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The State of QR Codes 2026
How America creates and scans QR codes — adoption, the types people actually make, and what turns a scan into a lead. Free, no email required.
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The State of
QR Codes
2026
Adoption, the types people make, and lead generation.
~43%
of US consumers scan a QR code every week
+433%
growth in QR scanning over four years
#2
PDFs are the second most-created QR type
95%
of businesses captured leads they could not get elsewhere
What's inside
- ✓ Adoption & growth — how QR scanning became a daily habit.
- ✓ What Americans make — the full breakdown of the most-created QR code types.
- ✓ The document wave — why PDFs, Forms, and Docs are 30%+ of codes.
- ✓ QR codes as a lead engine — five takeaways for 2026.
Sources: ME-QR 2025 US QR statistics; Bitly 2025 QR statistics; Supercode (QR lead generation, 2026); Scanova (types of QR codes). Figures are third-party estimates — see the report for links.
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