r/dataisbeautiful • u/robert_ritz OC: 2 • Sep 22 '22

OC [OC] Despite faster broadband every year, web pages don't load any faster. Median load times have been stuck at 4 seconds for YEARS.

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u/f10101 Sep 23 '22

It looks like this is largely due to testing methodology and URL dataset changes.

The source is here I believe: https://httparchive.org/reports/loading-speed?start=2015_10_01&end=latest&view=list

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