🆚 Material Design vs. USWDS

Type

Design system
Design system

About

Material Design is a design system developed by Google that defines a unified visual and interaction language used across Android, web, and other platforms.

It uses grid-based layouts, consistent color palettes and typography, interactive "elevation" shadows and lighting to convey depth, motion and animation for user feedback and transitions, and a comprehensive set of ready-to-use UI components.

The U.S. Web Design System (USWDS) is an open-source design system developed by the United States government to help federal agencies build fast, accessible, and mobile-friendly websites.

It provides a library of reusable UI components, design patterns, and production-ready code with built-in compliance for standards such as Section 508 and the 21st Century IDEA, along with utilities, templates, and standardized design variables for color, typography, and spacing.

Headquarters

Mountain View, California, United States
Washington, D.C., United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Design Systems › Rank #1
Design Systems › Rank #4
UI Frameworks › Rank #27

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Material Design technology is 31 times more popular than USWDS.
Total websites

Market share

Design Systems

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Material Design is more popular than USWDS in all countries.
United States
Germany
France
India
United Kingdom
Brazil
Spain
Iran
Italy
Russia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Material Design is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping, while USWDS is more commonly used on government and military sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Travel
Entertainment
Government/Military
Health
Finance/Banking

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#317
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Name
Rank
#110
#183
#1,014
#1,093
#1,186
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See also

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