Notion Homepage Ideas You Can Copy

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The best Notion homepages answer what now? without scrolling: today’s list first, then what’s coming up, with links to everything else in one row. Below are 18 real home pages, each with the idea behind it and how to make it yourself.

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Four Notion home pages: a student planner with Today first, budget cards with bars, a journal year in pixels and a recipe book with photo cards

18 homepage ideas

Every idea comes from a real home page of one of our templates. Pick a kind of page, or scroll through them all.

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  1. The main page of the Notion student planner: a green cover, Today, Next 7 days and Exams soon

    Today first, then what’s next

    From our Student Planner 2027

    Three columns: today’s classes, the next seven days and exams coming up. You know what to do before you scroll.

    How to make it Type /columns and pick 3 columns. Under each heading, add a view of your schoolwork with /linked and its own filter: Date is today, Date is within the next week, Type is Exam.

  2. The main page of the Notion ADHD planner: a calm green cover, Fresh start and Add to brain dump, Today and the brain dump

    A brain dump next to today

    From our ADHD Weekly Planner

    Today holds three things at most. Everything else goes in the brain dump beside it, so every thought has a place and today stays small.

    How to make it Two columns. On the left a Today view of your tasks, on the right a plain list called Brain dump. Move a thought into Today only when you’re ready to do it.

  3. The home page of the Notion weekly planner: Today, Overdue and a seven-day week calendar

    Today on the left, the whole week on the right

    From our Weekly Planner 2027

    A narrow column for today and anything overdue, and a wide one with the week laid out day by day.

    How to make it Make two columns and drag the divider so the left one is narrow. Add a Calendar view on the right and set it to show one week.

  4. Budget cards in the Notion budget tracker template for Housing, Utilities, Groceries and Transport, each with spent, budget and status

    One card per budget, with a bar

    From our Budget Tracker 2027

    Each category is a card that says how much is used and what’s left, with a bar to match. You spot trouble at a glance.

    How to make it A Gallery view of your categories with Card preview set to None, and a formula shown as a bar. Our budget tracker guide has the formulas.

  5. Your year in pixels in the Notion journal template, with a colored dot for each day’s mood on every month card

    A year in pixels

    From our Daily Journal 2027

    One card per month and one colored dot per day, by mood. Months fill in as you write, and the pattern is the reward.

    How to make it A Gallery of month pages. Each card shows a formula that turns every day’s mood into a colored dot, plus a short count like 23 days written.

  6. My vision board in the Notion vision board template, with area tabs and illustrated dream cards like See Japan in spring

    A picture wall

    From our 2027 Vision Board

    Big photos, one per dream, with a tab for each part of life. It’s a page that’s nice to come back to.

    How to make it Gallery view, Card preview set to Page cover. Add a view tab per area with a filter. Our vision board guide goes step by step.

  7. The main page of the Notion recipe template: a food photo cover and recipe cards with real photos

    Photo cards with tabs

    From our Recipe Book

    Food photos sell the recipe. Tabs like Favorites, Want to try and Quick get you to tonight’s dinner fast.

    How to make it Gallery view with Page cover previews. Duplicate the view for each tab and change only its filter.

  8. This week view of the Notion habit tracker template, with a card of ticked habits and a score for each day

    Seven day cards for this week

    From our Habit Tracker 2027

    A small card for each day with every habit to tick and the day’s score as a ring. Missed a day? Tick it right there.

    How to make it Gallery view of your days, filtered to this week, card size Small, with the habits and Score shown. Our habit tracker guide adds the streak.

  9. The main page of the That Girl Notion template: a pink cover, a Today card, to-dos and this month

    One soft color, everywhere

    From our That Girl 2027

    Pink cover, pink highlights, pink progress dots. Picking one color and sticking to it is what makes a page look put together.

    How to make it Choose one color. Use it for the cover, the heading backgrounds and one callout, and leave everything else plain.

  10. The main page of the Notion wedding planner with links to Checklist, Budget, Guests, Vendors and Wedding day

    A row of links, one line each

    From our Wedding Planner

    Start here, Budget, Vendors, Checklist, Guests, Wedding day: each link with a short gray line saying what’s inside.

