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title: "The Median Page Load Time Is Now 2.0 Seconds, Down From 2.7 in 2020 - PageSpeed Matters"
description: "Has the web actually gotten faster? We tracked real-user Core Web Vitals across six years. The median mobile site now loads in 2.0 seconds, taps answer in 100ms, and 87% of sites are visually stable. Every metric improved."
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[The Median Page Load Time Is Now 2.0 Seconds, Down From 2.7 in 2020](https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/data-studies/has-the-web-gotten-faster)

Has the web actually gotten faster? We tracked real-user Core Web Vitals across six years. The median mobile site now loads in 2.0 seconds, taps answer in 100ms, and 87% of sites are visually stable. Every metric improved.

Median mobile LCP by year (seconds)

2020

2.7 s 

2021

2.6 s 

2022

2.4 s 

2023

2.4 s 

2024

2.2 s 

2025

2.1 s 

2026

2 s 

Source: PageSpeed Matters analysis of Chrome UX Report field data, mobile, 2020 to 2026.

The typical site's loading time crossed Google's 2.5-second good line around 2022 and kept falling.

Share of mobile sites with good scores, 2020 vs 2026

Good CLS (stability)

87% 

Good INP (responsiveness)

83% 

Good LCP (loading)

66% 

Source: PageSpeed Matters analysis, mobile field data. INP measured from 2022. Bar shows 2026 good-rate.

Stability and responsiveness are largely solved. Loading is the metric still worth auditing first.

Source: [The Median Page Load Time Is Now 2.0 Seconds, Down From 2.7 in 2020 - PageSpeed Matters](https://www.pagespeedmatters.com/resources/data-studies/has-the-web-gotten-faster)