--- title: "PostalForm online mailing data: H1 2026 order patterns" description: PostalForm analyzed 391 paid, non-scam, positive-price orders placed from January 10 through June 30, 2026. The median document was 2 pages, 99.0% of orders used a PDF upload, and 16.9% selected Certified Mail. This release publishes the underlying aggregate counts, definitions, limitations, and machine-readable data. seotitle: "Online Mailing Data: PostalForm H1 2026 Order Patterns" seo-description: Aggregate counts and methodology for 391 paid PostalForm orders placed from January 10 through June 30, 2026, with downloadable CSV and JSON data. group: resources indexable: true llms: true nav: false schema: article eyebrow: Research data published: 2026-07-20 updated: 2026-07-20 path: /postalform-online-mailing-data-2026-h1 --- # PostalForm online mailing data: H1 2026 order patterns PostalForm analyzed 391 paid, non-scam, positive-price orders placed from January 10 through June 30, 2026. The median document was 2 pages, 99.0% of orders used a PDF upload, and 16.9% selected Certified Mail. This release publishes the underlying aggregate counts, definitions, limitations, and machine-readable data. ## Key findings | Measure | Count | Share or value | | -------------------------------- | ----: | -------------: | | Included paid orders | 391 | 100.0% | | PDF uploads | 387 | 99.0% | | Letter mailpieces | 374 | 95.7% | | Postcard mailpieces | 17 | 4.3% | | Orders with 1-5 pages | 318 | 81.3% | | Orders with 11 or more pages | 38 | 9.7% | | Certified Mail | 66 | 16.9% | | Electronic return receipt | 13 | 3.3% | | Color printing | 74 | 18.9% | | Double-sided printing | 257 | 65.7% | | Express service | 31 | 7.9% | | Median page count | - | 2 pages | | 90th-percentile page count | - | 10 pages | | Median paid order total | - | $3.80 | | 90th-percentile paid order total | - | $20.12 | All percentages use the 391 included orders as the denominator. Percentages are rounded to one decimal place. ## Page-count distribution | Page-count bucket | Orders | Share | | ----------------- | -----: | ----: | | 1 page | 163 | 41.7% | | 2-5 pages | 155 | 39.6% | | 6-10 pages | 32 | 8.2% | | 11 or more pages | 38 | 9.7% | Every included order had a recorded page count. The median was 2 pages and the 90th percentile was 10 pages. Orders are the unit of analysis; these counts should not be interpreted as unique customers. ## Print, proof, and service choices | Choice | Orders | Share | Definition | | ------------------------- | -----: | ----: | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Color printing | 74 | 18.9% | The order requested color rather than black-and-white printing. | | Double-sided printing | 257 | 65.7% | The order requested duplex rather than single-sided printing. | | Certified Mail | 66 | 16.9% | The order selected USPS Certified Mail. | | Electronic return receipt | 13 | 3.3% | The order selected the electronic return receipt add-on. | | Express service | 31 | 7.9% | The stored mail class was `express`; 360 orders, or 92.1%, were non-Express. | These are selections recorded at checkout. They do not establish that every order was delivered, that every proof record was available, or that a service choice was legally required. ## File-type definition An order was classified as a PDF upload when its stored source filename ended in `.pdf`, case-insensitively. This classification used the filename field only; the analysis did not open or inspect customer documents. Four included orders did not match that PDF-filename rule. ## Cost context The median paid order total was $3.80 and the 90th-percentile total was $20.12. These are full online-mailing order totals, not USPS stamp prices. They can include printing, envelope preparation, postage, provider handoff, and selected service options. The results do not form a current price list. Use the [PostalForm pricing calculator](/pricing-calculator) for a quote based on a specific document, destination, print setting, and mailing option. ## Methodology - **Observation window:** January 1 through June 30, 2026, inclusive. The first included order was placed January 10, 2026, and the last was placed June 30, 2026. Timestamps were evaluated in UTC. - **Included:** orders marked paid, not marked as scam, with a recorded price greater than $0. - **Excluded:** unpaid orders, zero-price orders, and orders marked as scam. - **Unit:** one order. The analysis did not deduplicate repeat customers. - **Source:** aggregate fields from the PostalForm production orders database. - **Privacy:** no names, postal addresses, email addresses, filenames, document contents, payment identifiers, IP addresses, user agents, or individual order IDs were exported. - **Rounding:** percentages are counts divided by 391 and rounded to one decimal place. Medians and 90th percentiles were calculated across the included orders. - **Timing:** fulfillment and delivery-speed claims are excluded because provider creation timestamps and webhook timestamps do not consistently measure customer-visible USPS acceptance or delivery. ## Limitations - The sample comes from PostalForm customers and may not represent people who mail documents themselves or use another service. - Orders are not unique customers. Repeat customers can contribute more than one order. - The six-month window includes changes in traffic mix, product features, provider routing, and postal prices. - Filename extension is a practical file-type proxy, not a content inspection. - Checkout selections describe requested options, not delivery outcomes. - Small differences should not be treated as broad market trends without an independent comparison dataset. ## Download the aggregate data - [Download the H1 2026 aggregate as CSV](/datasets/postalform-online-mailing-2026-h1.csv) - [Download the H1 2026 aggregate as JSON](/datasets/postalform-online-mailing-2026-h1.json) Both files contain aggregate statistics only. They contain no order-level or customer-level records. ## Citation and release information - **Publisher:** PostalForm - **Release date:** July 20, 2026 - **Version:** 1.0 - **Canonical page:** `https://postalform.com/postalform-online-mailing-data-2026-h1` Suggested citation: PostalForm. “PostalForm online mailing data: H1 2026 order patterns.” Version 1.0, July 20, 2026. `https://postalform.com/postalform-online-mailing-data-2026-h1`. If a correction changes a published count, the page will update the version and describe the correction without replacing the dated download files. ## Related - [Interim 2026 online mailing data release](/postalform-online-mailing-data-2026-q2) - [Mail a PDF online](/mail-pdf-online) - [Online print and mail service](/online-print-and-mail-service) - [Certified Mail online](/certified-mail-online) - [PostalForm resources](/resources)