.wav
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.
20.2M
total occurrences
11.8M
since 2019 (58.6%)
1970–2023
years active
Case variants in archive: .wav (19.8M), .WAV (357.1K), .Wav (1.5K), .waV (451), .wAv (16), .WaV (4), .WAv (2), .wAV (1) — aggregated above.
Attribution status
This extension is attributed to Wave as primary by 1 authoritative claim.
Authoritative sources: ✗ Linguist · no claim ✗ Pygments · no claim ✓ Wikidata · Q217570 ✗ Wikipedia · no claim
Claimants (1)
Languages that list
.wav among their extensions. Strength reflects whether the upstream source treated it as their primary extension.| Language | Source | Strength |
|---|---|---|
| Wave | wikidata | primary |
Wikidata says… (15)
File formats, image formats, audio codecs and other non-PL
entities that claim
.wav 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waveform Audio File Format Q217570top match file format standard for storing audio on PCs | digital container format; audio file format | binary:audio | audio/vnd.wave | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| RF64 Q3928266 file format | file format | — | audio/vnd.wave | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
| Broadcast Wave Format Q922446 file format family based on the Microsoft Wave file format | file format family | — | audio/x-wav | — | Use as new PL ↗ |
SWH-mined examples (0)
No archived examples for .wav in our local mirror yet.