Website speed test.
See how quickly a website responds and how much it makes visitors download. We measure the server's response over three requests, plus redirects, compression and page weight, and explain what to fix first. For Core Web Vitals, the result links straight to Google's PageSpeed Insights.
- Free, no sign-up
- We check public information only. How your data is handled
How to use the website Speed Test
- Enter a page address. Test your home page and a key landing page.
- We load it three times and report the middle result.
- Fix slow server response first, since everything else waits for it.
- Open PageSpeed Insights from the result for Core Web Vitals.
What this test measures
This is a test from our server. It shows how fast your server responds and what your page asks visitors to download. It doesn't run the page in a browser, so it can't measure Core Web Vitals such as LCP, INP and CLS, which depend on the visitor's device and connection. Your server may also be nearer to or further from our server than your customers are, so use the timings to compare and track, not as an exact figure.
Reading the timings
- Connect and SSL: opening a secure connection to the server.
- Server response (TTFB): the wait until the first byte arrives. Google suggests 800 ms or less as a good target.
- Full HTML: when the page's HTML has fully downloaded, before images and scripts.
What usually makes the biggest difference
- Slow server response: add page caching, upgrade from overloaded shared hosting, or put a CDN in front.
- Heavy pages: compress images with the image compressor and resize them with the image resizer.
- Too many scripts: remove unused plugins and tracking tags, and defer the rest.
- No compression: turn on gzip or Brotli. The page size checker shows the effect on each file.
Does speed affect rankings?
Yes, but modestly. Core Web Vitals are one of many signals, and good content on a slower page can still outrank a thin, fast one. The bigger payoff is often in conversions, because people abandon slow pages, particularly on mobile data. If you want it handled for you, our speed optimization service covers all of this.
About the website Speed Test.
Why is this different from my PageSpeed Insights score?
PageSpeed Insights runs your page in a simulated phone browser and scores how it loads there. This test measures your server and page weight from our server, so the two measure different things.
What is a good server response time?
Google suggests a time to first byte of 800 ms or less. Under 200 ms is excellent, and over 1.8 seconds is poor.
Why are the results different each time?
Server load, caching and the network all vary. That is why we take three measurements and report the middle one.
Does the test count as a real visit in my analytics?
No. We only download the page and its files, so analytics scripts never run.
Where is the test run from?
From our web server, not from your location. For your own experience, test on your phone over mobile data, or use the browser tools in Chrome.
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