Squarespace Circle’s Year in Review 2025
This year was another standout for the Circle community. Between new websites, workflows, and connections with one another, time and time again you proved how creativity and dedication to clients can lead to big business wins.
We’ve loved seeing the well-deserved successes that you’ve shared through your own channels and on the Circle Forum. It’s been our pleasure and honor to watch you flourish, which motivates us to deliver features, content, and experiences that support your clients.
With 2026 around the corner, we’re excited to look back on the year’s accomplishments.
1. You earned rewards for your hard work
Whether you just started your web design journey on Squarespace or completed your thousandth project in 2025, your work proved vital in helping clients build digital presences for their businesses.
To reward your efforts, Squarespace introduced Circle statuses, which determine the perks and benefits you have access to as a Circle partner. Now, the work you do on Squarespace is reflected back in the form of greater benefits, like discounts, longer free trials, exclusive product betas, and more.
Check your current status and benefits in your Circle dashboard, and remind yourself about your benefits.
2. You were first to see Squarespace’s pro-centric future
During Circle Day 2025, you saw an early preview of Squarespace for Pros, the suite of new and upcoming features built to help you and your clients scale up and stand out.
You’re already making use of tools like Beacon AI for traditional and AI search optimization and account saved sections to reuse your best designs and layouts across projects. Others, like Finish Layer, promise to make 2026 another exciting year for creativity.
For more on what’s coming to Squarespace, read our highlights from Refresh 2025 and reminisce with the Circle Day 2025 product keynote and deep dive.
3. You were introduced to the new Circle dashboard
In years past, key aspects of your Circle membership have been dispersed across different locations. In 2025, the Circle dashboard brought together everything—your points, status, referral payments, events, content, and more—under one roof.
This Circle dashboard’s user experience was developed in partnership with Circle Community Leaders, who offered feedback on key aspects of the surface. The result? A centralized place for all your Circle activities, streamlines your workflows, and helps you maximize time doing what you do best: crafting stunning websites for clients.
Review how to navigate the Circle dashboard.
4. You helped debut key Squarespace features
All year long, the Feature Request Board has been your hub for sharing your most-wanted Squarespace features. Inspired by your requests, Squarespace launched:
Watch Squarespace Senior Product Manager Guillermo Suarez Ara demonstrate this feature.
Watch Squarespace Senior Staff Product Designer Peter Rodriguez demonstrate this feature.
5. You connected with fellow creatives at Circle Day 2025
Held on September 17–18, 2025, the fourth annual Circle Day put top creatives like you in touch. This year, more than 170 of you joined us at Squarespace’s New York City headquarters, while thousands watched and participated online.
Between sessions on how to know when it’s time to scale your business to tackling the latest in SEO and AIO, Circle Day 2025 is one we won’t soon forget.
Revisit all the Circle Day sessions.
6. You shifted the web design industry conversation
The second annual State of the Web Design Industry report delivered a range of web design industry insights, including:
22% make $100,000+ annually
79% are creatively fulfilled
75% use AI on client projects, up 17% since the previous year
60% work solo
The report also featured some of the community’s proudest web design moments, including favorite projects, client success stories, and more. Read the entire report, and keep an eye out for the 2026 edition.
7. You hung out with pro designers—and us—at Circle Live
In 2025, thousands of you joined us in real time for Circle Live, our monthly talk show for professional web designers and agencies. You learned about everything from color psychology and the AI overview revolution to selling more on Squarespace and crafting a web design process that works for you. Each episode was made special thanks to the passion you brought to the live chats. We also enjoyed celebrating your business wins each episode, and we’ll be cheering you on in 2026.
Here are some of our favorite episodes:
Community Catch-Up with Sam Crawford, Tanya Moushi, and Squarespace’s Guillermo Suarez Ara and Peter Rodriguez
Design for Discovery with Becca Harpain of InsideTheSquare
Elevate Your Design Process with Hayley Fedders, Studio Seaside
Design in Color with Fiona Humberstone, The Brand Stylist
Watch all the Circle Live episodes.
More highlights from 2025
The above are just some of the exciting moments from this year. Here’s more of what the community achieved in 2025:
You offered each other website feedback and support on the Circle Forum.
You stayed on the cutting edge of Squarespace design by keeping up with new releases on your Circle dashboard and weekly Release Notes.
You followed along with three new lessons of the How to Become a Web Designer course taught by fellow pros Kelsey Gilbert-Kreiling, Jen Maher, and Kristine Neil.
When you couldn’t join us live, you tuned into replays from our events on the new Circle YouTube channel.
You optimized sites for traditional and AI search with learnings from our session at brightonSEO 2025.
You read the stories of Circle Community Leaders, who shared their journeys to web design, how they discovered Squarespace, and tips for elevating client websites.
As we look to 2026, we remain dedicated to supporting professional web designers like you and the clients you serve. We're excited to continue evolving Squarespace alongside you, providing you new tools and resources you can use to grow your business.
Want more?
Check out Squarespace Circle, Squarespace’s program for professional designers and web design agencies. Along with exclusive content, discounts, and other perks, Circle brings professionals together from across the globe to exchange advice while connecting with new clients and collaborators.
