2013 – The Year of Responsive Website Design

The revolution of Smartphone started off pretty well in the past few years. Everybody expected these gadgets to perform well in the market but nobody expected such a huge surge in this category that would cover billions within no time. The growth percentage for tablets and phones has been in hundreds and it is still growing. As a result, the usage of internet has tremendously increased on multiple devices which have indeed boosted the call for Responsive Website Design.

The Ability

Most of us might be wondering as why there is so much of hoopla on responsive web designs. Well the answer is simple. As a matter of derived demand the sources of internet access have changed tremendously, shifting from the traditional desktops to mobile phones and tablets. This in turn has generated a great demand for such websites can be opened and accessed at ease on multiple screens. The answer to all such requirements falls under responsive website design which has the ability to adjust on multiple screens with an efficient and user friendly web layout.

RWD Statistics

Responsive web design also known as RWD, has got a lot of potential at least for the next couple of years & this can be figured out on the following statistics gathered from verified secondary sources all across the globe.

·         Some prestigious brands like Best Buy, QVC, National Geographic and many others were able to improve their sales online by getting responsive.

·         The current spend on Smartphone & tablets are going to increase from $ 38.8 billion (2013), to a staggering $ 108.6 billion in the year 2017. This shows the potential derived demand for RWD in the near future.

·         21% of the website traffic on ecommerce have started coming from the mobile platforms and tablets.

·         The percentage of potential online mobile shoppers has been increasing at quite a good rate. Currently 67% of the online public wants to go for shopping via mobile phones.

·         The rate at which mobile web users are growing is more than 80%. This is an alarming bell for investors to focus on responsive web.

·         There appears to be a $12 billion dollar annual opportunity for mobile phones in the field of web alone in the U.S. So the statistics for the entire globe could be possible imagined.

·         Around 74% of the mobile users expressed their willingness to re-visit a mobile friendly website.

·         96% of the online visitors have confirmed that they have been through such websites on their mobiles or tablets which are not user friendly at all. This shows the market is still at nascent stage, though the expectations are very high.

Now after analyzing and checking to all these points, one can definitely expect the kind of potential responsive website design carries. The race is still on in this market and some scalable profits are definitely expected by 2017.