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`.pdf`

1 claimant 1 primary 0 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.

124.5M

total occurrences

26.3M

since 2019 (21.1%)

1970–2023

years active

Case variants in archive: .pdf (124.3M), .PDF (236.4K), .Pdf (4.0K), .pdF (10), .pDF (9), .PDf (2), .pDf (1), .PdF (1) — aggregated above.

Attribution status

This extension is attributed to pdf as primary by 1 authoritative claim.

Authoritative sources: ✗ Linguist · no claim ✗ Pygments · no claim ✓ Wikidata · Q42332 ✗ Wikipedia · no claim

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Claimants (1)

Languages that list .pdf among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.

Language	Source	Strength
pdf	wikidata	primary

Wikidata says… (57)

File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL entities that claim .pdf 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.

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Format	Class (Wikidata `P31`)	Suggested label	MIME	Notes	Action
PDF Q42332top match family of file formats used to present documents	file format; electronic document	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
GeoPDF Q5533911 file format extending PDF to allow for embedding georegistration information for maps	file format	—	`—`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format for Engineering Q2043942 file format	file format	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Exchange Q1423339 file format		—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Acrobat TouchUp Image Q117192597 file format	file format	—	`—`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Adobe Illustrator file format, version 10 Q47498547 version 10 of the Illustrator file format	file format	—	`application/postscript`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Adobe Illustrator file format, version 11 Q47498552 version 11 of the Illustrator file format	file format	—	`application/postscript`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Adobe Illustrator file format, version 12 Q47498555 version 12 of the Illustrator file format	file format	—	`application/postscript`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Adobe Illustrator file format, version 13 Q47498565 version 13 of the Illustrator file format	file format	—	`application/postscript`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Adobe Illustrator file format, version 14 Q47498736 version 14 of the Illustrator file format	file format	—	`application/postscript`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Adobe Illustrator file format, version 15 Q47498745 version 15 of the Illustrator file format	file format	—	`application/postscript`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Adobe Illustrator file format, version 16 Q47498749 version 16 of the Illustrator file format	file format	—	`application/postscript`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Adobe Illustrator file format, version 9.0 Q47498538 version 9 of the Illustrator file format	file format	—	`application/postscript`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Expressware Printer Definition File Q105864740 file format	file format	—	`application/octet-stream`	—	Use as new PL ↗
GraphiCode Programmable Device Format Q105864361 file format	file format	—	`—`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Micrografx Pictures Publisher Q110994503 file format	file format	—	`—`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Novell System PrintDef Device Definition Q105864748 file format	file format	—	`application/octet-stream`	—	Use as new PL ↗
PDF Portfolio file format Q109971781 file format for collections of PDF files or other files as attachments within a PDF wrapper	file format	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
PDF/UA Portable Document Format Q136418380 file format	file format	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
PDF/UA Portable Document Format 2 Q136418572 file format	file format	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Photoshop PDF Q117192588 file format	file format	—	`—`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format, version 1.0 Q26085339 deprecated version of the Portable Document Format file format	file format; specification edition	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format, version 1.1 Q26085336 deprecated version of the Portable Document Format file format	file format; specification edition	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format, version 1.2 Q26085333 deprecated version of the Portable Document Format file format	file format; specification edition	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format, version 1.3 Q26085330 deprecated version of the Portable Document Format file format	file format; specification edition	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format, version 1.4 Q26085326 deprecated version of the Portable Document Format file format	file format; specification edition	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format, version 1.5 Q26085322 deprecated version of the Portable Document Format file format	file format; specification edition	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format, version 1.6 Q26085319 deprecated version of the Portable Document Format file format	file format; specification edition	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format, version 1.7 Q26085317 version of the Portable Document Format file format	file format; specification edition	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format, version 2.0 Q55429627 version of the Portable Document Format file format	file format; specification edition	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Archive, version 1 Accessible Q26541013 file format	file format	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Archive, version 1 Basic Q26543628 file format	file format	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Archive, version 2 Accessible Q26545877 file format	file format	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Archive, version 2 Basic Q26546575 file format	file format	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Archive, version 2 Unicode Q26547266 file format	file format	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Archive, version 3 Accessible Q26547917 file format	file format	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Archive, version 3 Basic Q26548590 file format	file format	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Archive, version 3 Unicode Q26549229 file format	file format	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Archive, version 4 Q123594568 file format	file format	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Archive, version 4e Q123594858 file format	file format	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Archive, version 4f Q123595865 file format	file format	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Exchange 1:1999 Q29946692 file format	Portable Document Format/Exchange	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Exchange 1:2001 Q29946713 file format	Portable Document Format/Exchange	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Exchange 1a:2001 Q29946726 file format	Portable Document Format/Exchange	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Exchange 1a:2003 Q29946771 file format	Portable Document Format/Exchange	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Exchange 2:2003 Q29946810 file format	Portable Document Format/Exchange	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Exchange 3:2002 Q29946829 file format	Portable Document Format/Exchange	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Exchange 3:2003 Q29946845 file format	Portable Document Format/Exchange	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Exchange 4 Q29946866 file format	Portable Document Format/Exchange	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Exchange 4p Q29946883 file format	Portable Document Format/Exchange	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Exchange 5g Q29946898 file format	Portable Document Format/Exchange	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Exchange 5n Q29946914 file format	Portable Document Format/Exchange	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Exchange 5pg Q29946937 file format	Portable Document Format/Exchange	—	`application/pdf`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Variable Data and Transactional Printing, multi-file exchange variant Q29946134 file format	Portable Document Format/Variable Data and Transactional Printing	—	`—`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Variable Data and Transactional Printing, single-file exchange variant Q29946121 file format	Portable Document Format/Variable Data and Transactional Printing	—	`—`	—	Use as new PL ↗
Portable Document Format/Variable Data and Transactional Printing, streamed delivery variant Q29946141 file format	Portable Document Format/Variable Data and Transactional Printing	—	`—`	—	Use as new PL ↗
HyperCard stack Q27996244 file format	file format	—	`—`	deprecated	Use as new PL ↗

SWH-mined examples (0)

No archived examples for .pdf in our local mirror yet.