MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) types, also called media types or content types, tell browsers and servers what kind of data a file or response contains.

Where are MIME types used?

In HTTP Content-Type headers, HTML and tags, email attachments, and file-upload validation.

What is the MIME type for JSON?

The correct MIME type for JSON is application/json.

MIME Type Reference

Searchable reference of common MIME types grouped by category.

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Text

extension

mime type

description

.html

text/html

HyperText Markup Language

.css

text/css

Cascading Style Sheets

.csv

text/csv

Comma-Separated Values

.txt

text/plain

Plain text

.xml

text/xml

Extensible Markup Language (text)

.ics

text/calendar

iCalendar format

.js

text/javascript

JavaScript (RFC 9239 text/javascript)

.md

text/markdown

Markdown document

.rtf

text/rtf

Rich Text Format

.vcard

text/vcard

vCard contact format

Image

extension

mime type

description

.apng

image/apng

Animated PNG

.avif

image/avif

AV1 Image File Format

.bmp

image/bmp

Windows Bitmap

.gif

image/gif

Graphics Interchange Format

.ico

image/x-icon

ICO icon format

.jpg / .jpeg

image/jpeg

Joint Photographic Experts Group image

.png

image/png

Portable Network Graphics

.svg

image/svg+xml

Scalable Vector Graphics

.tiff

image/tiff

Tagged Image File Format

.webp

image/webp

WebP image format

.heic

image/heic

High Efficiency Image Container

Audio

extension

mime type

description

.aac

audio/aac

Advanced Audio Coding

.flac

audio/flac

Free Lossless Audio Codec

.m4a

audio/mp4

MPEG-4 Audio

.mid / .midi

audio/midi

Musical Instrument Digital Interface

.mp3

audio/mpeg

MPEG Layer 3 audio

.ogg

audio/ogg

Ogg Vorbis audio

.opus

audio/opus

Opus interactive speech and audio codec

.wav

audio/wav

Waveform Audio File Format

.weba

audio/webm

WebM audio

Video

extension

mime type

description

.avi

video/x-msvideo

Audio Video Interleave

.mkv

video/x-matroska

Matroska video container

.mov

video/quicktime

Apple QuickTime movie

.mp4

video/mp4

MPEG-4 video

.mpeg

video/mpeg

MPEG video

.ogv

video/ogg

Ogg video

.ts

video/mp2t

MPEG-2 Transport Stream

.webm

video/webm

WebM video

Application

extension

mime type

description

.7z

application/x-7z-compressed

7-Zip compressed archive

.bin

application/octet-stream

Generic binary data

.bz2

application/x-bzip2

Bzip2 compressed file

.doc

application/msword

Microsoft Word 97–2003 document

.docx

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document

Microsoft Word 2007+ document

.epub

application/epub+zip

Electronic publication (eBook)

.gz

application/gzip

Gzip compressed archive

.jar

application/java-archive

Java Archive

.json

application/json

JSON data

.jsonld

application/ld+json

JSON-LD linked data

.mp4 (audio)

application/mp4

MPEG-4 audio/video (generic)

.pdf

application/pdf

Adobe Portable Document Format

.php

application/x-httpd-php

PHP source file

.ppt

application/vnd.ms-powerpoint

Microsoft PowerPoint 97–2003

.pptx

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation

Microsoft PowerPoint 2007+

.rar

application/vnd.rar

RAR archive

.sh

application/x-sh

Bourne shell script

.tar

application/x-tar

Tape archive (tar)

.wasm

application/wasm

WebAssembly binary

.xhtml

application/xhtml+xml

XHTML document

.xls

application/vnd.ms-excel

Microsoft Excel 97–2003

.xlsx

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet

Microsoft Excel 2007+

.xml

application/xml

XML data (application)

.xul

application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml

Mozilla XUL

.yaml / .yml

application/yaml

YAML Ain't Markup Language

.zip

application/zip

ZIP archive

Font

extension

mime type

description

.eot

application/vnd.ms-fontobject

Embedded OpenType font

.otf

font/otf

OpenType font

.ttf

font/ttf

TrueType font

.woff

font/woff

Web Open Font Format 1.0

.woff2

font/woff2

Web Open Font Format 2.0

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FAQ

What is a MIME type?: MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) types, also called media types or content types, tell browsers and servers what kind of data a file or response contains.
Where are MIME types used?: In HTTP Content-Type headers, HTML <link> and <script> tags, email attachments, and file-upload validation.
What is the MIME type for JSON?: The correct MIME type for JSON is application/json.

A comprehensive, searchable reference of common MIME (Media) types grouped by category: text, image, audio, video, application, and font. Each entry shows the file extension, MIME type string, and a brief description. Search by extension, MIME type, or keyword.