Comparison · UI library
Tailwind CSS vs Material UI: which do popular websites use?
As of 2026-10-02, Tailwind CSS is detected on 1,025 of 7,859 popular websites (13%) and Material UI on 64 (0.8%): Tailwind CSS is 16x as common. 7 sites use both.
Adoption at a glance
| Tailwind CSS | Material UI | |
|---|---|---|
| Sites using it | 1,025 | 64 |
| Share of 7,859 sites | 13% | 0.8% |
| Share of the top 1,000 sites (710 readable) | 14% | 0.3% |
| Only this one of the two | 1,018 | 57 |
Both: 7 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 | Material UI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 6,305 | 14% | 0.9% |
| News | 347 | 13% | <0.1% |
| Entertainment | 314 | 9.2% | <0.1% |
| Education | 246 | 6.9% | <0.1% |
| Government | 241 | 9.5% | 1.7% |
| Technology | 133 | 17% | <0.1% |
| Finance | 97 | 11% | 1.0% |
| 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 | Material UI |
|---|---|---|---|
| .com | 4,138 | 14% | 1.0% |
| .org | 437 | 11% | 0.5% |
| .net | 333 | 9.0% | 0.6% |
| .ru | 258 | 5.0% | 0.8% |
| .jp | 189 | 3.2% | <0.1% |
| .io | 185 | 26% | 1.6% |
| .de | 180 | 13% | 0.6% |
| .edu | 159 | 6.9% | <0.1% |
| .gov | 110 | 16% | 0.9% |
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 Material UI
- uidai.gov.in #681
- oreilly.com #942
- matterport.com #1,030
- infomaniak.com #1,187
- apptracer.ru #1,462
- freshdesk.com #1,538
- worldcat.org #1,762
- wasabisys.com #1,819
- mobilefuse.com #1,855
- code.org #1,979
- pcloud.com #2,006
- bitdrift.io #2,357
- myfitnesspal.com #2,495
- patch.com #2,683
- onlamp.com #2,699
- ora.com #2,943
- bleacherreport.com #3,204
- sbs.com.au #3,561
- yesstyle.com #3,565
- mywot.com #3,755
Each technology
FAQ
- Which is more popular, Tailwind CSS or Material UI?
- As of 2026-10-02, Tailwind CSS is detected on 1,025 of 7,859 popular websites (13%) and Material UI on 64 (0.8%): Tailwind CSS is 16x as common. 7 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 2 (0.3%) use Material UI.
- Can a website use both Tailwind CSS and Material UI?
- Yes: 7 of the 7,859 sites show both (<0.1%); 1,018 show only Tailwind CSS and 57 only Material UI.