Most common screen resolutions in 2026 (real data)

In StatCounter's worldwide data for August 2026, the most common desktop screen resolution is 1920×1080 (22.2%), followed by 1536×864 (6.75%) and 1366×768 (5.25%). On mobile, 414×896 tops the list at 13.7%, ahead of 360×800 (9.2%) and 390×844 (6.83%). On tablets it's 768×1024 (8.79%). Here is what those numbers actually measure, and why a couple of them mean less than they look.

All figures come from StatCounter Global Stats, worldwide, August 2026. Rows that are clearly bot traffic (800×600, 1366×1366 and 1280×1200) and phone sizes misfiled as desktop have been removed.

Desktop

Source: StatCounter Global Stats, worldwide, August 2026; bot-traffic artifacts (800×600, 1366×1366, 1280×1200) and phone sizes misfiled as desktop removed.

1920×1080 is the clear leader, but look at what comes next. 1536×864, 1366×768 and 1280×720 are all laptops, and together they add up to 15.54%. Count every size in the list narrower than 1920 and you get 21.0%, nearly as much as 1920×1080 on its own.

The top nine sizes cover 45.68% of desktop traffic. The rest is a long tail of other sizes, and the current MacBook defaults (1470×956, 1512×982 and friends) are all somewhere in it, because none of them made the top nine.

What each of the top sizes usually is:

Why 1536×864 is so common

No mainstream screen is physically 1536×864. It's what a 1920×1080 panel reports when Windows runs at 125% display scaling: 1920 ÷ 1.25 = 1536 and 1080 ÷ 1.25 = 864. That's the default on many 15.6″ and 17″ laptops, and Full HD Chromebooks do the same at 1.25×. Websites see 1536×864 CSS pixels and a devicePixelRatio of 1.25. The full story, with every common laptop panel, is in Windows display scaling and the 1536×864 viewport.

The same trick explains 1280×720 (1920×1080 at 150%) and 1280×800 (1920×1200 at 150%). A lot of "low resolution" traffic is really sharp screens with scaling turned up.

Mobile

Source: StatCounter Global Stats, worldwide, August 2026; bot-traffic artifacts (800×600, 1366×1366, 1280×1200) and phone sizes misfiled as desktop removed.

The 414×896 caveat

414×896 is the size of the iPhone 11 and XR, phones from 2018 and 2019. Its share jumped during 2026, and the likely reason isn't a wave of old iPhones. Safari 26 reports a fixed screen size to known fingerprinting scripts (code that tries to identify you from details like your screen size), so a chunk of newer iPhones probably show up as 414×896 too.

That may also be why 402×874, the size of the iPhone 16 Pro, 17, 17 Pro and 18 Pro, doesn't appear in the top twelve at all. Treat 414×896 as "some iPhone", not as a real device to design for.

The rest of the list

• 360×800 (9.2%) is most likely a 360px-wide Android phone with a tall screen: 1080×2400 pixels at a DPR of 3 gives exactly 360×800. The 360 width is the classic Android width; the base Galaxy S25 is 360×780.
• 390×844 (6.83%) is the iPhone 12, 13 and 14, plus the 16e and 17e.
• 393×873 (5.26%) matches the Redmi Note 13 and 14 (4G).
• 384×832 (4.36%) is Samsung's default for the Plus, Ultra, FE and A-series, from the Galaxy A56 to the Galaxy S25 Ultra.
• 412×915 (3.13%) is the Pixel 8 and 8a.
• 375×812, 393×852 and 375×667 are the iPhone 13 mini, the iPhone 15 and 16 and the iPhone SE.
• 385×854 and 360×806 don't match any device in our database, so we won't guess.

Every one of the twelve is between 360 and 414px wide, and together they cover 55.95% of mobile traffic. That tight range is why phone layouts built for 360 and up hold together so well. For how those widths line up with the rest of the market, see responsive breakpoints in 2026.

Why phone size lists online disagree

If you've compared "viewport size" websites, you've probably seen different numbers for the same phone. Many of them take the panel resolution and divide by a guessed pixel ratio, and the guess is often wrong. The iPhone 13 mini is 375×812, not 360×780. The Galaxy S24 Ultra is 384×832, not 384×824 or 412×891. Samsung makes it messier still: about a third of Galaxy owners change the Display size setting, which moves a 384px-wide phone to anything from 320 to 412. Measured numbers beat calculated ones, which is why the sizes on our device pages come from measured sources wherever possible.

Tablet

Source: StatCounter Global Stats, worldwide, August 2026; bot-traffic artifacts (800×600, 1366×1366, 1280×1200) and phone sizes misfiled as desktop removed.

• 768×1024 (8.79%) is the classic 9.7″ iPad size.
• 800×1280 (7.24%) covers 11″ Android tablets: Galaxy Tab S11 / S9, Galaxy Tab A9+, Fire HD 10 and Lenovo Tab M11. 1280×800 (6.91%) is probably the same tablets reporting in landscape.
• 810×1080 (5.26%) is the iPad 10.2″.
• 820×1180 (5.07%) is the iPad Air 11″ and iPad 11″.

Two quirks to keep in mind. iPadOS Safari keeps reporting its portrait screen size even when the iPad is rotated, so iPads show up in portrait. And because iPadOS Safari requests desktop sites by default, identifying itself much like a Mac, some iPad visits can end up counted as desktop.

Screen resolution is not your viewport

These statistics record the screen size the browser reports, in CSS pixels. That's why 1536×864 exists even though no mainstream panel is physically that size. (If CSS pixels are new to you: what is a viewport? and device pixel ratio explained.)

Your page gets less than the screen. The viewport is what's left after the operating system and the browser take their share, and on desktop the window may not even be maximized. Using the toolbar heights in our device data:

On phones the width stays the same and the height shrinks. On desktops both can shrink, because people don't always maximize their windows. The iPhone numbers are broken down in how much of the screen iPhone users see in Safari. To see your own numbers, open /whats-my-viewport on any device.

How to turn these numbers into test sizes

Worldwide stats are a starting point. Here's how to use them without overthinking it:

1. Cover widths, not exact resolutions. One screen per cluster is enough: 360, 390–414, 768–820, 1280–1366, 1536 and 1920.
2. Always include the short ones. 375×667, 1280×720 and 1366×768 are where "above the fold" content gets cut off.
3. Ignore anything under about 1% unless it's your audience. Chasing every row wastes time; a flexible layout handles the in-between sizes.
4. Check your own analytics. A B2B dashboard used on office monitors and a recipe site read on phones have very different lists.

A sensible starting set, all taken from the tables above:

doesitfit.lol shows your page on real devices at all of these sizes at once, with a FITS, TIGHT or SPILLING sticker on each, so you can see which of the popular sizes your layout actually survives. The full list is at /screen-sizes.

What to take from this

• Desktop: 1920×1080 leads at 22.2%, but the sizes narrower than 1920 add up to nearly as much.
• 1536×864, 1280×720 and 1280×800 are scaled Full HD and WUXGA laptops, not low-end screens.
• Mobile: every top-twelve size is 360–414px wide. Treat 414×896 as partly Safari's privacy protection, not iPhone 11s.
• Tablets: the classic iPad size and 11″ Android tablets lead.
• Test the viewport, not the screen: subtract the browser bars before you decide what's "above the fold".