A side-by-side comparison of two ui & css frameworks, based on the 204,967 UI Framework sites tracked by Site Stats Database.
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| Metric | Pure CSS | Tailwind CSS |
|---|---|---|
| Websites | 816 | 7,759 |
| Market share | 0.40% | 3.8% |
| Share of top 10K sites | 0.24% | 1.3% |
| Share of top 100K sites |
|---|
| 0.11% |
| 1.1% |
| Rank | #13 | #5 |
|---|
| Median DR | 32 | 35 |
|---|
| Average DR | 36 | 37 |
|---|
| Median keywords | 1,027 | 1,005 |
|---|
| Median referring domains | 476 | 525 |
|---|
| Median domain age | 17 yrs | 11 yrs |
|---|
| Average domain age | 17 yrs | 13 yrs |
|---|
| Average monthly traffic | 14,037,089 | 113,171 |
|---|
| Combined monthly traffic | 11,454,264,588 | 878,094,773 |
|---|
Monthly snapshots of each segment, 2026-06 to 2026-07. Website counts move when our catalog grows; the share of tracked sites is normalized, so it only moves when real prevalence changes.
Websites
Share of tracked sites
Combined monthly traffic
816 websites · rank #13
Top industries
Top markets
7,759 websites · rank #5
Top industries
Top markets
Tailwind CSS is used by more websites in our catalog: 816 use Pure CSS and 7,759 use Tailwind CSS.
Tailwind CSS sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Pure CSS: 32, Tailwind CSS: 35).
Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Pure CSS went from 0.11% to 0.09% of all tracked sites, while Tailwind CSS went from 1.1% to 0.88%. Pure CSS is gaining ground faster in our index.
5 websites in our catalog use both Pure CSS and Tailwind CSS.
Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; Domain Rating comes from Ahrefs and traffic from DataForSEO. Figures reflect the sites we track and refresh at least monthly.
Citation
Site Stats Database. "Pure CSS vs Tailwind CSS." Site Stats Database, July 1, 2026. https://sitestatsdb.com/technologies/ui-frameworks/compare/pure-css-vs-tailwind-css
Site Stats Database tracks 816 websites using Pure CSS and 7,759 using Tailwind CSS, each enriched with full monthly traffic history, authority, keywords, referring domains, and the complete detected tech stack. We detect every UI / CSS framework by crawling each site's HTML, response headers, and DNS; traffic and SEO metrics come from DataForSEO and Ahrefs. Everything refreshes at least monthly.
See plans & pricing| English |
| 91 |
| 3,062,929 |
| 213,267 |
| 23 yrs |
| 104,118,446 |
| Pure CSS |
| speedtest.net | English | 91 | 24,958 | 77,058 | 27 yrs | 28,500,149 | Pure CSS |
| tasteofhome.com | English | 85 | 1,710,618 | 135,948 | 29 yrs | 20,390,049 | Pure CSS |
| wikimedia.org | English | 93 | 2,379,245 | 966,084 | 23 yrs | 19,185,929 | Pure CSS |
| wikivoyage.org | English | 81 | 643,751 | 23,679 | 19 yrs | 9,794,002 | Pure CSS |
| birdsandblooms.com | English | 71 | 172,459 | 9,925 | 27 yrs | 4,145,930 | Pure CSS |
| wheretoshoot.org | English | 55 | 6,688 | 871 | 3,951,748 | Pure CSS |
| login.yahoo.com | English | 94 | 4,737 | 14,059 | 31 yrs | 3,643,088 | Pure CSS |
| wikiquote.org | English | 86 | 419,347 | 81,377 | 22 yrs | 3,545,687 | Pure CSS |
| English |
| 90 |
| 1,761,626 |
| 243,449 |
| 31 yrs |
| 42,473,395 |
| Tailwind CSS |
| nerdwallet.com | English | 90 | 1,520,511 | 128,479 | 17 yrs | 40,890,258 | Tailwind CSS |
| couponfollow.com | English | 76 | 272,595 | 11,483 | 16 yrs | 25,131,429 | Tailwind CSS |
| latimes.com | English | 92 | 2,040,663 | 458,128 | 35 yrs | 21,182,750 | Tailwind CSS |
| calculat.io | English | 48 | 480,460 | 19,723 | 8 yrs | 15,708,186 | Tailwind CSS |
| tomsguide.com | English | 87 | 1,654,896 | 86,067 | 25 yrs | 14,346,127 | Tailwind CSS |
| space.com | English | 87 | 471,942 | 121,348 | 28 yrs | 13,682,977 | Tailwind CSS |
| easemate.ai | English | 50 | 31,731 | 2,281 | 1 yr | 12,535,413 | Tailwind CSS |
| livescience.com | English | 90 | 1,163,937 | 180,999 | 25 yrs | 12,029,564 | Tailwind CSS |