Wikipedia.org is a popular website in the Reference/Encyclopedias category. According to the latest CWVIQ speed report, Wikipedia.org took 0.09 seconds to load the page. This is the time it takes from the moment you enter the URL on your browser bar to the time the page loads completely.
A slow load time could be due to a lot of things – poor network connectivity at your end, an unreliable hosting server, or a poorly optimized webpage.
First off, let’s look at a breakup of the loading time.
DNS Lookup Time
(Time taken to lookup the IP address of the server) |
29.46 ms |
TCP Connection
(Time taken to establish a connection between your server and the server where Wikipedia.org is hosted) |
28.32 ms |
SSL Handshake
(Time taken to verify server credentials by comparing public key with its digital signature) |
0.04 ms |
Server Processing
(Time it takes for the website’s server to process your request) |
28.27 ms |
Content Transfer
(Time it takes for the requested data to be transmitted to your server) |
0.05 ms |
TOTAL TIME | 0.09 seconds |
A high value for DNS lookup or TCP connection could be because of local settings, or internet connection.While a high server processing time or content transfer time could indicate issues with the website or its server.
We also studied the Wikipedia.org Lighthouse report to look at the site’s performance. Here is what we found.
Speed Index – Time for the page content to be visibly populated | 0.8 s |
Server response time | 32 ms |
First Meaningful Paint – Time for the viewable content to be rendered to the user | 0.6 s |
How To Make Wikipedia.org faster
Here are the top 8 reasons why Wikipedia.org may be taking a long time to load, and how they can be made faster.
In addition to these reasons, here are other ways to make Wikipedia.org faster.
Anand Srinivasan is the founder of CWVIQ, and has been in the internet media space for over 15 years. He has previously served as the AVP of Products and Head of Business at popular media portals. He has worked with several SaaS and enterprise businesses as an external consultant for their SEO marketing campaigns.