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audio/mpeg

File extensions: .mp3

MPEG-1 Audio Layer III — the universal music format.

What is audio/mpeg?

audio/mpeg identifies MP3 audio — the most widely supported compressed audio format on the web. Every browser, phone, and audio player can play MP3 without additional codecs.

Typical usage

Music streams, podcasts, voice recordings, ringtones.

HTTP header example

Response header

Content-Type: audio/mpeg

Reference

RFC 3003

Related MIME types

audio/wav

WAV

audio/ogg

Ogg (Vorbis/Opus)

audio/aac

AAC