.mov
1 claimant
0 primary
1 secondary
secondary-only
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.
249.9K
total occurrences
110.2K
since 2019 (44.1%)
1970–2023
years active
Case variants in archive: .mov (210.3K), .MOV (39.7K), .Mov (1) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to Mov — every claim across all sources (including secondary ones) points to a single language.
Authoritative sources: ✗ Linguist · no claim ✗ Pygments · no claim △ Wikidata · secondary ✗ Wikipedia · no claim
Claimants (1)
Languages that list
.mov among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| Mov | wikidata | secondary |
Wikidata says… (5)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.mov 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qtch Q7268194 file format | file format | — | — | wp-only | Use as new PL ↗ |
| QuickTime File Format Q942350 file format that wraps video, audio, and other bitstreams | multimedia container | binary:video | video/quicktime | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Apple ProRes Q47246311 file format family | file format family | — | — | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .mov in our local mirror yet.