    How to make it Type /columns and pick 3 columns. In each, type /link to add a link to a page, then a gray line of text under it.

  11. The main page of the Notion book tracker with Currently reading and progress bars

    Currently reading, as covers

    From our Book Tracker

    The books you’re in the middle of, as covers with a progress bar. It nudges you to pick one up.

    How to make it Gallery view with Page cover previews, filtered to Status is Reading, with a pages read formula shown as a bar.

  12. The main page of the Notion yearly calendar: buttons to add events and birthdays above Year at a glance

    Twelve months at a glance

    From our 2027 Calendar

    Every month as a small card with what’s in it: events, birthdays, holidays. Good for planning the year in one look.

    How to make it A Gallery of month pages, each showing its counts. In our 2027 Calendar the little month grids come ready.

  13. The main page of the Notion law school planner with readings due before your next class

    Before your next class

    From our Law School Planner

    The readings due soon, with plain labels like Today, Tomorrow and In 2 days instead of dates.

    How to make it A table view sorted by due date. Add a formula that turns the date into a word, like in our countdown formula guide.

  14. The main page of the Notion thesis planner with the Your thesis card and its daily word goal

    One number at the top

    From our Thesis Planner

    Days left and words written, right under the title. One number to aim for each day helps a long project keep moving.

    How to make it A one-row view of your thesis page showing two formulas: days until the deadline and words to write per day.

  15. The main page of the Notion job application tracker: a blue cover, Up next, Interviews and This week

    Colored headings over three lists

    From our Job Application Tracker

    Up next, Interviews and This week, each under a heading with its own soft background color.

    How to make it Hover a heading, click the ⋮⋮ handle, choose Color and pick a background. Put a linked view under each one.

  16. The main page of the Notion content calendar template: today’s idea, posting today and holidays coming up

    Posting today and coming up

    From our Content Calendar 2027

    What goes out today, and the dates worth planning for in the next month.

    How to make it Two linked views of your posts and dates: one filtered to Date is today, one to the next month.

  17. Top of the Notion small business planner template: a packing table on its cover, the This month card and the + Order, + Expense, + Customer buttons

    This month in one card, with quick buttons

    From our Small Business Planner

    Sales, spending and profit for the month in a single card, and buttons to add an order, an expense or a customer.

    How to make it A one-card view of the current month with rollups for the totals. Add buttons with /button, each set to add a page to its database.

  18. Top of the Notion portfolio template: a cover with three project screens, the name, the hello line, the links and Resume

    A home that’s also your website

    From our Portfolio Website

    One line on who you are, links to your work and a way to reach you. Then publish it, and the page is your site.

    How to make it Write the intro, add your projects as a gallery, then open Share, go to the Publish tab and click Publish.

What every good home page has

Make yours in 10 minutes

  1. Make a new page called Home. Click Add cover and Add icon.
  2. Under the title, add a row of links to your main pages: type /link for each one.
  3. Type /columns and pick 2 columns. In the left one, add today’s tasks with /linked and the filter Date is today.
  4. In the right one, add what’s coming up: the same database, filtered to the next week.
  5. Open the page on your phone. Columns stack there, left first, so check that today is on top.

Questions

How do I make a homepage in Notion?

Make a new page, add a cover and an icon, split it into two or three columns and put a view of what you do every day in the first one. Add a row of links to your other pages at the top.

How do I make Notion open on my homepage?

In Notion’s settings, set Open on start to Top page in sidebar, then drag your home page to the top of the sidebar.

What should be on a Notion homepage?

What you need today, what’s coming up and links to everything else. If you have to scroll to see today, move it up.

What is the difference between a Notion homepage and a dashboard?

Mostly the name. A dashboard usually leans on numbers and progress bars, a homepage on today’s list and links. Most good pages mix both.

Do Notion columns work on a phone?

In the Notion phone app, columns stack one under the other, left column first. So put what matters most in the left column.