State of Sites / Chapter 5

Who we
surveyed

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1,900+ designers, marketers, frontend developers, founders, agency operators, what website work they do, how long those tasks take, and who owns what.

Mostly designers, followed by marketers and frontend devs. The remaining 16% were mostly founders and small business owners (45%). 10% were a different kind of engineer (full stack, backend, “design engineer”). Another 10% were artists (illustrators, videographers, animators, copywriters). The rest were agencies, freelancers, and consultants.

66%

designers

10%

marketers

8%

frontend devs

16%

others

Which industries

We break down most of this report by company size – what slows five people down isn’t what slows down 500.

1.9%

Manufacturing

Energy & Utilities

4.2%

Financial services

5.5%

Education

Healthcare/life sciences

6.6%

Retail/ecommerce

13.6%

Other

14.9%

Media & Entertainment

22.2%

Technology

24.1%

Professional services

Years of experience

Years of
experience

We break down most of this report by company size – what slows five people down isn’t what slows down 500.

19.1%

Less than 2 years

29.3%

2-5 years

22.1%

5-10 years

14.1%

11-15 years

8%

16-20 years

7.5%

20+ years

Who wesurveyed

1,900+ designers, marketers, frontend developers, founders, agency operators, what website work they do, how long those tasks take, and who owns what.

1,900+ designers, marketers, frontend developers, founders, agency operators, what website work they do, how long those tasks take, and who owns what.

66%

66%

10%

10%

8%

8%

16%

16%

Which industries

Which industries

Years of experience

Years ofexperience

19.1%

19.1%

29.3%

29.3%

22.1%

22.1%

14.1%

14.1%

8%

8%

7.5%

7.5%

The trap of maintenance

Who we
surveyed

Years of
experience