Favicon checker
Enter a page address to check its favicon. Verant reads the icons the page declares and /favicon.ico, loads each one, and shows its size, its type, and what to fix.
Every icon the page declares, and the one it does not
The icon links in the head, then /favicon.ico at the root.
The icons a page offers, one per row with a verdict: an SVG icon link and a 32 pixel PNG load, /favicon.ico at the root loads, and the apple-touch-icon is missing.
The check fetches the page the way a browser first does and reads the head: every link rel="icon", the apple-touch-icon for iPhone and iPad, and the mask icon for Safari pinned tabs. It also asks for /favicon.ico at the root of the site, because browsers and many tools ask for it when no link names an icon.
Each icon is requested once, up to 6 per check. The check reads only the first bytes of each file: enough for the status, the file type, the byte size, and the pixel size the file states. It does not run scripts, so an icon added by JavaScript after load does not show.
A favicon test for tabs, search results, and home screens
One mark, drawn at several sizes.
One icon at the sizes it is drawn: 16 and 32 pixels in a browser tab, 48 pixels beside a search result, and 180 pixels on an iPhone home screen.
A browser tab draws the icon at 16 or 32 pixels. Google Search shows it beside your result; Google asks for a square icon of at least 8×8 pixels, recommends one larger than 48×48, and does not list SVG among the formats it shows. An iPhone or iPad uses the apple-touch-icon, usually 180×180, when someone adds the site to the home screen.
The checklist states each of these as a plain fact: present or missing, loads or fails, the largest square raster size. An SVG icon is sharp at every size, but some browsers, including older Safari versions, do not show one, so it needs a PNG or ICO beside it.
Check the title beside the icon
Every tab and search result shows the icon next to the page title.
A fixes ledger: each row names the page or tag, quotes the flagged text, and gives the correction beside it.
The icon gets the eye; the words next to it get read. Verant proofreads the page title, the meta description, and the visible page for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and placeholder copy, and quotes each finding with the fix beside it.
Check the page under the checklist. The first 2 pages are free, no account needed.
Priced by pages, not seats
Paid plans are month to month. Cancel anytime.
See full pricing and billing details.
Mini
For personal websites and projects with a limited number of pages.
- 10 pages per month
- Single-page scans
- Full-site scans
- Site monitors
- AI agent access (MCP)
- Scan history
- Export to CSV
- Support
Hobby
Great for creators, side projects and other small websites.
- 50 pages per month
- Single-page scans
- Full-site scans
- Site monitors
- AI agent access (MCP)
- Scan history
- Export to CSV
- Support
Pro
Ideal for teams and companies needing full-site coverage.
- 250 pages per month
- Single-page scans
- Full-site scans
- 1 site monitor
- AI agent access (MCP)
- Scan history
- Export to CSV
- Standard support
Ultra
Enterprise throughput and priority support for brands shipping at scale.
- 1,000 pages per month
- Single-page scans
- Full-site scans
- 3 site monitors
- AI agent access (MCP)
- Scan history
- Export to CSV
- Priority support
Frequently asked questions
How do I check a website’s favicon?
Enter the page address above. Verant reads the icon links in the page’s HTML, requests each icon and /favicon.ico, and shows every icon with its size, type, and status, with a short checklist of what to fix. Free, no account.
Why is my favicon not showing?
Common causes: no icon link in the head and no /favicon.ico at the root, an icon address that answers 404, a server that answers with a web page instead of an image, or a browser that still holds the old icon in its cache. The check shows the status and type of each icon it requests.
What size should a favicon be?
Ship more than one. A 32×32 PNG, or an ICO that holds 16, 32, and 48 pixel images, covers browser tabs. For Google Search, use a square PNG or ICO larger than 48×48; Google does not list SVG. An apple-touch-icon of 180×180 covers the iPhone and iPad home screen.
Do I still need favicon.ico?
Browsers use the icon links in your head first. Many tools, feed readers, and older clients still ask for /favicon.ico at the root of the site, so a file there costs little and stops those requests from failing.
Can I use an SVG favicon?
Yes. Current Chrome, Edge, and Firefox show SVG favicons, and they stay sharp at every size. Some browsers, including older Safari versions, do not, so add a PNG or ICO as well.
Why does Google show a different icon, or none?
Google crawls the favicon on its own schedule and keeps it for a while, so a change can take time to appear. Its guidance asks for a square icon of at least 8×8 pixels, recommends one larger than 48×48, lists BMP, GIF, ICO, PNG, JPEG, PPM and TIFF but not SVG, and needs an address Googlebot can crawl. This check shows what the page declares today; it cannot see what Google has stored.
Does it check the words on the page?
Not in this tool. A Verant scan reads the page title and the visible copy for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and placeholder text, 2 pages free with no account.
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