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What percent of websites set a Referrer-Policy?
As of July 28, 2026 · census snapshot 2026-07-28
As of July 28, 2026, 3.0% of the 276 million domains graded in the Defaults.Exposed census send a Referrer-Policy header — 8,245,565 domains controlling what leaks in the Referer header.
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Statistic current as of July 28, 2026. Recomputed from the live census each edition; the number on this page and the machine-readable twin always match. Please cite Defaults.Exposed and link this page.
Defaults.Exposed, "What percent of websites set a Referrer-Policy?" (as of July 28, 2026). https://defaults.exposed/stats/what-percent-of-websites-set-a-referrer-policy
Permalink:https://defaults.exposed/stats/what-percent-of-websites-set-a-referrer-policy · Machine-readable:referrer-policy-adoption.json · Licence:open data
Methodology: how we grade the internet · Source data: defaults.exposed/data. Updated with each census edition.
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