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DesignArena

AI-nativeEstablished Leader

What are you creating today?

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AI Benchmark
Desktop
Mobile
Monthly visits
949.5K
Down13.2%MoMOct 2026
ARR
$60MClaimed
≈ $5M/mo · 2026-11-13X @ycombinator
Entry price
Free
No monthly subscription pricing
Creators
grace77
No social account linked
Launched
16mo ago
2025-07-12 · Est.

Traffic & revenue

Monthly visitsData through Oct 2026
Monthly equivalent revenueSelf-reported, unverified · X @ycombinator
  • Nov 2026$5MSelf-reported $60M/yr · monthly equiv.
Events1 revenue disclosure · 6 changes · 7 marketing moves

Revenue evidence

Publicly disclosed & verified revenue figures, sorted by date
  • 2026-11-13$60M/yr(≈ $5M/mo)ClaimedX @ycombinator

    “Design Arena has grown to more than 7 million users across 192 countries, and @Intelligence_ai reached a $60 million annualized run rate in about a year.”

Marketing moves

Launches, search & content, referrals, promotions
  • DesignArena ranks open-weight Inkling 2 Small #1 among open-weight modelsReferrals & Backlinks

    DesignArena reported that Inkling 2 Small by Thinking Machines is now open-weight and ranked #1 among open-weight models on Overall HTML with an Elo of 1384, up 8 Elo points since its initial release. It holds a 32-point lead over Kimi K3 and remains the only American model ranked #1 among open-weight models on DesignArena.

    Nov 12 · 3d agoX Post

    At the time: 949.5K visits/mo11 concurrent moves
  • DesignArena lists ERNIE 5.5 Flash PreviewReferrals & Backlinks

    DesignArena announced that ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview by Baidu is now available on its platform. The model features 280B total parameters with 14B active, a 1M-token context window, and open weights scheduled by November 25.

    Nov 12 · 3d agoX Post

    At the time: 949.5K visits/mo11 concurrent moves
  • DesignArena shares LifeArena AI assistant benchmark resultsReferrals & Backlinks

    DesignArena evaluated multiple AI assistants on real-world personal tasks using LifeArena, ranking Meta's Muse first, followed by OpenAI's Dots, Instinct, Grok Bot, and Google's Gemini.

    Nov 6 · 9d agoX Post

    At the time: 949.5K visits/mo11 concurrent moves
  • DesignArena ranks Inkling 2 Small 4th overallReferrals & Backlinks

    DesignArena reports that Inkling 2 Small by Thinking Machines takes 4th place overall on DesignArena and 1st among open-weights models with an Elo of 1376. It also says the model is priced at $0.30/$1.00 per 1M input/output tokens, is 15× cheaper on output than Kimi K3, places 1st on General Purpose and Landing Page prompts, and that model weights are to be released soon. The quoted Thinking Machines post says Inkling 2 Small scores 31 on the AA Intelligence Index and is available for fine-tuning and inference on Tinker, with a full weight release planned soon.

    Nov 5 · 10d agoX Post

    At the time: 949.5K visits/mo11 concurrent moves
  • DesignArena ranks Ling-3.2-flash #10 on Image to Frontend ArenaReferrals & Backlinks

    DesignArena reports that Ling-3.2-flash by Ant Ling placed #10 on its Image to Frontend Arena with an Elo of 1238. It also cites a new preference-versus-price Pareto frontier at $0.30 input / $0.90 output per 1M tokens, and says the model most often wins on Portfolio and Corporate builds at about 63% and 60% of tournaments.

    Nov 5 · 10d agoX Post

    At the time: 949.5K visits/mo11 concurrent moves

Third-party reviews & case dossiers

Acquisition breakdowns, engineer reviews & open-source metrics
Show HN
2025-07-12Source
Post excerpt:
I’ve been using AI to generate some repetitive frontend (guilty), and while most outputs felt vibe-coded, some results were surprisingly good. So I cleaned it up and made a ranking game out of it with friends, and you can check it out here: https://www.designarena.ai/vote /vote: Your prompt will be answered by four random, anonymous models. You pick the one
Show HN
2025-11-25Source
Post excerpt:
Hey HN! We built Agent Runner, a model-agnostic, open-source agent harness that executes the same prompt against two anonymized coding agents in parallel sandboxes. Each agent can make tool calls, edit multiple files, and self-correct through iterative reasoning. You pick the better result - this becomes the ground truth for the leaderboard. Why we built it

Open Source & Self-Hosting

GitHub · MCP / Skill
Last commit 2026-05-24
GitHub Stars
★ 35
Forks
—
License
MIT
Primary language
Python

Traffic sources

Oct 2026

Traffic breakdown

Channels

  • Direct59%
  • Organic Search25%
  • Referrals7%
  • AI Assistants4%
  • Other4%

Countries

  • India24%
  • United States12%
  • Russia7%
  • Pakistan6%
  • Algeria5%

Search

Domain authority —Domain registered 2025-05-22

KeywordMonthly volume
arena ai680.5K
design arena38.4K
design arena ai6,960
designarena4,950
arena design3,330

Traffic data: Vaneform

Pricing

Pricing page not identified yet, or no public pricing listed.

