of mobile visits are likely to be abandoned when a page takes more than 3 seconds to load.
The world's biggest companies studied it and the data is brutally clear: milliseconds decide whether visitors convert or leave. Here's exactly what slow load times are costing businesses right now.
Independent studies from Google, Deloitte, Amazon and Portent all point to the same conclusion — speed is revenue.
of mobile visits are likely to be abandoned when a page takes more than 3 seconds to load.
higher retail conversions were associated with just a 0.1‑second improvement in mobile speed.
higher retail average order value came from the same 0.1‑second speed improvement.
travel conversions increased with a 0.1‑second speed improvement.
reduction in navigation abandonment was observed after speed improvements in one Google study.
Amazon research explicitly identifies prolonged page-load times as something that can directly impact revenue and customer confidence.
B2B pages loading in 1 second had about 5× the conversion rate of pages taking 10 seconds.
E-commerce pages loading in 1 second had about 2.5× the conversion rate of pages taking 5 seconds.
For 1M potential visitors, each additional second of load time was associated with average losses of $3,000–$9,000 depending on industry.
From Google and Amazon to BBC, Walmart and Pinterest — here is what the world's leading brands measured when they made their sites faster. Every figure links to its original source.
Found that as page load time goes from 1s to 5s, the probability of mobile bounce increases 90%; from 1s to 10s, 123%.
Think w/ GoogleSees a 1% decrease in revenue for every 100ms increase in load time.
WPO StatsSaw up to a 2% increase in conversions for every 1 second of improvement in load time. Every 100ms improvement also resulted in up to a 1% increase in revenue.
WPO StatsFound every 100ms of load-time improvement increased "Add to Cart" count by 0.5%.
Web.devSaw a 43% decrease in their bandwidth bill after turning on GZip.
WPO StatsWhen YouTube introduced a version of their pages that was 90% lighter, they saw a large increase in traffic in areas with poor connectivity such as Southeast Asia, South America, Africa and Siberia.
WPO StatsIncreased impressions and user profile scroll interactions by decreasing the response size of the JSON needed for displaying comments (by 33% for the median and 50% for the 95th percentile for the main endpoint).
WPO StatsRebuilding Pinterest pages for performance resulted in a 40% decrease in wait time, a 15% increase in SEO traffic and a 15% increase in conversion rate to signup.
WPO StatsLite saw a 65% increase in pages per session, 75% in Tweets, and a 20% decrease in bounce rate. Twitter Lite loads in under 3 seconds for repeat visits even on slow networks.
PWA StatsImproved from 7.2 seconds to 3.4 seconds and engaged visit rate increased by 35%, bounce rates decreased by 6%, and the average time spent on page increased by 21% for mobile visitors.
WPO StatsRecorded a 250% year-on-year increase in mobile origins passing all Core Web Vitals.
Web.devIncreased conversions on the mobile web by 76%, with 14% more monthly active users on iOS and 30% more on Android.
PWA StatsReduced load time by 36% and saw a 10.5% increase in orders and a 27% increase in conversion for new customers.
WPO StatsHas seen that they lose an additional 10% of users for every additional second it takes for their site to load.
WPO StatsTests of the new, faster FT.com showed users were up to 30% more engaged—meaning more visits and more content being consumed.
WPO StatsIncreased traffic by 9% for each 400ms of improvement in load time.
WPO StatsNews reduced CLS by .2, decreasing the number of URLS with poor performance in search console by 98%. As a result, they saw a 15.1% increase in page views per session, 13.3% longer session durations and a 1.72 percentage point decrease in bounce rate.
WPO StatsOne second delay in Bing results in a 2.8% drop in revenue. Two second delay results in 4.3% drop.
WPO StatsImproved their LCP by 31%, resulting in an 8% increase in sales, a 15% increase in their lead to visit rate, and an 11% increase in their cart to visit rate.
WPO StatsUsed a data-driven performance approach to achieve a 60% improvement in visit-to-order rate.
Web.devDoubled conversion rate and reduced exit rate by 13% via prerendering with the Speculation Rules API.
Web.devFound conversion rate rose 2.8% for every 1-second reduction in Time to Interactive.
Web.devSaw a 2.6% reduction in bounce rate after optimizing Core Web Vitals.
Web.devImproved LCP by 40% and saw 28% more organic traffic from tier-2/3 cities.
Web.devSaw a 0.7% increase in revenue when they shaved 100ms off their load time.
WPO StatsImproved LCP by 55% and saw a 23% increase in average session duration.
WPO StatsSaw a 8% increase in click-outs (bookings) after reducing page load time.
Think w/ GoogleReduced median homepage load time by 1 second and reduced load time for the 98th percentile by 6 seconds. As a result, they saw a 10% increase in their conversion rate.
WPO StatsCut load time by 80% and saw an 80% increase in traffic. Median time spent on the site also increased by 32%.
WPO StatsWhile reducing page load from 15 seconds to 2 seconds, Intuit saw a 3% improvement in conversions for every second reduced over 7 seconds, and a 2% improvement in conversions for every second reduced over 5 seconds.
