MUUDS

Curated catalog of analyzed web design.

Trends

Every number here is counted from the newest capture of each site, so a site re-captured eleven times still counts once. Human corrections are included.

computed 2026-08-28 08:59

Dark or light

50 sites

light leads at 53%, but it is not a majority.

  1. light53% · 188
  2. dark38% · 134
  3. mixed9% · 30

Mood, by site

50 sites

No clear winner: quiet tops it at 26%, across 9 values.

  1. quiet26% · 13
  2. bold20% · 10
  3. editorial20% · 10
  4. dreamy10% · 5
  5. raw10% · 5
  6. clinical4% · 2
  7. luxurious4% · 2
  8. warm4% · 2

Mood, by section

50 sites

quiet leads at 45%, but it is not a majority.

  1. quiet45% · 160
  2. editorial13% · 47
  3. bold12% · 43
  4. clinical9% · 33
  5. raw5% · 16
  6. warm4% · 15
  7. dreamy4% · 14
  8. luxurious4% · 13

Style

50 sites

Mostly minimal — 94% of the sites.

  1. minimal94% · 47
  2. editorial70% · 35
  3. swiss56% · 28
  4. experimental46% · 23
  5. brutalist30% · 15
  6. retro16% · 8
  7. organic14% · 7
  8. corporate6% · 3

Display typefaces

50 sites

No clear winner: Geist tops it at 4%, across 47 values.

  1. Geist4% · 2
  2. Neue Montreal4% · 2
  3. Switzer4% · 2
  4. Aeonik2% · 1
  5. Antique Legacy2% · 1
  6. Archivo2% · 1
  7. AS Therma Bold Condensed2% · 1
  8. Baillat Studio2% · 1

Pairings

50 sites

No clear winner: AS Therma Bold Condensed + PP Neue Montreal tops it at 2%, across 26 values. — Only pages that set a different face for body text

  1. AS Therma Bold Condensed + PP Neue Montreal2% · 1
  2. Baillat Studio + NeueMontreal2% · 1
  3. Basement Grotesque Black Expanded + JetBrains Mono2% · 1
  4. Bricolage Grotesque + Poppins2% · 1
  5. Canela Text Trial + Inter2% · 1
  6. Garnett + GT America2% · 1
  7. HelveticaNowDisplay + Helvetica Monospaced W1G2% · 1
  8. Instrument Serif + Author2% · 1

Where the type comes from

50 sites

Mostly self hosted — 70% of the sites. — Where the display face comes from, which decides whether it can be used

  1. self hosted70% · 35
  2. google28% · 14
  3. unknown2% · 1

Accent colour

50 sites

No clear winner: orange tops it at 23%, across 8 values.

  1. orange23% · 8
  2. white17% · 6
  3. black14% · 5
  4. blue14% · 5
  5. green11% · 4
  6. red11% · 4
  7. pink6% · 2
  8. teal3% · 1

Type treatment

50 sites

Mostly oversized — 64% of the sites.

  1. oversized64% · 32
  2. uppercase54% · 27
  3. mixed pairing52% · 26
  4. serif display34% · 17
  5. mono20% · 10
  6. condensed14% · 7
  7. highlighted word10% · 5
  8. outlined2% · 1

Sections a page is built from

50 sites

No clear winner: showcase tops it at 26%, across 19 values. — 7 sections per page on average

  1. showcase26% · 93
  2. hero18% · 62
  3. statement12% · 42
  4. other11% · 38
  5. footer7% · 25
  6. feature5% · 18
  7. cta4% · 15
  8. feature grid3% · 9

Page grids

50 sites

12 columns leads at 38%, but it is not a majority.

  1. 12 columns38% · 10
  2. 16 columns23% · 6
  3. 15 columns15% · 4
  4. 11 columns8% · 2
  5. 13 columns4% · 1
  6. 14 columns4% · 1
  7. 5 columns4% · 1
  8. 9 columns4% · 1

Columns per section

50 sites

No clear winner: 12 tops it at 22%, across 16 values. — Columns per section, not per page

  1. 1222% · 77
  2. 116% · 56
  3. 1614% · 48
  4. 29% · 30
  5. 146% · 21
  6. 155% · 19
  7. 135% · 18
  8. 104% · 15

Container width

50 sites

Mostly 1400px — 65% of the sites.

  1. 1400px65% · 17
  2. 1300px12% · 3
  3. 1100px8% · 2
  4. 1000px4% · 1
  5. 1200px4% · 1
  6. 400px4% · 1
  7. 800px4% · 1

Density

50 sites

Mostly airy — 68% of the sections measured.

  1. airy68% · 241
  2. balanced26% · 90
  3. dense6% · 21

Counted from 50 sites. A slice of fewer than eight is marked as a small sample, because a percentage of five sites is a story about five sites. Browse the library.