My inner designer supports hamburger menu because they can be designed soooo pretty - just look at all the dribbble shots *(actually don't look at dribbble for UX related matters)*. But, unfortunately, it doesn't work for the user that good! #It's not discoverable Not only many users don't recognize the hamburger, it also slows down the task completion process. Here are just a couple of articles relating to your question: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/mobile-navigation-patterns/ https://www.nngroup.com/articles/hamburger-menus/ But there are literally thousands of articles supporting this claim. #It's hard to reach Hamburger menu is usually located on the upper left-hand side, but only 10% of the world population is left-handed (according to Wiki). And as the screens gets bigger, it's getting a lot harder to reach that part of the screen. Which, again, slows down the task completion time. [![enter image description here][1]][1] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/1iCBB.png