2. Hongkiat. Design, technology and inspiration – if this is what you are looking for, then Hongikat.com is the right blog for you. Since 2007, it has been popular among designers, bloggers, developers, technicians and readers. This blog is a qualitative source for articles, recommended tools, tips and tricks, and tutorials. You will learn more about Photoshop, HTML/CSS, WordPress or even Facebook.

One of their most popular posts of 2015 includes 20+ Tools to Create Your Own Infographics | by Kay Tan.

3. Design Shack. Design Shack was established in 2003. This blog wants to teach you how to succeed by providing inspiring examples in all areas of design, but also in related subjects like business and freelancing. They also offer resources and accompanying articles about new techniques. This makes it easier to create your own designs.

A great 2015 post worth checking out on Design Shack is What’s a Logo Grid, and Why Should You Use One? | by Carrie Cousins.

4. Fudgegraphics. Fudgegraphics was founded in April 2008 and can be described as a design inspirational blog. It is a source of freebies such as Photoshop brushes, textures and vectors. The blog provides free high quality resources within a design community.

Their most popular tutorial is: How to make retro/futuristic curves in 10 Steps | by Franz Jeitz.

5. Monster Post. More than a decade ago, MonsterPost was launched, and since then has consistently covered all topics concerning the industry through daily posts. This blog makes sure that you stay updated on news. However, we suggest you scour the reviews and check out the site’s many useful tools. By taking advantage of the tutorials you can teach yourself new skills and stay on track.

The site’s most shared post of 2015 was Growth Hacking – an Outlaw of Marketing or Efficient Strategy for a Start Up..? | by Helga Moreno.

6. Design Instruct. Design Instruct collects ideas of passionate contributors. At the heart of this blog is the love to share knowledge and insights about the variety of creative arts. It shows in-depth tutorials about web development; offers professional advices for web designers, and provides easy-to-read round-ups of inspiration. Designers, photographers, illustrators, painters and everyone in between are kindly invited to show them what they got!

If you’re in the market for a job, 10 Free Clean and Minimal Résumé Templates to Help You get the Job might be just what you’re looking for.

7. 1stWebdesigner. The team behind this blog loves the power of the digital world. So they want to share common ideas, goals and same passions with their community. In return, they benefit from shared knowledge of experts. The blog is designed in a simple and minimalistic way. It features posts on everything from CSS templates and UX trends to WordPress theme reviews and font collections.

99 Jokes Only Web Designers Will Understand was their top shared post in 2015.

8. Site Point. To every web developer with the passion for creating incredible things on the internet: this is the right page to share and collect precious experiences within a rich and engaged community. Since 1999, SitePoint has become a central hub for web professionals. It focuses on all forms of web-related fields including design, development, programming, product creation, SEO and entrepreneurship.

The blog also offers a premium membership. There you get access to thousands of video tutorials plus every book published by SitePoint.

Best post: 3 UX Mistakes That Are Killing Your Design | by Jerry Cao.

9. Treehouse. Treehouse believes in affordable education for all – especially technical education. They believe, that currently there are too many barriers, economical and physical, standing in people’s way. The students visiting this blog learn at their own pace. With the help of this very useful site they can easily reach the next step in their career: getting a job – at a fraction of the cost.

Here you can gain insight on how Treehouse implements their way of education: Mindset: Developer vs. Developer by Andrew Chalkley.

10. iBrand. Launched in June 2010, iBrand became a place where ideas and inspiration are drafted out into tutorials and freebies, rounded out by the best links about brand design.

The tutorials cover brand design, graphic design and web design processes in Photoshop mockups. In the weekly column, called inspiration, iBrand shares their favorite posts, design inspirations and resources with the readers.

50 Simple Ways to Boost Your Brand by Eko S. was the most shared article this year.

11. Bittbox. Their goal is to create a positive vibe around Bittbox freebies. This blog is passionate about supporting the exchange of knowledge and experience – giving and getting back in return. Bittbox relies on user support to keep the site operational. Check it out and see if you’re like many others and identify this site as a go-to resource.

Latest popular article: 8 Quick User Experience Tips to Keep Visitors Around Longer | by Zac Johnson.



12. Webdesign TUTS+. Design guru or just a rookie in this field? TUTS+ has everything you need: hands-on learning and resources to help people apply their creative skills. Besides a great wealth of web design-related articles and tutorials, they also offer hundreds of video courses on HTML, CSS, Photoshop, UI and more. They even offer a fun web design learning guide designed for kids!

Have a look at their most popular post: 10 Drawing Myths That Block Your Progress | by Monika Zagrobelna.