Copyright Year Statistics 2026: 26.0% Still Show 2025

    452,273 homepages carry a 'Copyright © 2025' line and no mention of 2026. Among homepages showing a 2025 or 2026 copyright line, 26.0% are still on 2025.

    Ranking sites with a past footer year, by best Google position
    Position 1 (2,046 sites)7.8%
    Positions 2 to 510.2%
    Positions 6 to 1011.6%
    Positions 11 to 20 (6,694 sites)13.3%

    Source: PageSpeed Matters. Homepage footers of sites in the Google top 20 for 10,019 US searches, Oct 2026.

    A correlation, not a ranking factor.

    Source: Copyright Year Statistics 2026: 26.0% Still Show 2025 - PageSpeed Matters