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Median web page weight, mobile and desktop, 2011 to 2026

The median web page now weighs about 2.7 MB on mobile and 3 MB on desktop, according to HTTP Archive's monthly crawls. Mobile pages have grown about thirteenfold since 2011 and the gap with desktop has narrowed sharply.

Compiled by Anthony McGrath from HTTP Archive · Updated · 2011 to 2026

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Median web page weight, mobile and desktop, 2011 to 2026: chart of the data in the table below

Key findings

  • Of the June crawls shown, 2026 is the first with a median desktop page above 3,000 KB, at 3,042.4 KB.
  • The median mobile page grew from 202.5 KB in June 2011 to 2,666.8 KB in June 2026.
  • Of the June crawls shown, 2022 is the first with a median mobile page above 2,000 KB, at 2,022.5 KB.

The data

Year (June crawl)Mobile median page weight (KB)Desktop median page weight (KB)
2011202.5524.4
2012292721.9
2013439.8904.3
2014597.41,146.9
2015816.31,333.6
20161,141.41,463.7
20171,229.51,382.2
20181,569.31,702.3
20191,6961,905.3
20201,8522,000
20211,9142,124.1
20222,022.52,317.8
20232,126.72,419.6
20242,360.52,643.5
20252,526.22,809.9
20262,666.83,042.4

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Sources and method

Median (p50) total transfer size per page taken from HTTP Archive's bytesTotal timeseries for the June crawl of each year, for the mobile and desktop clients, rounded to one decimal place.

HTTP Archive's crawl changed over time (mobile crawling began small in 2011 and the site list grew sharply in 2018 and again later), so year-on-year jumps partly reflect methodology. The October 2026 crawl, the latest, shows 2,624.6 KB on mobile and 2,987.3 KB on desktop. KB as reported by HTTP Archive (1 KB = 1,024 bytes).

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