Pages & changes

Tracked since 2026-07-31

Key pages

Weekly snapshots
www.designarena.ai/ Snapshot 2026-11-06

Official blog & changelog

Recent articles & product updates

Changes

  1. Nov 1 · 14d ago

    Homepage headline (H1) changed to “What are you creating today?”Positioning

    Design Arena→What are you creating today?

    At the time: 949.5K visits/mo11 concurrent moves
  2. Nov 1 · 14d ago

    Removed technology: Google AnalyticsFeatures

    Google Analytics→—

    At the time: 949.5K visits/mo11 concurrent moves
  3. Nov 1 · 14d ago

    Adopted technology: PrismFeatures

    —→Prism

    At the time: 949.5K visits/mo11 concurrent moves
  4. Nov 1 · 14d ago

    Removed technology: Three.jsFeatures

    Three.js→—

    At the time: 949.5K visits/mo11 concurrent moves
  5. Nov 1 · 14d ago

    Adopted technology: TurbopackFeatures

    —→Turbopack

    At the time: 949.5K visits/mo11 concurrent moves
  6. Nov 1 · 14d ago

    Removed technology: Vercel Speed InsightsFeatures

    Vercel Speed Insights→—

    At the time: 949.5K visits/mo11 concurrent moves

Design

First-screen visual analysis & :root CSS

Minimal Monochrome (Light canvas, airy density) featuring centered headline + input layout and interactive hero demo / tool visuals.

First-screen preview · click to zoom

First-screen pitch & conversion flow

“What are you creating today?”

Centered Headline + Input hero structure paired with direct input / instant try CTA and user count, rating, or key metrics.

Conversion path: Centered Headline + Input + Interactive Hero Demo / Tool → Direct Input / Instant Try · Trust bar: User Count, Rating, or Key Metrics

Palette · click to copy

5-D design score7.9 / 10
Typography
8.0
Color & Contrast
8.0
Layout & Spacing
8.0
Craft & Polish
8.0
Distinctiveness
7.0

Structure

Fonts
concrette / Inter
Primary visual
Interactive Hero Demo / Tool
Social proof
User Count, Rating, or Key Metrics
Navigation
Full-Width Top Bar
Theme & density
Light · Airy
Corners & depth
Medium Radius · Hairline borders
Preview full AI design brief (includes :root CSS variables & layout rules)Style tokens only; never copy brand names, logos, copy, or images
# Design Brief: Minimal Monochrome (with Editorial)

Monochrome palette with a single accent color, hairline dividers, and generous whitespace.

## Design Tokens

```css
:root {
  --background: #f7f6f5;
  --surface: #ebeae9;
  --foreground: #292c33;
  --muted-foreground: #4c525f;
  --accent: #487265;
  --radius: 8px;
  --font-heading: "concrette", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-body: "Inter", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
}
```

Color area ratio: Background #F7F6F5 (~74%) · Surface #EBEAE9 (~15%) · Text #292C33 (~5%) · Muted Text #4C525F (~4%) · Accent #487265 (~2%). Background and surface dominate the canvas; reserve the accent color for primary buttons and active states.

## Layout & Conversion Structure

- Hero layout: Centered Headline + Input
- Navigation: Full-Width Top Bar
- Theme & density: Light · Airy
- Border radius & elevation: Medium Radius; no drop shadows—separate layers with hairline borders and whitespace
- Primary visual medium: Interactive Hero Demo / Tool
- Conversion CTA: Direct Input / Instant Try · Trust bar uses User Count, Rating, or Key Metrics
- Headline hook: Brand Manifesto & Curiosity
- Hero components: Centered Prompt / Input, Interactive Hero Tool, Custom Illustration
- Spatial layout notes: Centered Headline + Input hero structure paired with direct input / instant try CTA and user count, rating, or key metrics.
- Visual summary: Minimal Monochrome (Light canvas, airy density) featuring centered headline + input layout and interactive hero demo / tool visuals.

## Avoid

- Multi-stop neon gradients
- Heavy drop shadows
- More than one competing accent color

Implement the UI following the design tokens and layout specifications above: use only these color variables, and reserve the accent color strictly for primary actions and active states. Adopt only this visual style—never copy any reference product’s brand name, logo, copy, or imagery.

Questions & evidence

How much website traffic does DesignArena get?
Vaneform estimates 949.5K website visits in 2026-10. Visits can include repeat visits; this estimate measures web traffic separately from paying customers or revenue.Source
What is DesignArena and what platforms does it support?
DesignArena is catalogued under All-in-One AI Media Suites: What are you creating today?. Supported platforms: Web.
Is DesignArena open source?
DesignArena has a public repository (https://github.com/Design-Arena/agent-runner) under the MIT license, recording 35 GitHub stars.Source
What is DesignArena's publicly disclosed revenue?
X @ycombinator records a founder-reported figure of $60M /yr stated on 2026-11-13.Source

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