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 | Tailwind CSS | W3.CSS |
|---|---|---|
| Websites | 7,759 | 1,051 |
| Market share | 3.8% | 0.51% |
| Share of top 10K sites | 1.3% | 0.10% |
| Share of top 100K sites |
|---|
| 1.1% |
| 0.08% |
| Rank | #5 | #12 |
|---|
| Median DR | 35 | 23 |
|---|
| Average DR | 37 | 26 |
|---|
| Median keywords | 1,005 | 810 |
|---|
| Median referring domains | 525 | 274 |
|---|
| Median domain age | 11 yrs | 15 yrs |
|---|
| Average domain age | 13 yrs | 16 yrs |
|---|
| Average monthly traffic | 113,171 | 76,577 |
|---|
| Combined monthly traffic | 878,094,773 | 80,482,793 |
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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
7,759 websites · rank #5
Top industries
Top markets
1,051 websites · rank #12
Top industries
Top markets
Tailwind CSS is used by more websites in our catalog: 7,759 use Tailwind CSS and 1,051 use W3.CSS.
Tailwind CSS sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Tailwind CSS: 35, W3.CSS: 23).
Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Tailwind CSS went from 1.1% to 0.88% of all tracked sites, while W3.CSS went from 0.13% to 0.12%. W3.CSS is gaining ground faster in our index.
41 websites in our catalog use both Tailwind CSS and W3.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. "Tailwind CSS vs W3.CSS." Site Stats Database, July 1, 2026. https://sitestatsdb.com/technologies/ui-frameworks/compare/tailwind-css-vs-w3-css
Site Stats Database tracks 7,759 websites using Tailwind CSS and 1,051 using W3.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 |
| 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 |
| English |
| 92 |
| 460,584 |
| 130,164 |
| 26 yrs |
| 19,645,294 |
| W3.CSS |
| skyward.com | 72 | 14,088 | 2,518 | 30 yrs | 2,570,806 | W3.CSS |
| purplemath.com | English | 70 | 67,496 | 4,507 | 26 yrs | 2,543,656 | W3.CSS |
| snapon.com | Dutch | 76 | 88,974 | 8,600 | 31 yrs | 2,452,232 | W3.CSS |
| mycutegraphics.com | English | 46 | 30,874 | 6,196 | 20 yrs | 2,322,689 | W3.CSS |
| everydaycalculation.com | English | 43 | 133,024 | 1,203 | 13 yrs | 2,256,594 | W3.CSS |
| miniwebtool.com | English | 70 | 157,726 | 5,437 | 16 yrs | 2,045,403 | W3.CSS |
| shedsforlessdirect.com | English | 26 | 20,031 | 1,662 | 19 yrs | 948,401 | W3.CSS |
| zinus.com | English | 64 | 13,871 | 1,959 | 26 yrs | 888,666 | W3.CSS |