The State of Tattoo Cover-Ups 2026

Version 2.0.0 · Ombra Tattoo · fixed observation window 16 Jun–7 Aug 2026

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requests in the cohort were cover-ups.

72%

of UK requests were cover-ups: 31 of 43, a small directional sample.

29%

of recorded placements were inner forearm: 95 of 328.

49%

of recorded cover-up styles were blackwork: 160 of 328.

Scope

These are first-party Ombra app requests, not a population estimate of the tattoo market. Ombra has a cover-up-focused listing, which creates selection bias. Percentages are rounded. Cells below n=10 and a second placement cell are suppressed so subtraction cannot reveal the small cell.

Privacy and reuse

Only aggregate categories are published. No photograph, raw free-text response, account identifier or row-level record is included. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Canonical citation

Ombra Tattoo. (2026). The State of Tattoo Cover-Ups 2026 (Version 2.0.0). https://ombratattoo.com/state-of-tattoo-cover-ups-2026

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