In short. Open Search Console Property settings, select Crawl stats, and open a file-type group to inspect its charts and example requests.
Definition: As of 17 October 2026, Search Console's Crawl Stats report groups Google crawl responses by returned file type. Opening a group shows aggregate crawl data and example request URLs.
Key facts
- Google's Crawl Stats documentation defines file-type percentages as shares of responses, rather than downloaded bytes.
- Google's Property Settings documentation describes Crawl stats as showing how often Google crawls a site over the last 90 days.
- Google's file types documentation identifies the
Content-TypeHTTP header as its usual basis for determining a file's type.
Where is the report?
Google's Property Settings page documentation says that settings apply to the currently selected property. A property is the website scope selected in Search Console. Clicking a settings item opens it for viewing or management. The available settings vary with the property and the user's permissions; some require owner or full-user permissions.
The Crawl Stats documentation restricts this report to Domain properties or URL-prefix properties at root level. Its documented path, followed by the file-type grouping, is:
Property settings > Crawl stats > File type
What do the file-type groups contain?
Google's Crawl Stats documentation lists HTML, Image, JavaScript, CSS and PDF among the groups. Syndication covers RSS or Atom feeds. Redirects appear under Other file type. Unknown (Failed) covers failed requests whose file type is unknown.
How are example requests inspected?
The Crawl Stats documentation explains that opening a file-type row reveals request-count and average-response-time charts by date. Opening an example URL shows request details, including crawl time, response code and response size. The examples are representative and incomplete, so an absent URL can still have been requested.
How does a file extension relate to its type?
An extension is a filename ending such as .pdf. Google's file types documentation explains that Google usually determines type from the Content-Type HTTP response header. When that header is missing or incorrect, Google may use the extension or parse the file again with a different parser.
The same documentation lists formats whose content Google can index. It separates plain-text formats, such as HTML and XML, from encoded formats requiring a specific parser, such as PDF and Microsoft Word documents. It also lists supported image and video formats.
Related terms
- Googlebot
- How do I inspect Google crawl failures in Search Console?
- How do I distinguish Googlebot types in Crawl Stats?
- Server log analysis
FAQ
Why does my Settings page show different options?
Google's Property Settings documentation says that the list depends on your property and permissions. Some properties are ineligible for particular settings, and some settings are visible only to owners or full users.
Can I search Google for a particular file format?
Google's file types documentation documents the filetype: search operator. Its example searches for RTF files and URLs ending in .rtf whose content contains the word “galway”:
filetype:rtf galway
Sources
- Google Search Console Help, "Crawl Stats report", undated
- Google Search Console Help, "Search Console Property Settings page", undated
- Google Search Central, "File types indexable by Google", 3 February 2026
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