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Technologies > Image File Formats > GIF

Usage of GIF for websites

This report shows the usage statistics of GIF on the web. See technologies overview for explanations on the methodologies used in the surveys. Our reports are updated daily.

GIF is used by 56.7% of all the websites.


Historical trend

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GIF
Category: Image File Formats
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) is a lossless compression image format, originally introduced by CompuServe and suitable to store graphics, logos and simple animations.
Website: w3.org/...




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