diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 669d56b..f6c25b5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ A lightweight, secure pastebin REST API built with Flask.
 
 - **Simple REST API** - Create, retrieve, list, and delete pastes via HTTP
 - **Binary support** - Upload text, images, archives, and other binary content
-- **Automatic MIME detection** - Magic byte detection (PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP, ZIP, PDF, GZIP)
+- **Automatic MIME detection** - Magic byte detection (images, video, audio, documents, executables, archives)
 - **Client certificate authentication** - mTLS or header-based via reverse proxy
 - **Tiered expiry** - 1 day (anon), 7 days (untrusted), 30 days (trusted PKI)
 - **Size limits** - 3 MiB anonymous, 50 MiB authenticated
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 256fa6d..ccaf56e 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Unstructured intake buffer for ideas, issues, and observations. Items here are r
   - Design: compress-then-encrypt only (not compress-only)
   - Compressed data has high entropy → bypasses entropy enforcement
   - Must enforce encryption when compression enabled (CLI-side)
+  - Server detects compression formats via magic bytes (REQUIRE_BINARY)
 - ETag support for conditional requests
 - Neovim/Vim plugin for editor integration
 - Webhook notifications for paste events
diff --git a/app/api/routes.py b/app/api/routes.py
index e820e34..8a86623 100644
--- a/app/api/routes.py
+++ b/app/api/routes.py
@@ -39,14 +39,52 @@ MIME_PATTERN = re.compile(r"^[a-z0-9][a-z0-9!#$&\-^_.+]*/[a-z0-9][a-z0-9!#$&\-^_
 
 # Magic bytes for binary format detection
 MAGIC_SIGNATURES: dict[bytes, str] = {
+    # Images
     b"\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n": "image/png",
     b"\xff\xd8\xff": "image/jpeg",
     b"GIF87a": "image/gif",
     b"GIF89a": "image/gif",
-    b"RIFF": "image/webp",
-    b"PK\x03\x04": "application/zip",
+    b"RIFF": "image/webp",  # RIFF container, verified as WEBP in detect_mime_type
+    b"BM": "image/bmp",
+    b"II\x2a\x00": "image/tiff",  # Little-endian TIFF
+    b"MM\x00\x2a": "image/tiff",  # Big-endian TIFF
+    b"\x00\x00\x01\x00": "image/x-icon",
+    # Video/Audio containers (checked for subtype in detect_mime_type)
+    b"\x1a\x45\xdf\xa3": "video/webm",  # Matroska/WebM
+    b"FLV\x01": "video/x-flv",
+    b"\x00\x00\x00\x1c\x66\x74\x79\x70": "video/mp4",  # ftyp box at standard offset
+    b"\x00\x00\x00\x20\x66\x74\x79\x70": "video/mp4",  # ftyp with different size
+    b"\x00\x00\x00\x18\x66\x74\x79\x70": "video/mp4",  # ftyp with different size
+    # Audio
+    b"ID3": "audio/mpeg",  # MP3 with ID3 tag
+    b"\xff\xfb": "audio/mpeg",  # MP3 frame sync
+    b"\xff\xfa": "audio/mpeg",
+    b"\xff\xf3": "audio/mpeg",
+    b"\xff\xf2": "audio/mpeg",
+    b"fLaC": "audio/flac",
+    b"OggS": "audio/ogg",
+    # Documents
     b"%PDF": "application/pdf",
+    b"\xd0\xcf\x11\xe0\xa1\xb1\x1a\xe1": "application/msword",  # OLE (DOC, XLS, PPT, MSI)
+    b"PK\x03\x04": "application/zip",  # ZIP, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, ODT, JAR, APK
+    # Executables
+    b"MZ": "application/x-msdownload",  # EXE, DLL
+    b"\x7fELF": "application/x-executable",  # ELF (Linux)
+    b"\xfe\xed\xfa\xce": "application/x-mach-binary",  # Mach-O 32-bit
+    b"\xfe\xed\xfa\xcf": "application/x-mach-binary",  # Mach-O 64-bit
+    b"\xcf\xfa\xed\xfe": "application/x-mach-binary",  # Mach-O 64-bit (reversed)
+    b"\xca\xfe\xba\xbe": "application/x-mach-binary",  # Mach-O fat/universal binary
+    b"\x00asm": "application/wasm",  # WebAssembly
+    # Compression/Archives
     b"\x1f\x8b": "application/gzip",
+    b"BZh": "application/x-bzip2",
+    b"\xfd7zXZ\x00": "application/x-xz",
+    b"\x28\xb5\x2f\xfd": "application/zstd",
+    b"\x04\x22\x4d\x18": "application/x-lz4",
+    b"7z\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c": "application/x-7z-compressed",
+    b"Rar!\x1a\x07": "application/vnd.rar",
+    # Data
+    b"SQLite format 3\x00": "application/x-sqlite3",
 }
 
 # Generic MIME types to override with detection
diff --git a/documentation/api.md b/documentation/api.md
index 248e9af..098cd4d 100644
--- a/documentation/api.md
+++ b/documentation/api.md
@@ -464,13 +464,16 @@ X-SSL-Client-SHA1: a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2c3d4e5f6a1b2
 FlaskPaste automatically detects MIME types using:
 
 1. **Magic byte signatures** (highest priority)
-   - PNG: `\x89PNG\r\n\x1a\n`
-   - JPEG: `\xff\xd8\xff`
-   - GIF: `GIF87a` or `GIF89a`
-   - WebP: `RIFF....WEBP`
-   - ZIP: `PK\x03\x04`
-   - PDF: `%PDF`
-   - GZIP: `\x1f\x8b`
+
+   | Category | Formats |
+   |----------|---------|
+   | Images | PNG, JPEG, GIF, WebP, BMP, TIFF, ICO |
+   | Video | MP4, WebM, FLV, Matroska |
+   | Audio | MP3, FLAC, OGG |
+   | Documents | PDF, MS Office (DOC/XLS/PPT), ZIP-based (DOCX/XLSX/ODT) |
+   | Executables | EXE/DLL (PE), ELF (Linux), Mach-O (macOS), WASM |
+   | Archives | ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, XZ, ZSTD, LZ4, 7z, RAR |
+   | Data | SQLite |
 
 2. **Explicit Content-Type header** (if not generic)