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Usage of GIF as image file format broken down by character encodings

This diagram shows the percentages of websites using GIF broken down by character encodings. See technologies overview for explanations on the methodologies used in the surveys.

How to read the diagram:
GIF is used by 15.5% of all the websites.
GIF is used by 15.0% of all the websites that use UTF-8 as character encoding.

Overall

15.5%

15.0%

59.4%

66.7%

61.3%

70.7%

76.7%

77.9%

57.8%

58.1%

56.1%

73.3%

47.0%

38.0%

46.0%

56.5%

47.2%

70.9%

72.3%

53.4%

81.5%

65.4%

55.5%

71.5%

28.8%

67.4%

74.2%

8.6%

78.5%

71.6%

4.1%

53.2%

63.2%

7.3%

26.8%

78.6%

28.6%

80.0%

27.8%

66.7%

58.3%

63.6%

W3Techs.com, 16 February 2026

Percentages of websites using GIF broken down by character encodings

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Technology Brief
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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