The Best UX Design Blogs

Claire Freshney
4 min readOct 19, 2021

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The Best UX Design Blogs

What qualities distinguish a blog from the rest? When it comes to such a broad topic as UX design, one of the most essential things to think about is whether you practice what you preach. Is your blog easy for your target audience to use and built with your intended user or reader in mind?

Many of the most popular UX design blogs on the internet now welcome different experts to contribute, with each designer focusing on a certain domain of expertise — for example, social media, graphic design, UX writing, and visual editing.

Let’s take a closer look at some of the best UX Design Blogs — and what we can learn from them.

UXMovement.com

UX Movement is a specific type of blog that focuses on the end-user rather than the design process itself. What this blog does is push the reader to consider their design in light of what the user will encounter, with pointers to excellent and awful online designs that improve or degrade the user experience.

The website’s menu enables you to discover material depending on your area of interest, such as online Forms, CTA Buttons, and Content.

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UXBooth.com

The UX Booth is a platform for professionals in all areas of UX design. The user experience is broken down into both frontend touchpoints and backend logistics and analytics, which bring everything to life, according to me.

The UX Booth encourages novice and experienced UX designers of all abilities and experience levels to submit articles, resulting in a wide distribution of material created for average users.

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SpeckyBoy.com

What I appreciate about this blog is that it breaks down the various content categories into two separate categories: one for content and one for design applications. This makes finding relevant information simple, depending on a user’s area of expertise.

A broad range of users contributes content to this blog, resulting in a central repository of knowledge that extends across many subject areas and experience levels — from analytics to creative design.

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If you’re still reading, that’s fantastic! My blog is my method of sharing and putting into practice everything I’ve learned since I have over ten years of experience in both online and physical user touchpoints. Simplicity and customer-centric interactions are two things I’m passionate about, so you’ll find ideas and suggestions on my site to help.

How to elevate your UX design blog

In my opinion, the greatest UX design blog is one that is genuine and offers genuine, practical advice. After all, what good is a UX design blog if the site’s usability itself provides a negative experience?

Consider the following if you decide to launch your UX design content on a blog:

  • The person who is likely to read your material, and what kind of information and assistance they may require
  • What value you can offer as a UX design expert
  • Is your blog focused on a certain topic or is it more general in its content, covering broader aspects of user experience design?
  • What kind of blog site is best for you? Do you want to commit to publishing regular material, or would a social media-style blog be more convenient for you?

Finally, a suggestion from me. If you aren’t able to update or refresh your blog postings regularly, consider putting them on hold for a while until you have the time and energy to invest in growing them.

Here are a few of my personal favourites. These are only a handful of my favourite UX design blogs that can provide inspiration and ideas to help you advance your work. For more content like this, including practical advice on how to incorporate it into your design process, sign up for my newsletter for timely updates.

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Claire Freshney

Claire is a User Experience Designer working across Cheshire and Manchester with over 10 years experience. www.clairefreshney.com