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Mainstream browse

Mainstream browse is a topic system that groups together content by popular topics on GOV.UK.

How it works

There are two levels of mainstream browse pages:

Mainstream browse topics are listed in the main menu and on the GOV.UK homepage under ‘Services and information’ heading.

Live examples

Complete list of examples available and page data on Content Data.

History and insights
Date Description Document Format
July 2023

Guidance on how to curate mainstream browse pages

How to curate mainstream browse pages (opens in a new tab) Google Slides
August 15, 2022

Findings after A/B test with introduction of accordion component to Mainstream browse page

GOV.UK Navigation mainstream browse follow-up A/B test (opens in a new tab) Google Slides
June 16, 2022

This document sets out how the new topic pages will look and work, why we are replacing the current Mainstream Browse topic page, and what we plan to do in the future

GOV.UK Navigation mainstream browse A/B test (opens in a new tab) Google Slides
January 26, 2022

Early-thinking overhaul design of Mainstream browse page replacing miller columns and merging Specialist topics into updated topic pages

Topic page design implementation (opens in a new tab) Google Docs
August 20, 2018

Replacing Mainstream Browse taxonomy and replace with new site-wide taxonomy

What is Mainstream Browse (opens in a new tab) Google Docs
August 9, 2018

How the design sprint will run for Mainstream Browse pages

Mainstream Browse design sprint (opens in a new tab) Google Docs

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