MPEG’s existence is close to 30 years having held its first meeting in May 1988. Close to 200 standards have been developed by a membership that currently exceeds 1,000 experts (registered) and 400 experts (attending meetings) from hundreds of companies and organisations, and close to 30 countries. See the MPEG official website.
These are some of the most relevant MPEG standards. Standards non mentioned are not unimportant. Simply the list would have been too long.
| ISO code | Name | Purpose |
| 11172-3 | MP3 | The first standard for audio (music) compression |
| 13818-1 | MPEG-2 TS | The systems standard for broadcasting over the air and cable (DVD and Blu-Ray using MPEG-2 PS) |
| 13818-2 | MPEG-2 Video | The first – and still widely used – video compression standard for digital television |
| 14496-2 | MPEG-4 Video | The first video compression standard for mobile and internet |
| 14496-3 | MPEG-4 Audio | The universally used audio compression standard for internet distribution |
| 14496-10 | MPEG-4 AVC | The widely used video compression standard |
| 14496-12 | MP4 File Format | The universally used file format for digital media |
| 23000-19 | CMAF | Common Media Application Format (baseline format for content distribution) |
| 23008-1 | MMT | MPEG Media Transport (IP based transport) |
| 23008-2 | MPEG-H HEVC | High Efficiency Video Coding (the newest – 2013) video compression standard |
| 23008-3 | MPEG-H 3D Audio | Audio compression with independent numbers of microphones and loudspeakers |
| 23008-14 | MPEG-H HDR | Conversion and coding practices for HDR/WCG video |
| 23009-1 | DASH | Media presentation description and segment formats (adaptive streaming) |
| 23090-2 | OMAF | Omnidirectional MediA Format (for VR applications) |