# Web product-surface censuses (dashboards, settings, feeds) Source: Lazyweb Research 16 data-backed questions on Web product-surface censuses (dashboards, settings, feeds). HTML: https://www.lazyweb.com/research/category/web-product-surface-censuses-dashboards-settings-feeds Markdown: https://www.lazyweb.com/research/category/web-product-surface-censuses-dashboards-settings-feeds.md ## Questions - [How common is a dashboard screen in web products?](https://www.lazyweb.com/research/how-common-is-a-dashboard-screen-in-web-products) 45% of tracked web companies have at least one dashboard screen captured: 300 of 671 companies, spanning 1,088 labeled dashboard screens.[1] That makes dashboard the 6th most common of 15 screen type… - [What are the most common screen types in web products?](https://www.lazyweb.com/research/what-are-the-most-common-web-product-screen-types) Editor leads: 2,119 of 11,753 labeled web screens (18%), present in 57% of tracked companies (382 of 671).[1][2] Inbox, settings, feed, and landing follow closely, each in roughly half of companies.… - [How common is a dedicated settings screen in web products?](https://www.lazyweb.com/research/how-common-is-a-settings-screen-in-web-products) 51% of tracked web companies have a settings screen captured: 345 of 671 companies, across 1,351 labeled screens — the 3rd most common screen type.[1][2] Settings is 100% in-product, so it never appe… - [What share of web product screens are in-product vs marketing?](https://www.lazyweb.com/research/what-share-of-web-product-screens-are-in-product-vs-marketing) 82% of labeled web product screens are in-product (authenticated app): 9,645 of 11,753, vs 2,108 (18%) marketing/pre-auth.[1] This is the highest-confidence split in the corpus — the is_in_product fl… - [Which web product screen types live behind login vs in marketing?](https://www.lazyweb.com/research/which-web-screen-types-are-in-product-vs-marketing) Eight screen types are 100% in-product and one (landing, 1,238 screens) is 100% marketing.[1] Five types straddle the auth boundary — signup, pricing, checkout, paywall, and browse_search — with sign… - [Do content products structure home feed-first or search-first?](https://www.lazyweb.com/research/feed-first-or-search-first-how-content-products-structure-home) Content and consumer verticals are feed-first, not search-first. In News (224 screens/7 companies), feed dominates with 71 screens; in Music (113/6), feed leads with 50.[1] Search-led home is the exc… - [Are B2B and SaaS products dashboard-first or something else?](https://www.lazyweb.com/research/are-b2b-saas-products-dashboard-first-or-editor-first) B2B verticals split by sub-type: Finance is dashboard-first (38 dashboard screens lead its mix of 170), but SaaS and Developer Tools are editor- and settings-forward, not dashboard-first.[1] In SaaS… - [What share of web products have the full dashboard + settings + onboarding spine?](https://www.lazyweb.com/research/what-share-of-web-products-have-the-full-product-spine) Only 20% of tracked web companies have all three core in-product screens captured together: 134 of 671 have a dashboard AND a settings AND an onboarding screen.[1] Individually each is far more commo… - [How many distinct product screens does a typical web company have?](https://www.lazyweb.com/research/how-many-product-screens-does-a-typical-web-company-have) The median tracked web company has 10 labeled product screens, but the average is 17.5 — pulled up by a long tail reaching 135 screens for the deepest product.[1] The range runs 1 to 135 across 671 c… - [How common is an inbox or messaging screen in web products?](https://www.lazyweb.com/research/how-common-is-an-inbox-screen-in-web-products) 56% of tracked web companies have an inbox screen: 373 of 671, across 1,455 labeled screens — the 2nd most common screen type overall.[1][2] Inbox is 100% in-product.[3] It's more common than dashboa… - [How common is an editor / canvas screen in web products?](https://www.lazyweb.com/research/how-common-is-an-editor-screen-in-web-products) Editor is the single most common web product screen: 2,119 labeled screens across 382 of 671 companies (57%).[1][2] It's 100% in-product and out-counts dashboard nearly 2:1.[2][3] The pattern reflect… - [How common is a feed screen in web products?](https://www.lazyweb.com/research/how-common-is-a-feed-screen-in-web-products) 52% of tracked web companies have a feed screen: 350 of 671, across 1,252 labeled screens — the 4th most common type.[1][2] Feed is 100% in-product.[3] It slightly out-covers landing and dashboard by… - [How common is a dedicated onboarding screen in web products?](https://www.lazyweb.com/research/how-common-is-an-onboarding-screen-in-web-products) 44% of tracked web companies have an onboarding screen captured: 294 of 671, across 927 labeled screens.[1][2] Onboarding is 100% in-product — it begins after authentication in this corpus, not befor… - [What monetization surfaces do web products actually use — pricing, checkout, or paywalls?](https://www.lazyweb.com/research/how-web-products-handle-monetization-pricing-checkout-cancellation) Web monetization runs through pricing (183 screens/147 companies), checkout (296/152), and cancellation (135/105) — not paywalls.[1][2] Web paywall is negligible: 38 screens across 33 companies (5% o… - [How common is a pricing page in web products, and is it marketing or in-product?](https://www.lazyweb.com/research/how-common-is-a-pricing-page-in-web-products) 22% of tracked web companies have a pricing page captured: 147 of 671, across 183 labeled screens.[1] Pricing is mostly a marketing/pre-auth surface — 129 of 183 screens sit outside the product, vs 5… - [Which product surfaces do productivity web tools lead with?](https://www.lazyweb.com/research/which-product-surfaces-does-the-productivity-vertical-lead-with) Productivity is the deepest-covered web vertical (983 screens across 34 companies) and it's editor-first: editor leads with 261 screens, present in 28 of 34 companies.[1] Inbox (136), settings (114),…