Common MIME types

This topic lists the most common MIME types with corresponding document types, ordered by their common extensions.

The following two important MIME types are the default types:


          text/plain

is the default value for textual files. A textual file should be human-readable and must not contain binary data.


          application/octet-stream

is the default value for all other cases. An unknown file type should use this type. Browsers are particularly careful when manipulating these files to protect users from software vulnerabilities and possible dangerous behavior.

IANA is the official registry of MIME media types and maintains a list of all the official MIME types . This table lists important MIME types for the Web:

Extension Kind of document MIME Type


         .docx

Microsoft Word (OpenXML)


         application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document

MS Embedded OpenType fonts


         application/vnd.ms-fontobject


         .epub

Electronic publication (EPUB)


         application/epub+zip

GZip Compressed Archive


         application/gzip

. Note, Windows and macOS upload

.gz

files with the non-standard MIME type


         application/x-gzip

. Graphics Interchange Format (GIF)


         image/gif


         .htm


         .html

HyperText Markup Language (HTML)


         text/html

Icon format


         image/vnd.microsoft.icon

iCalendar format


         text/calendar

Java Archive (JAR)


         application/java-archive


         .jpeg


         .jpg

JPEG images


         image/jpeg

JavaScript


         text/javascript

(Specifications: HTML and RFC 9239 )


         .json

JSON format


         application/json


         .jsonld

JSON-LD format


         application/ld+json


         .mid


         .midi

Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI)


         audio/midi


         audio/x-midi

JavaScript module


         text/javascript

MP3 audio


         audio/mpeg

MP4 video


         video/mp4


         .mpeg

MPEG Video


         video/mpeg


         .mpkg

Apple Installer Package


         application/vnd.apple.installer+xml

OpenDocument presentation document


         application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation

OpenDocument spreadsheet document


         application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet

OpenDocument text document


         application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text

Ogg audio


         audio/ogg

Ogg video


         video/ogg


         application/ogg


         .opus

Opus audio in Ogg container


         audio/ogg

OpenType font


         font/otf

Portable Network Graphics


         image/png

Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)


         application/pdf

Hypertext Preprocessor ( Personal Home Page )


         application/x-httpd-php

Microsoft PowerPoint


         application/vnd.ms-powerpoint


         .pptx

Microsoft PowerPoint (OpenXML)


         application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation

RAR archive


         application/vnd.rar

Rich Text Format (RTF)


         application/rtf

Bourne shell script


         application/x-sh

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)


         image/svg+xml

Tape Archive (TAR)


         application/x-tar


         .tif


         .tiff

Tagged Image File Format (TIFF)


         image/tiff

MPEG transport stream


         video/mp2t

TrueType Font


         font/ttf

Text, (generally ASCII or ISO 8859- n )


         text/plain

Microsoft Visio


         application/vnd.visio

Waveform Audio Format


         audio/wav


         .weba

WEBM audio


         audio/webm


         .webm

WEBM video


         video/webm


         .webp

WEBP image


         image/webp


         .woff

Web Open Font Format (WOFF)


         font/woff


         .woff2

Web Open Font Format (WOFF)


         font/woff2


         .xhtml

XHTML


         application/xhtml+xml

Microsoft Excel


         application/vnd.ms-excel


         .xlsx

Microsoft Excel (OpenXML)


         application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet


         application/xml

is recommended as of RFC 7303 (section 4.1), but


         text/xml

is still used sometimes. You can assign a specific MIME type to a file with


         .xml

extension depending on how its contents are meant to be interpreted. For instance, an Atom feed is


         application/atom+xml

, but


         application/xml

serves as a valid default.


         application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml

ZIP archive


         application/zip

. Note, Windows uploads


         .zip

files with the non-standard MIME type


         application/x-zip-compressed

. 3GPP audio/video container


         video/3gpp

;


         audio/3gpp

if it doesn't contain video 3GPP2 audio/video container


         video/3gpp2

;


         audio/3gpp2

if it doesn't contain video