinnati.comnewsUnify SansSource Sans
cisa.govgovernmentSource SansSource Sans
consumerfinance.govgovernmentSource SansSource Sans
corecursive.comindieSource SansSource Sans
courier-journal.comnewsUnify SansSource Sans
coursera.orgpopularSource SansSource Sans
dailytelegraph.com.aunewsSource SansCharterWordPress
dhs.govgovernmentSource SansSource Sans
digi24.ropopularSource SansZillaslab
dnhkng.github.ioindieSource SansLato
dol.govgovernmentSource SansMerriweather
drought.govgovernmentSource SansSource Sans
eeoc.govgovernmentSource SansMerriweather
eksisozluk.compopularSource SansSource Sans
epa.govgovernmentSource SansSource Sans
faa.govgovernmentSource SansSource Sans
fanniemae.comenterpriseSource SansGlypha
fema.govgovernmentSource SansMerriweather
ferc.govgovernmentSource SansSource Sans
fiscal.treasury.govgovernmentPublic SansSource Sans
fischipedia.orgpopularSource SansSource Sans
foster.costartupsSource SansLibre BaskervilleWebflow
freep.comnewsHelvetica NeueSource Sans
fu-berlin.deuniversitiesSource SansSource Sans
goodkind.comstartupsSource SansSource SansWordPress