Microformats

San Francisco, California, United States

Microformats (ΞΌF) are a set of standardized HTML class names and attributes used to embed descriptive metadata within existing page content for entities such as people, events, reviews, and blog posts.

The original Microformats v1 specification defined formats such as hCard for people and organizations, hCalendar for events, hReview for reviews, hRecipe for recipes, and hProduct for commerce data, using conventional HTML class attributes.

Google previously supported Microformats for rich snippets in search results, but their current support status is uncertain because Google Search Central documentation now lists only JSON-LD, Microdata, and RDFa among its supported structured data formats.

According to our data, Microformats is the 8th most popular semantic markup technology on the web.
It has 4.9% of the semantic markup market share and is detected on 3.5% of all websites.

Statistics based on 3.5M+ analyzed websites. About this data

πŸ“Š Rankings and Market Share

πŸ† Microformats Awards

⚑ Sites Using Microformats

We have data on 123,762 websites that use Microformats semantic markup technology. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Microformats is ekstrabladet.dk.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 ekstrabladet.dk #557 Denmark Danish
2 desitales2.com #865 American English
3 gamerxyt.com #959 American English
4 desikahani2.net #971 American English
5 freesexkahani.com #972 American English
6 stanford.edu #1,101 United States American English
7 consultant.ru #1,637 Russia Russian
8 duke.edu #2,350 United States English
9 phidias.com #2,671 Spain Spanish
10 in.gr #2,950 Greece Greek
11 nd.edu #4,119 United States English
12 fitgirl-repacks.site #4,390 Belize American English
13 av-th.net #4,559 Thailand Thai
14 banglachotikahinii.com #4,891 Assamese
15 androidoyun.club #5,195 Turkey Turkish
16 xxxindianstories.com #5,251 American English
17 naasongs.com.co #5,304 Telugu
18 sona-systems.com #5,831 American English
19 evooli.com #6,195 Turkey Turkish
20 kernel.org #6,431 English

πŸ“ˆ Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Microformats:

Most of the sites using Microformats are from the United States, Germany, and Japan.

  • United States 23.7%
  • Germany 7.4%
  • Japan 6.1%
  • United Kingdom 5.4%
  • Spain 4.5%
  • France 4.5%
  • Italy 4%
  • Netherlands 3.1%
  • Australia 2.5%
  • Other 38.8%

Most Microformats users speak English, German, or Spanish.

  • English 52.5%
  • German 6.5%
  • Spanish 6%
  • Japanese 5.1%
  • French 3.7%
  • Italian 3.2%
  • Russian 2.4%
  • Portuguese 2.1%
  • Dutch 2%
  • Other 16.5%

Microformats semantic markup technology is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.

  • .com 47.7%
  • .org 8%
  • .net 4.4%
  • .de 4.2%
  • .it 2.2%
  • .co.uk 1.7%
  • .nl 1.7%
  • .ru 1.4%
  • .com.au 1.4%
  • Other 27.3%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Microformats include blogs and wiki, business, and marketing and merchandising.

  • Blogs/Wiki 20.5%
  • Business 13.1%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 9.1%
  • Education/Reference 5.3%
  • Entertainment 4.6%
  • Internet Services 4.1%
  • Online Shopping 3.8%
  • Travel 3.4%
  • General News 3.3%
  • Other 32.8%

πŸ•΅οΈ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Microformats alternatives.

RankName
2
Open Graph
Menlo Park, California, United States

A web metadata standard that defines how webpages are described as structured objects for use in social graphs and enables their consistent representation.
3
Twitter Cards
Bastrop, Texas, United States

A metadata format used by X, originally Twitter, that enables links in posts to display rich previews with images, videos, and interactive media to increase engagement and traffic.
4
JSON-LD
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

A lightweight linked data format used to embed structured data into web pages in a machine-readable form.
7
Microdata
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

An HTML specification used to embed structured metadata within web page content by annotating elements with machine-readable attributes.
11
Microformats2
San Francisco, California, United States

The second generation of the Microformats specification designed to make publishing and parsing structured data in HTML easier for both authors and developers.

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πŸ’¬ Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Microformats's headquarters?

Microformats is located in San Francisco, California, United States.

Which country uses Microformats the most?

The majority of Microformats users are from the United States.

Who uses Microformats?

According to our data, Microformats is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as gamerxyt.com, stanford.edu, and consultant.ru.

Is Microformats used on government websites?

Overall, we found Microformats on 42 government sites in the United States.

Do academic institutions use Microformats?

Yes, quite a few! The most prominent of these are stanford.edu, duke.edu, and nd.edu. In total, we know of 133 academic websites in the United States that use Microformats.

How does Microformats compare to its competitors?

Microformats is a moderately popular semantic markup technology, ranking ahead of 6 other semantic markup technologies we track.

What are the alternatives to Microformats?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Microformats may include Microdata, Microformats2, and Open Graph.

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