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30% of business websites that show a copyright year say 2024 or older, in the 667 indexes read so far

42,689 sites that show a year in 667 indexes, as of 17 October 2026. 95 of 675 indexes have enough pages read to be compared so far.

Main points

That is 30% of 42,689 sites that show a year.
By kind of business: highest among hairdressers and beauty salons (36%), lowest among tours, attractions and museums (25%).
Among 15 cafe and bar indexes, Budapest is highest at 36%; the median is 29%.

Figure 1

By kind of business

Kind	Share	Of
restaurants	30%	18,844
cafes and bars	30%	7,000
hairdressers and beauty salons	36%	5,208
dentists, clinics and vets	29%	9,052
tours, attractions and museums	25%	2,585

Figure 2

Cafes and bars, city by city

another cafe and bar indexmedian, 29%

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15 cafe and bar indexes. The median is 29%; the highest is Budapest at 36%.

#	Index	Share	Of
1	Budapest HU	36%	115
2	Chicago US	32%	139
2	New York US	32%	243
4	Melbourne AU	31%	226
5	Amsterdam NL	30%	105
6	Copenhagen DK	29%	106
7	Paris FR	29%	215
7	Prague CZ	29%	139
9	Berlin DE	29%	401
10	Sydney AU	27%	186

All 15 cafe and bar indexes

#	Index	Share	Of
1	Budapest HU	36%	115
2	Chicago US	32%	139
2	New York US	32%	243
4	Melbourne AU	31%	226
5	Amsterdam NL	30%	105
6	Copenhagen DK	29%	106
7	Paris FR	29%	215
7	Prague CZ	29%	139
9	Berlin DE	29%	401
10	Sydney AU	27%	186
11	Hamburg DE	26%	141
12	London GB	24%	484
13	Miami US	22%	199
14	Vienna AT	22%	105
15	Seattle US	21%	124

Indexes are compared once 300 pages, and half of the scanned sites, have been read. The "Of" column is the base each figure rests on.

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About these numbers
Read from the newest year next to a © or the word copyright. An old year shows that the footer wasn't updated, not that nothing else was.

Cite this

30% of business websites that show a copyright year say 2024 or older, in the 667 indexes read so far (The Direct Index, 17 October 2026, directindex.org/stats/copyright-year).

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Data: ODbL. Business data from OpenStreetMap contributors and Overture Maps; website facts from the Direct Index scanner, which reads each site's public pages.