WPO StatsCut load time by 2.2 seconds and saw download conversions increase by 15.4%.
WPO StatsSaw a 12% increase in bounce rate when they added 160KB of images to their mobile page.
WPO StatsSince launching their PWA, Lancôme's mobile sales have increased 16% year over year with overall speed increases of 50%.
PWA StatsThe Forbes Progressive Web App's homepage completely loads in just 0.8 seconds.
PWA StatsPWA was designed to be fast even on 2G. The core app is only 50k gzipped and takes less than 3 seconds to load on 2G networks.
PWA StatsCut load times from 11.91 seconds to 4.69 seconds with their new PWA. The PWA is 90% smaller than Tinder's native Android app. User engagement is up across the board on the PWA.
PWA StatsFound a strong correlation between Largest Contentful Paint and both their bounce rate and conversion rate, with a 1 second improvement leading to up to a 14 percentage point decrease in bounce rate, and 13% increase in conversions.
WPO StatsImplemented a performance budget and cut bounce rate by 20% alongside 38% faster loads.
Think w/ GoogleFound a 100-millisecond delay in load time can decrease conversion rates by 7%.
AkamaiThe Aberdeen Group discovered a 1-second delay resulted in 11% fewer page views, a 16% decrease in customer satisfaction, and 7% loss in conversions.
WPO StatsDecreased load time by 5 seconds and saw a 12% increase in conversion rate, a 25% increase in page views and a 50% reduction in infrastructure required.
WPO StatsIncreased conversions by 38% and lowered bounce rate over 40% with a new PWA.
GoogleImproved conversions from push notifications, achieving a 24% opt-in rate and 42% open rate.
PWA StatsWitnessed over 80% increase in conversion and a dramatic increase in revenue after launching its PWA.
PWA StatsSaw 9× more conversion on previously abandoned shopping carts from web push users, with conversion rates for cart abandonments on mobile web now outpacing that of their native app.
PWA StatsExperienced 250% more re-engagement using push notifications and 146% higher click-through rate on ads. The PWA takes 23% less time to interactive resulting in 80% lower bounce rates.
PWA StatsUsed 92% less data for the initial load of their PWA compared to their native app and 82% less data to complete a user's first transaction.
PWA StatsNDTV, one of India's leading news stations and websites, improved LCP by 55% and saw a 50% reduction in bounce rate.
WPO StatsImproved all three Core Web Vitals and saw a 6% revenue uplift during its Black Friday sale.
Web.devImproved LCP 3× and saw a 16.9% increase in mobile conversion rate.
Web.devReduced load time by 23%, LCP by 55%, CLS by 91% and FID by 90% and saw a 42% increase in mobile revenue and a 10 percentage point increase in relative mobile conversion rate.
WPO StatsAggregated data from 997 customer sites for the three months starting May 1st of 2023. They found that users who experienced good INP had a 25% better conversion rate than users experiencing poor INP, and users experiencing poor INP were more likely to bounce or express frustration via rage clicks or multiple interactions than users experiencing good INP.
WPO StatsReduced First Contentful Paint (75th percentile) by 45% and Yelp Page Complete (75th percentile) by 25% and saw a 15% improvement in their conversion rate.
WPO StatsImproved CLS from 0.25 to 0.9 and reduced values in the \"Poor\" range by 65%, and also improved LCP from 4.5 seconds to 2.5 seconds and reduced values in the \"Poor\" range by 33%. This reduced bounce rates by 43%.
WPO StatsRedBus, a bus booking and ticketing website based in India, undertook a substantial effort to improve their website's INP by 72%. As a result of their efforts, they were able to increase sales by 7%.
WPO StatsReduced LCP by 26% and FID by 72% and saw a 46% reduction in bounce rate, and 87% increase in pages per session, and a 5% improvement in conversion.
WPO StatsAfter making improvements to multiple performance metrics (including LCP, CLS and Long Task time), Agrofy saw a 76% reduction in their abandonment rate and a significant boost in engagement.
WPO StatsFashion retailer Missguided removed BazaarVoice for Android visitors. Median page load time improved by 4 seconds, and revenue increased by 26%.
WPO StatsFound that on their single-page app, mobile users who experienced fast rendering times brought 75% more revenue than average, and 327% more revenue that those experiencing slow rending times. on desktop, users with fast-rendering times brought in 212% more revenue than average and 572% more than slow.
WPO StatsReduced page load time by 65% and saw a 63% increase in organic traffic, a 3x increase in advertising click-thru rate and a 46% increase in first-time chatters.
WPO StatsDecreased their bounce rate by 50% and increased conversions by 30%.
PWA StatsImproved CLS 10× and saw comics read increase by 2–3×.
Web.devAncestory.com saw a 7% increase in conversions after improving render time by 68%, page weight by 46% and load time by 64%.
WPO StatsA presentation from AOL revealed that visitors in the top 10% of site speed viewed 50% more pages than visitors in the bottom 10%.
WPO StatsReduced page load time by 50% and saw an 12-13% increase in sales.
WPO StatsThe Best Western River North Hotel sees 300% increase in revenue with new Progressive Web App.
