Average web page size and performance benchmarks

What is the average home page size today?

Note: these are median (typical) figures, which represent the web better than averages skewed by a few huge pages.

• The median desktop home page weighs about 2.86 MB (2,862 KB).
• The median mobile home page is slightly lighter at about 2.56 MB (2,559 KB).
• These figures include all resources: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images, fonts and media.
• Both the median desktop and mobile home page now weigh more than the compressed installer for the shareware version of Doom, commonly cited at about 2.39 MB.
• Page weight growth has kept accelerating rather than leveling off.

The Doom comparison is more than a fun fact. It captures how much heavier the modern web has become, with a median home page now shipping more data than a compressed installer for a classic 1990s game, which directly shapes load times and data costs for users.

How many requests does the average web page make?

• The median desktop page makes about 77 separate requests to load.
• The median mobile page makes roughly 72 requests.
• JavaScript outpaces images in number of requests on desktop, about 23 files versus 17.
• Each request adds latency, especially on slower connections.
• Fewer, well-bundled requests generally mean faster page loads.

The shift toward JavaScript is the real story in the request count. Pages now pull more script files than images, and since each one must be fetched, parsed and executed, that growth taxes performance far more than the raw request number suggests.

How has web page weight grown over time?

• In October 2014, the median desktop home page was about 1,208 KB and mobile about 505 KB.
• From July 2015 to July 2025, HTTP Archive reports mobile home page weight grew about 202.8%, while desktop grew about 110.2%.
• Today they sit near 2.86 MB desktop and 2.56 MB mobile.
• Year over year, the median page grew about 7% to 8% in the most recent reading.
• Growth has kept accelerating rather than leveling off in recent editions.

The long-term trend shows no sign of stopping. Faster networks and devices have let developers add ever more media and code, so pages keep expanding to fill the available bandwidth rather than getting leaner over time.

How does average home page size compare on mobile versus desktop?

• Desktop home pages are slightly heavier at 2.86 MB versus mobile home pages at 2.56 MB.
• Desktop loads more image bytes, driving most of the difference.
• Mobile now sits at about 89% of desktop weight, a narrowing gap.
• Mobile weight matters most, since phones often run on slower networks.
• Both device types have grown heavier every year rather than converging toward a lighter baseline.

The shrinking gap is a problem, not progress. Mobile home pages are nearly as heavy as desktop home pages, yet phones often face weaker networks and tighter data constraints, so the same payload can hurt mobile users more than desktop visitors. See our mobile vs desktop research.

What share of page weight comes from images and JavaScript?

• Images are the largest single component, around 37% of total page weight.
• JavaScript is second by size, at roughly 24% to 25%, but carries the heaviest performance cost.
• A median desktop page loads about 1,058 KB of images and 697 KB of JavaScript.
• Roughly 251 to 280 KB of that JavaScript goes completely unused.
• Fonts add around 122 to 139 KB, with CSS and HTML far smaller.

The biggest wins hide in these two resources. Images dominate raw transfer weight, so modern formats like WebP and AVIF can cut many bytes, while trimming unused JavaScript reduces download, parse and execution work for the browser. See our website speed research.

Sources & additional resources

• HTTP Archive. “Page Weight, Web Almanac 2025.” HTTP Archive.
• HTTP Archive. “Page Weight, Web Almanac 2024.” HTTP Archive.
• HTTP Archive. “Page Weight Report.” HTTP Archive.
• WIRED. “The Average Webpage Is Now the Size of the Original Doom.” WIRED.
• Google. “Web Vitals and Performance.” web.dev.

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