Comparison · UI library
Tailwind CSS vs Animate.css: which do popular websites use?
As of 2026-10-02, Tailwind CSS is detected on 1,025 of 7,859 popular websites (13%) and Animate.css on 132 (1.7%): Tailwind CSS is 7.8x as common. 3 sites use both.
Adoption at a glance
| Tailwind CSS | Animate.css | |
|---|---|---|
| Sites using it | 1,025 | 132 |
| Share of 7,859 sites | 13% | 1.7% |
| Share of the top 1,000 sites (710 readable) | 14% | 0.8% |
| Only this one of the two | 1,022 | 129 |
Both: 3 sites. Detected on 2026-10-02 from the home page; a technology that leaves no trace there is not counted.
By site sector
| Sector | Sites | Tailwind CSS | Animate.css |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 6,305 | 14% | 1.6% |
| News | 347 | 13% | 0.9% |
| Entertainment | 314 | 9.2% | 1.0% |
| Education | 246 | 6.9% | 4.1% |
| Government | 241 | 9.5% | 5.4% |
| Technology | 133 | 17% | 0.8% |
| Finance | 97 | 11% | 2.1% |
| E-commerce | 93 | 16% | <0.1% |
Share of the sector's sites using each technology; sectors with at least 50 sites.
By top-level domain
| TLD | Sites | Tailwind CSS | Animate.css |
|---|---|---|---|
| .com | 4,138 | 14% | 1.5% |
| .org | 437 | 11% | 0.7% |
| .net | 333 | 9.0% | 3.3% |
| .ru | 258 | 5.0% | 0.8% |
| .jp | 189 | 3.2% | 0.5% |
| .io | 185 | 26% | <0.1% |
| .de | 180 | 13% | <0.1% |
| .edu | 159 | 6.9% | 5.7% |
| .gov | 110 | 16% | 1.8% |
Top-level domains with at least 100 sites.
Most popular sites using only Tailwind CSS
- cloudflare.com #2
- yahoo.com #28
- vimeo.com #38
- f5.com #40
- sentry.io #41
- windows.com #47
- unity3d.com #62
- paypal.com #71
- shopify.com #72
- base.org #75
- t-online.de #90
- nist.gov #105
- weather.com #135
- name.com #143
- selectel.ru #155
- stanford.edu #169
- timeweb.ru #179
- brave.com #181
- businessinsider.com #199
- aol.com #200
Most popular sites using only Animate.css
- un.org #156
- pccc.com #376
- nextcloud.com #462
- osym.gov.tr #759
- ucsd.edu #902
- educationportal3.in #1,000
- adswizz.com #1,154
- gboxlab.com #1,330
- churnzero.net #1,344
- adtarget.com.tr #1,697
- the-ozone-project.com #1,728
- hinet.net #1,778
- schneevonmorgen.com #1,949
- gatech.edu #1,960
- loxonecloud.com #2,042
- pavietnam.vn #2,081
- paycomonline.net #2,499
- zmaticoo.com #2,513
- boyuanhulian.com #2,530
- eitaa.com #2,677
Each technology
- Websites using Tailwind CSS (1,025)
- Websites using Animate.css (132)
FAQ
- Which is more popular, Tailwind CSS or Animate.css?
- As of 2026-10-02, Tailwind CSS is detected on 1,025 of 7,859 popular websites (13%) and Animate.css on 132 (1.7%): Tailwind CSS is 7.8x as common. 3 sites use both.
- Which do the most popular websites prefer?
- Among the 710 sites of the top 1,000 that we could read, 100 (14%) use Tailwind CSS and 6 (0.8%) use Animate.css.
- Can a website use both Tailwind CSS and Animate.css?
- Yes: 3 of the 7,859 sites show both (<0.1%); 1,022 show only Tailwind CSS and 129 only Animate.css.