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Someone ranked every Ikea product by assembly complexity

The PAX Corner wardrobe tops the list at 236 steps, 743 parts, and 16 PDFs. The simplest product has one step, inserting the batteries.

Mark Frauenfelder
Aug 20, 2026
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IKEA pencil — McLeod / CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikipedia)
IKEA pencil — McLeod / CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikipedia)

The IKEA Complexity Index ranks IKEA's product line by the number of steps required to assemble them.

At the top of the list is the PAX Corner wardrobe ($1,755), which requires 236 steps to build, contains 743 parts, and comes with a 248-page user manual spread across 16 PDFs. Estimated build time is 10.…

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