Moayyad Faris

Recurring measured dataset

Arabic RTL adoption trends

Follow how production websites adopt Arabic language metadata, RTL direction, logical CSS, Arabic fonts, and search-friendly markup. Changes are calculated only between snapshots collected with the same methodology.

Current reading

A trustworthy baseline is established

The 220-site version 3 snapshot is the first point in its methodology series. The earlier version 2 run remains available, but is excluded from change calculations because sampling changed.

Tracked indicators

Latest adoption rates

60%

Arabic language + root RTL

Pages setting both an Arabic language and root direction.

Baseline

63%

Root dir=rtl

Pages declaring RTL on the HTML element.

Baseline

75%

Arabic language declaration

Pages using an Arabic HTML language tag.

Baseline

5%

Logical CSS dominant

Pages using more logical than physical directional CSS.

Baseline

59%

Arabic web font

Pages deliberately loading an Arabic-supporting font.

Baseline

55%

Canonical URL

Pages publishing a canonical link.

Baseline

69%

Meta description

Pages publishing a meta description.

Baseline

35%

JSON-LD

Pages publishing JSON-LD structured data.

Baseline

Measurement history

Published snapshots

A methodology identifier groups comparable measurements. A new identifier starts a new series rather than creating a misleading jump in the chart.

CollectedMethodologySampleTrend status
Jul 24, 2026v2-ranked-cctld-css2120Archived method
Jul 24, 2026v3-stratified-cctld-cap20-css2220Current series

How updates work

Monthly, reviewed, reproducible

The collector runs against a fresh ranked-domain list, validates sample quality, preserves an immutable snapshot, and proposes the result for human review before it is published. Material changes are flagged in the run summary.

Use the data

Download the machine-readable trend series, inspect the full methodology, or benchmark your own page with the RTL Website Checker.