Published
November 10, 2022
Updated
Where Favicons appear
Today, favicons appear in many places. These are among the most relevant;
Google Search results
Google displays favicons in both desktop and mobile search results in most parts of the World.
In web browsers
Browser tabs
In Chrome and many browsers, it appears on the browser tab when a page from your site is open.
Browser bookmarks
It can appear in bookmarks.
Social sharing snippets
Some services that build an Open Graph excerpt of your page can show your icon.
e.g. Discourse shows the favicon of shared links.
In operating systems
Desktop shortcuts, and mobile shortcuts
If you drag a shortcut to your desktop, it can appear there as well.
You can do a similar thing to save frequently-used sites on your mobile devices, and it will use the favicon there as well.
