.mkv
2 claimants
1 primary
1 secondary
unambiguous primary
SWH popularity
From the SWH-MSR-ARV dataset (Desmazières, Di Cosmo, Lorentz, MSR 2025; file nb_extensions_alphanum.csv) — one row per (ext, year) in the full SWH archive. Case-aggregated. citation.
47.1K
total occurrences
27.4K
since 2019 (58.2%)
1970–2023
years active
Case variants in archive: .mkv (46.4K), .MKV (695), .Mkv (3) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to matroska as primary by 1 authoritative claim.
Authoritative sources: ✗ Linguist · no claim ✗ Pygments · no claim ✓ Wikidata · Q223535 ✗ Wikipedia · no claim
Claimants (2)
Languages that list
.mkv among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| matroska | wikidata | primary |
| Dirac | wikidata | secondary |
Wikidata says… (6)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.mkv on Wikidata
(property P1195) or in the Wikipedia infobox.
Source: data/derived/external_extension_index.csv.
Click Use as new PL on any row to open the
Add-PL form pre-filled with that entry's name, Wikipedia/Wikidata
URL, and this extension — one submission creates the PL + claim.
| Format | Class (Wikidata P31) | Suggested label | MIME | Notes | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dirac Q604279 video compression format | free software; file format | binary:archive | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Matroska Q223535 file format family | digital container format; file format family | binary:video | application/x-matroska | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Matroska Audio Q27960157 file format | file format | — | audio/matroska; audio/x-matroska | mk3d .mka .mks wp-only | Use as new PL ↗ |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .mkv in our local mirror yet.