What’s New
Everything we’ve shipped on the Report Card, plus the localization news worth your attention — in one feed.
New: five video courses on globalization and web globalization
Short video courses from John Yunker on color and culture, going global, global gateways, the translation industry, and Spanish-language websites. Color by Country is open to everyone; the rest are free with an account.
Browse the courses →New tool: Language Gap Analysis
See the 70 most-spoken languages beside the share of the 150 top websites that support each one — and where the biggest gaps are. The first five languages are free to preview; paid subscribers see the full analysis and can download the chart.
See the analysis →New Tools section: Ask John, Website Showdown, and Website Timeline
A new Tools hub brings together Ask John (our AI-powered Q&A assistant), Website Showdown (head-to-head company comparisons), and Website Timeline (full screenshot history, year by year) in one place.
Explore Tools →The top 25 websites from the 2026 Web Globalization Report Card
John Yunker reveals the top 25 global websites from the 2026 Report Card on Global by Design — Wikipedia holds the top spot again, with ChatGPT newly breaking into the list.
Global by Design →Web Globalization Report Card website is open for subscriptions!
Professional and Enterprise plans are live — subscribe now for the full company archive, Language Tracker, and screenshot history.
Web Globalization Report Card in the news
Ghana News Agency cited Report Card author John Yunker in a piece on jw.org's translation work: “the internet connects computers, but languages connect people.”
More →Benchmarking for the 2026 Web Globalization Report Card is underway
Scoring for the 2026 edition is in progress across all tracked companies, with new rankings and language data rolling out as they're completed.
Five Rookie Mistakes that Companies Make When Going Global
Multilingual Magazine rounds up the most common early missteps companies make when taking a website or app international.
Multilingual Magazine →Five Web Globalization Best Practices That Have Stood the Test of Time
Multilingual Magazine revisits the core web globalization practices that still hold up years later.
Multilingual Magazine →The Connective Multilingual Internet: When the virus closed borders, languages crossed them
Multilingual Magazine looks at how the pandemic accelerated multilingual connection across a world of closed borders.
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