# How common is a dedicated settings screen in web products?

Source: Lazyweb Research
Author: Ali Abouelatta, Lazyweb Research
Published: 2026-07-07
Updated: July 2026
Sample size: n=11753
Category: [Web product-surface censuses (dashboards, settings, feeds)](https://design.lazyweb.com/blog/category/web-product-surface-censuses-dashboards-settings-feeds)
Tags: saas, web, ux-patterns, design
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**Answer.** 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 appears in the marketing/pre-auth surface.[3] The named leaders (google-workspace, front, clerk) each carry 20+ distinct settings screens, signaling deep settings hierarchies.

> 51% of 671 tracked web companies (345) have a settings screen; 1,351 settings screens in all — Lazyweb Research, July 2026.

## The finding

Settings ranks 3rd of 15 screen types by volume (1,351 screens) and by company coverage (345 of 671, 51.4%).[1][2] It sits just behind editor and inbox and just ahead of feed. Every one of the 1,351 settings screens is in-product — settings is one of eight screen types that are 100% authenticated (editor, inbox, settings, feed, dashboard, profile, onboarding, cancellation).[3]

The companies with the deepest settings coverage:

| Company | Settings screens |
| --- | --- |
| google-workspace | 39 |
| front | 28 |
| clerk | 22 |
| calendly | 18 |
| okta | 16 |
| notion | 15 |

## How to apply it

A single settings page is the norm, but the leaders show settings is often a multi-screen surface (google-workspace 39, front 28).[4] If you're scoping a settings redesign, benchmark against a hierarchy, not one page — infrastructure and identity products (clerk, okta) capture especially deep settings because account, security, and team configuration each get their own screen. Settings is also a candidate location for an in-product upgrade entry point, since it's authenticated and high-intent, though this census cannot confirm what individual settings screens surface.

## Caveats

This census counts screen presence, not content. It cannot tell you whether settings surfaces plan/billing, profile, or notifications first — the web corpus has no element-level vision join.[1] Company-level counts reflect capture depth: a company with 1 captured settings screen may have many more in production. Single June 2026 capture wave.

## The numbers

| Stat | Computed from |
| --- | --- |
| 1,351 settings screens (3rd most common type) | screen_type_leaderboard: settings 1,351 |
| 345 of 671 companies (51.4%) have settings | screen_type_company_coverage: settings 51.4% (345/671) |
| settings is 100% in-product | in_product_by_screen_type: settings 100% in-product |
| top settings depth: google-workspace 39, front 28, clerk 22, calendly 18, okta 16, notion 15 | qualitative settings examples |

## Methodology

Universe: 11,753 labeled desktop product screens across 671 web companies (sites_screen_labels), captured June 2026. Method: per-company presence and per-company screen counts for screen_type='settings'. Caveat: structural census — no element-level content data; single capture wave.

## Sources & citations

- [1] Lazyweb Research analysis of 11,753 labeled desktop product screens (671 web companies), July 2026. Screen-type frequency, 15-type vocabulary, captured June 2026; structural only.
- [2] Lazyweb Research analysis of 11,753 labeled desktop product screens (671 web companies), July 2026. Per-company settings coverage.
- [3] Lazyweb Research analysis of 11,753 labeled desktop product screens (671 web companies), July 2026. is_in_product by screen type; settings 100% in-product.
- [4] Lazyweb Research analysis of 11,753 labeled desktop product screens (671 web companies), July 2026. Named top-settings examples (per-company distinct screen counts).

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