PWA StatsOf Blue's PWA increased mobile users by 154%, monthly active users by 154%, and conversion by 169%. Pages load 85% faster.
PWA StatsImproved Largest Contentful Paint by 52% and Cumulative Layout Shift by 41% and saw a 10% increase in traffic, a 5% increase in online store conversion rate, and a 15% increase in revenue.
WPO StatsGroups saw 2× increase in daily active users and a 10% increase in overall traffic by moving to a PWA with app shell.
PWA StatsIncreased conversion rate by 7% after cutting average page load time by 0.85 seconds. Bounce rate also fell by 7% and pages per session increased by 10%.
WPO StatsFound that the user journey from browsing to purchase was 2× to 4× on its PWA. The PWA delivered a 40% increase in mobile revenue and a 20% increase in conversion.
PWA StatsSaw a 2× increase in conversions and a 25% increase in organic traffic after launching a new PWA experience.
PWA StatsWeb studio Sparkbox more than doubled Driver Solutions’ conversion rate for organic traffic, moving it from 2.69% to 5.57% after deploying performance updates and AMP pages.
WPO StatsDecreased load time by 77% and saw a 20% increase in page views, 4% reduction in bounce rate and 3% reduction in ad impression variance.
WPO StatsEle.me, the biggest food ordering and delivery company in mainland China, decreased load times by 11.6% on pre-cached pages and by 6.35% on all pages.
PWA StatsReduces it's average page load time from 1.2s to 500ms and increased conversions by 20%, time on site by 21%, and pages viewed per visit by 28%.
WPO StatsSaw 4× increase in re-engagement and 100% more sales from users arriving via web push.
PWA StatsReduced their image payload by 86% resulting in a reduction in load time of 65%. This improved user experience helped double Furnspace’s eCommerce purchase conversion ratio, cut bounce rates by 20%, increase mobile revenue by 7% and dramatically improve SEO.
WPO StatsBy building a PWA, Garbarino increased their conversion rate by 27%, returning visitors by 13%, pageviews by 35% and decreased their bounce rate by 9%.
PWA StatsReduced CLS by 77% and cut bounce rate by 8%.
Web.devUK clothing brand George saw a 31% increase in conversion, 2× lower bounce rate, and 20% increase in page views after upgrading to a PWA. The PWA was 3.8× faster than the previous site.
PWA StatsFound that for every second they added to the load time, there was a 6.7% decrease in conversions. In addition, load time for users who did not convert was 3-4 times as high as for converting customers.
WPO StatsUsers of Google I/O's PWA spent more time in the app than their Android counterparts, with homescreen saves up 900% over the previous year and half of signed-in users enabling notifications.
PWA StatsResort increased its Black Friday conversion rate by 53% due to its progressive web app's speed and notifications.
PWA StatsImproved LCP by 3.1× and saw a 108% improvement in click-through rate.
Web.devImproved CLS by 15% and saw a 10% increase in ad revenue as a result.
WPO StatsPWA beta has 230% longer session and 3× more page views than the previous mobile site.
PWA StatsFocused on reducing Total Blocking Time and saw a 35% increase in organic traffic by improving their homepage TBT by 40%.
WPO StatsTravel's PWA has 12× more users compared to its native apps and uses 80% less data. Since launch, the PWA has 33% higher conversion and 50% lower bounce rate.
PWA StatsNew PWA experience resulted in 60% fewer bounces, 15% more conversions on desktop, 8% more conversions on mobile, and a 40% increase in length of visit.
PWA StatsLaunched their e-commerce PWA which resulted in a 192% growth of daily visitors and 26% growth of average monthly visits.
PWA StatsUsers on older devices take 11% more rides in Lyft's PWA than native users and click “Install PWA” 40% more often than “Download App.”.
PWA StatsMakeMyTrip's PWA saw a 3× increase in conversion and 160% increase in shopper sessions. Pages are 38% faster. First-time shoppers are 3× more likely to convert on the PWA than in native app.
PWA StatsFor every 100ms decrease in homepage load speed, Mobify's customer base saw a 1.11% lift in session based conversion, amounting to an average annual revenue increase of $376,789. Similarly, for every 100ms decrease in checkout page load speed, Mobify's customers saw a 1.55% life in session based conversion, amounting to an average annual revenue increase of $526,147.
WPO StatsImproved engagement by 8.9% and reduced LCP by 17.9% using prerender and bfcache.
Web.devIncreased revenue 25% per pageview using a PWA and AMP solution. The average page is 4× faster and people spend 43% longer on the site. Even iOS saw a 15% increase average pageviews and a 23% decrease in bounce rate.
PWA StatsSaw an 18% increase in ad revenue after improving Core Web Vitals.
Web.devImproved LCP by 18% and saw 9% more pageviews per session.
Web.devImproved LCP by 68% with image prioritization and saw 8.9% more conversions.
Web.devThe Obama for America site improved performance by 60% and saw a corresponding increase in conversions of 14%.
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Figures above are drawn from publicly published third-party research and are presented for informational purposes. Actual results vary by industry, audience and website. Sources are linked on each card.