Loading screen design examples
A loading screen is what users see while an app or page fetches content. These examples cover skeleton screens, spinners, progress indicators and animated preloaders.
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FUI Loading Animation
Pixel Wipe Preloader
Splash Screen | Uber Eats - Fresh grocery delivery & more
Lenna - Loading Animation & Navbar Menu Interaction
RevealFlow Preloader
Loading | Stitch - Design with AI
AI Agent loading state
Splash Screen | Spotify - Music and podcasts
Playful Loading Screens
Orbit Preloader
Loading | The Outsiders - Athlete tracker
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Portfolio Loading Animation
Sequential preloader
Home Plate Deals Loading Animation
Splash Screen | Remote Global HR - HR & contractor management
Bar preloader
Loading state for record details
Loading | Plenty of Fish - Date, chat, meet singles
Advanced Preloader
Skeleton Loading Screen
Splash Screen | Viator - Tours & attractions
Loading animation
Loading | SchoolAI - AI built for education
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Animated Circle Stripes Preloader - SCSS
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InYouGo skeleton loading screen WIP
Landing | Marketing agency | Innovart | Preloader
Loading | GoFundMe - Successful fundraisers start here
3D Cube Loading Animation
Shoji Preloader
Loading | Orbit - Subscription manager
Reveal Preloader Pro
Co working loading animation
'Sup guys Here's a loading animation for the coworking design I recently did for fun. The opening of the door on the picture gave me the idea to use that shape in the design. It was fun using the same shape for the animation. Was bit of searching how to do it in principle but manage to make it work. Recently did a video about how I make these shots. How I make dribbble shots on youtube -> Have a great day guys! Peace✌️ ———————————————————— Design class: http://skl.sh/2h4JrWa Animation class: https://skl.sh/2D8StYQ Follow new instagram: https://shorturl.at/hipGU Free lesson: https://shorturl.at/rNPS5
Loading | Neuecast - Podcasts, beautiful, and simple
ETH Warsaw Loading Screen
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Loading | DeepSeek - Intelligent AI assistant
Editorial Preloader
Geometric shapes loading animation
Loading | yope - friends-only pics
Dump Truck Loading Animation
See the Code - See it Full Page - See Details A download animation where dump trucks pour dirt into a box, which represents downloaded data. This Pen uses: HTML, SCSS, JavaScript, and
Image GSAP Preloader
Shopin – Coin Loading Animation
Hey guys, it's time for some backstage stuff. This is the preloader animation we did for Shopin coin. We usually start designing such things in Adobe Illustrator, create some static storyboards and only then we move it to After Effects. A few useful After Effects plugins that could improve your workflow: Motion 2, Trapcode Suite, AEUX, Duik, Useless Number Generator (effect) What about your 'secret sauce' ingredients? What design tools or plugins are in your workflow? _________________________ 🥇FOLLOW OUR TEAM
Loading | Arcade - Bring your product story to life in minutes
CSS Loading Screen #3
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Water Fill Preloader
Fitness Logo Loading Screen
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Splash Screen | Cash App - P2P, banking, Bitcoin, stocks
Search loading animation
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Haytham Preloader
Loading Animation for 10X designers by Syncrely
Loading | Kraken - Buy and sell crypto securely
Loading screen
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AK Preloader
Stripes Preloader
Switch loading animation
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Loading | Dialpad - A modern phone system
Preloader Orbital
Loading Animation Reveal
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What is a loading screen?
A loading screen is the state an interface shows while it waits for content or finishes a task. There are three main kinds. A skeleton screen draws grey placeholders in the shape of the content to come. A spinner or looping animation shows that work is in progress. A progress bar shows how much is done and how much is left.
Skeleton screen, spinner or progress bar?
Choose by how long the wait is. Under a second, show nothing, because a flash of loader looks like a glitch. For a wait of a few seconds, a skeleton or a looping animation is enough. For anything over ten seconds, show progress as a percentage or as steps, so people know it has not stalled. These thresholds follow the Nielsen Norman Group's guidance on response times.
When do skeleton screens work best?
When the layout of the content is known before the data arrives, as in feeds, cards and tables. The placeholders should match the real layout closely, so nothing jumps when the content replaces them. For the first load of a whole website, a branded preloader is common, but it should never hold the page longer than the content needs.
Where do these loading examples come from?
About half are loading states from shipped apps documented by Mobbin. The rest are animated loaders published as Framer components, plus concepts from Layers and CodePen. Muzli follows more than 200 design sources and lists up to 60 matching pieces here, favouring recent work.
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