Focaccia over time
231 of the 261 recipes carry a publication date, from 2001 to 2026. Below: how many pages each year, whether the typical pan changed between the oldest and newest, and the oldest and newest pages themselves.
A date here is the one the page gives for itself: when it was published, or last updated. Sites often refresh an old recipe and its date together, so read these as when the pages went up, not when the recipes were created.
Recipes per year
Dated pages by the year they give. The first bar gathers the 1 pages from before 2007. Shading marks the periods compared below.
How the typical pan changed
Between focaccia pages dated before 2020 and those dated 2023 or later, the median water rose from 67% to 76% of the flour weight. Olive oil, salt, yeast and sugar show no clear change.
| Per 100 g flour | Before 202074 recipes | 2020 to 202269 recipes | 2023 and later88 recipes |
|---|---|---|---|
| WaterHigher | 67% | 75% | 76% |
| Olive oilNo clear change | 9.3% | 11% | 10% |
| SaltNo clear change | 1.8% | 1.9% | 2% |
| YeastNo clear change | 1.4% | 1% | 1.1% |
| SugarNo clear change | 0.8% | 0% | 0% |
Each cell is the median baker's percentage in that period: grams of the ingredient per 100 g of flour. Higher and lower compare the newest period with the oldest, only where the change is clear (see how below). Periods are cut at year boundaries so each holds about the same number of recipes.
Oldest and newest pages
Oldest dates
Jul 15, 2001
Koriander-Focaccia · bettybossi.chJan 24, 2008
Pain focaccia maison · ptitchef.comFeb 3, 2008
La focaccia tomate et oignon · ptitchef.comFeb 19, 2008
Focaccia · tudogostoso.com.brMar 25, 2008
Focaccia de tomate seco · tudogostoso.com.br
Newest dates
Aug 28, 2026
Easy Sourdough Focaccia · littlespoonfarm.comAug 25, 2026
Focaccia ultra-rapide · chefsimon.comAug 10, 2026
Rosemary and Garlic Sourdough Focaccia · littlespoonfarm.comJul 28, 2026
Focaccia aux tomates cerises et au romarin : la meilleure recette · marmiton.orgJul 3, 2026
Quick Focaccia Recipe (Same Day!) · acouplecooks.com
How the dates are read
Each date is the publication date in the recipe page's own structured data. 21 of the 261 recipes have none, or one without a year (such as “December 3”), and are left out.
9 more carry a date their site gave to many pages at once, which marks a site move or redesign rather than a publication: 2018-01-01 on tasteofhome.com (222 pages across Recipe Lab, 4 of them here), 2018-10-08 on bakerbettie.com (46 pages across Recipe Lab, 1 of them here) and 2016-11-18 on foodnetwork.com (20 pages across Recipe Lab, 1 of them here), and 3 more like it. They are left out too.
A change counts as clear when the newest period's median differs from the oldest period's by at least a tenth and a rank test puts the gap at 2.5 standard errors or more. For the share of recipes using an ingredient, the bar is 3 standard errors and 8 percentage points. Every ingredient is tested, so a lower bar would flag chance differences on most pages.
2026 is still in progress, so its bar is short for a reason that has nothing to do with baking.