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title: "Table of Contents Usage: 46.3% of Long Top Guides - PageSpeed Matters"
url: https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/data-studies/table-of-contents-usage
description: "Of 3,767 informational top-5 ranking pages over 1,500 words, 46.3% have a table of contents, and 47.4% of those at #1 do."
lang: en
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Table of Contents Usage: 46.3% of Long Top Guides (https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/data-studies/table-of-contents-usage)

Of 3,767 informational top-5 ranking pages over 1,500 words, 46.3% have a table of contents, and 47.4% of those at #1 do.

Long informational ranking pages with a table of contents, by word count

1,501 to 2,500 words 38.5%

2,501 to 4,000 words 51%

Over 4,000 words 63.6%

Source: PageSpeed Matters. Informational top 5 Google US results for 10,019 keywords, 3,767 pages over 1,500 words, Oct 2026.

Collapsed or JavaScript-only tables of contents may be missed, so these shares are floors.

Source: Table of Contents Usage: 46.3% of Long Top Guides - PageSpeed Matters (https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/data-studies/table-of-contents-usage)