A website creates a user’s first impression. The design of a website accounts for 94% of first impressions. The attention span of the average person has narrowed to that of a goldfish. Human attention spans have shrunk from 12 seconds to 8 seconds on average. This is why it’s so important to get the user’s attention; you want it to be special and stand out.
Here are 10 Lifechanging statistics that you NEED to know about web design:
- A user can form an opinion about your website in less than 1 second.
- A mobile friendly site is just as important as the desktop site. 57% of people have stated that if a site has a poor mobile site, they will be less likely to recommend this business to a friend.
- Images and videos are so important to a business site, after all it sets the tone of the site. However, if the images and videos take too long to load then 38% of users will stop engaging in your site and go to one of your competitors.
- Bad web design decisions account for 94% of negative feedback.
- 80% of users will stop engaging with content that doesn’t display well on their chosen device.
- A study found that, 75% of users based a business’s reputation on its website design.
- On their homepage, 70% of small business websites are missing a Call to Action (CTA).
- Users spend an average of under 6 seconds looking at the home page of a website.
- A website needs to load fast. For an average website, 47% of users expect a loading time of no more than 2 seconds.
- To help their brand stand out from the competition, 73% of businesses invest in web design agency
You may not consider bespoke website design to be really relevant at times, but it is. The design of your website has a significant impact on your business. It’s critical to recruit a reliable, imaginative designer to complete the project.
