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19% of business websites outside English-speaking countries declare an English version, in the 484 indexes read so far

93,007 business websites read in 484 indexes outside English-speaking countries, as of 17 October 2026. 73 of 675 indexes have enough pages read to be compared so far.

Main points

That is 19% of 93,007 business websites read outside English-speaking countries.
By kind of business: highest among tours, attractions and museums (40%), lowest among hairdressers and beauty salons (10%).
Among 11 cafe and bar indexes, Budapest is highest at 34%; the median is 20%.

Figure 1

By kind of business

Kind	Share	Of
restaurants	21%	42,355
cafes and bars	19%	14,875
hairdressers and beauty salons	10%	10,099
dentists, clinics and vets	11%	19,347
tours, attractions and museums	40%	6,331

Figure 2

Cafes and bars, city by city

another cafe and bar indexmedian, 20%

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11 cafe and bar indexes. The median is 20%; the highest is Budapest at 34%.

#	Index	Share	Of
1	Budapest HU	34%	370
2	Prague CZ	32%	495
3	Paris FR	29%	659
4	Amsterdam NL	24%	433
5	Copenhagen DK	23%	540
6	Vienna AT	20%	506
7	Munich DE	15%	414
8	Berlin DE	14%	1,908
9	Stockholm SE	11%	371
10	Cologne DE	9.0%	312

All 11 cafe and bar indexes

#	Index	Share	Of
1	Budapest HU	34%	370
2	Prague CZ	32%	495
3	Paris FR	29%	659
4	Amsterdam NL	24%	433
5	Copenhagen DK	23%	540
6	Vienna AT	20%	506
7	Munich DE	15%	414
8	Berlin DE	14%	1,908
9	Stockholm SE	11%	371
10	Cologne DE	9.0%	312
11	Hamburg DE	8.4%	618

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
Counted when a page declares English beside another language, by a language link (hreflang) or a visible switcher on the site. A page that only says lang="en" doesn't count, because templates set that by default. Machine translations count; whether the English is good isn't measured.

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19% of business websites outside English-speaking countries declare an English version, in the 484 indexes read so far (The Direct Index, 17 October 2026, directindex.org/stats/english).

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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.