Package

audio-type

Detect the audio type of a Buffer/Uint8Array

v2.7.0, 28 Aug 2026MITESM onlyTypes: NoneVideo and audio

$ npm install audio-type

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 915.4k; +634% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 27 days ago; v2.7.0
GitHub stars: 26; 5 forks
Open issues / PRs: 0 / 1
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 8

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

915,437 downloads last week, 3,465,901 in the last month. The 12-month change of +634% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 619 in total
Latest version: 2.7.0, 28 Aug 202627 days ago
First published: 27 Apr 2014
Last push to GitHub: 28 Aug 202627 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 0
Open pull requests: 1
Commits, last 52 weeks: 8
Dependents on npm: 8

Major versions

v2 first release 2.0.0, 2 Mar 2023
v1 first release 1.0.0, 13 Jan 2015
v0 first release 0.1.0, 27 Apr 2014

Recent releases

Version	Published
2.7.0	28 Aug 2026
2.6.0	27 Aug 2026
2.5.0	27 Aug 2026
2.4.2	11 Jul 2026
2.4.1	7 Apr 2026
2.4.0	14 Mar 2026
2.2.1	3 Mar 2023
2.2.0	3 Mar 2023
2.1.1	3 Mar 2023
2.1.0	3 Mar 2023
2.0.0	2 Mar 2023
1.0.2	23 Apr 2016
1.0.0	13 Jan 2015
0.3.0	22 Nov 2014

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: >=14
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 16 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install audio-type

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/audio-type@2.7.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/audio-type@2.7.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/audio-type@2.7.0

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.