📱 Thumb-Friendly Design Matters

📱 Thumb-Friendly Design Matters

Ever wondered how people actually hold their phones while using apps?
Here's what the stats show:
✅ 49% use one hand
✅ 36% cradle the phone (one hand holds, the other taps)
✅ 15% use two hands

This behavior directly impacts how we should design mobile interfaces. If your key actions fall outside the thumb’s natural reach, you're adding friction—sometimes without realizing it.

Let’s break down the Thumb Zones:
🟢 Comfort Zone – Easy, natural, no effort
🟡 Stretch Zone – Doable, but not ideal
🔴 Risk Zone – Hard to reach, leads to user frustration
🚫 Placing key actions (like CTAs or menus) in the red zone? That’s a UX red flag.

✅ I always aim to place core interactions in the green—where the user’s thumb naturally lands.

✨ Clean design is important. But comfortable design? That’s what keeps users coming back.

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