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title: "Mobile Search UX 2026: 55.7% Hide Search in an Icon - PageSpeed Matters"
url: https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/data-studies/mobile-search-ux
description: "On a phone screen, 55.7% of 246 ranking store homepages hide search behind an icon, 32.1% show a visible search box and 4.9% have no search at all."
lang: en
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Mobile Search UX 2026: 55.7% Hide Search in an Icon (https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/data-studies/mobile-search-ux)

On a phone screen, 55.7% of 246 ranking store homepages hide search behind an icon, 32.1% show a visible search box and 4.9% have no search at all.

Mobile homepage search UI

Visible box 32.1%

Icon only 55.7%

Input not shown 7.3%

No search 4.9%

Source: PageSpeed Matters. Phone render (390x844) of 246 ranking store homepages, Oct 2026.

First screen only; small sample.

Source: Mobile Search UX 2026: 55.7% Hide Search in an Icon - PageSpeed Matters (https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/data-studies/mobile-search-ux)