Rising and falling

Our crawl has 1 week of data so far. A switch counts once a site shows a new font in two crawls in a row, so the first ones appear after the next weekly crawl. Until then, the web archive history is the only view of change.

Our crawl has 1 week of data so far. A switch counts once a site shows a new font in two crawls in a row, so the first ones appear after the next weekly crawl. Until then, the web archive history is the only view of change.

Our crawl has 1 week of data so far. A switch counts once a site shows a new font in two crawls in a row, so the first ones appear after the next weekly crawl. Until then, the web archive history is the only view of change.

140 font switches estimated from web archive copies of 177 well-known sites, May 15, 2021 to Feb 15, 2026.

1. system-ui+1017 switched to it (expo.dev, hashicorp.com, heroku.com). 7 switched away (docker.com, elastic.co, gumroad.com).
2. Inter+512 switched to it (docker.com, elastic.co, expo.dev). 7 switched away (expo.dev, fly.io, nextjs.org).
3. Geist+23 switched to it (nextjs.org, vercel.com, cursor.com). 1 switched away (cursor.com).
4. Nunito+22 switched to it (cdc.gov, wayfair.com). 0 switched away.
5. Neue Haas Grotesk+22 switched to it (mit.edu, shopify.com). 0 switched away.
6. Instrument Sans+22 switched to it (netlify.com, whitehouse.gov). 0 switched away.
7. Noto Sans+12 switched to it (canada.ca, pfizer.com). 1 switched away (pfizer.com).
8. Mulish−11 switched to it (netlify.com). 2 switched away (netlify.com, semafor.com).
9. Overpass−11 switched to it (gm.com). 2 switched away (planetscale.com, svelte.dev).
10. Roboto−13 switched to it (docker.com, newsweek.com, mistral.ai). 4 switched away (docker.com, netlify.com, newsweek.com).
11. Tiempos−20 switched to it. 2 switched away (propublica.org, anthropic.com).
12. Brandon Grotesque−20 switched to it. 2 switched away (mejuri.com, neon.com).
13. Source Sans−22 switched to it (arstechnica.com, nih.gov). 4 switched away (databricks.com, lockheedmartin.com, vuejs.org).
14. Graphik−41 switched to it (redis.io). 5 switched away (everlane.com, intercom.com, redis.io).
15. Helvetica−42 switched to it (fda.gov, paypal.com). 6 switched away (canada.ca, cvs.com, lowes.com).
16. Helvetica Neue−52 switched to it (homedepot.com, costco.com). 7 switched away (casper.com, homedepot.com, netflix.com).
17. Arial−62 switched to it (jnj.com, mistral.ai). 8 switched away (homedepot.com, jnj.com, medicare.gov).
18. Open Sans−72 switched to it (docker.com, postgresql.org). 9 switched away (arstechnica.com, cdc.gov, docker.com).

64 font switches estimated from web archive copies of 177 well-known sites, May 15, 2024 to Feb 15, 2026.

1. system-ui+88 switched to it (heroku.com, openai.com, propublica.org). 0 switched away.
2. Inter+24 switched to it (docker.com, linear.app, neon.com). 2 switched away (fly.io, mistral.ai).
3. Source Sans+22 switched to it (arstechnica.com, nih.gov). 0 switched away.
4. Nunito+22 switched to it (cdc.gov, wayfair.com). 0 switched away.
5. Instrument Sans+22 switched to it (netlify.com, whitehouse.gov). 0 switched away.
6. IBM Plex Sans+12 switched to it (posthog.com, replit.com). 1 switched away (replit.com).
7. Helvetica Neue−11 switched to it (costco.com). 2 switched away (techcrunch.com, zoom.com).
8. Arial−11 switched to it (mistral.ai). 2 switched away (jnj.com, costco.com).
9. Roboto−11 switched to it (docker.com). 2 switched away (docker.com, newsweek.com).
10. Helvetica−11 switched to it (fda.gov). 2 switched away (cvs.com, lowes.com).
11. Tiempos−20 switched to it. 2 switched away (propublica.org, anthropic.com).
12. Brandon Grotesque−20 switched to it. 2 switched away (mejuri.com, neon.com).
13. Open Sans−40 switched to it. 4 switched away (arstechnica.com, cdc.gov, docker.com).

37 font switches estimated from web archive copies of 177 well-known sites, Feb 15, 2025 to Feb 15, 2026.

1. system-ui+66 switched to it (heroku.com, openai.com, propublica.org). 0 switched away.
2. Inter+33 switched to it (docker.com, linear.app, neon.com). 0 switched away.
3. Source Sans+22 switched to it (arstechnica.com, nih.gov). 0 switched away.
4. Instrument Sans+22 switched to it (netlify.com, whitehouse.gov). 0 switched away.
5. IBM Plex Sans+22 switched to it (posthog.com, replit.com). 0 switched away.
6. Roboto−11 switched to it (docker.com). 2 switched away (docker.com, newsweek.com).
7. Helvetica Neue−20 switched to it. 2 switched away (techcrunch.com, zoom.com).
8. Tiempos−20 switched to it. 2 switched away (propublica.org, anthropic.com).
9. Brandon Grotesque−20 switched to it. 2 switched away (mejuri.com, neon.com).
10. Open Sans−20 switched to it. 2 switched away (arstechnica.com, docker.com).