After 3 Years of testing, which host is racing ahead in our Speed Rankings?
Weekly Speed Testing Method
- Compare 8 WordPress Hosts
- Use 8 Live Sites, each with a Different Host but with Identical Content (you can check them out here)
- Use GTmetrix Page Speed Test
- Testing Locations: North America, Latin America, Europe & Asia Pacific
- Frequency of Weekly Testing: Every Hour for 7 Days
- Total Number of Tests = 1 x24 x7 x8 x140 = 188,160 (xHours xDays xSites xWeeks)
- Speed Testing is checking how long it takes for a website to fully load using a desktop internet browser
WordPress Hosts
Identical Live Sites
Total Tests
Speed Rankings – Apr 2016 to DEC 2018
Congratulations goes out to SiteGround as they are the new owners of the #1 spot in our Speed Rankings!!
Following their fastest performance in H1 2018, SiteGround have backed it up by comfortably by quicker than all hosts in H2 2018. This has proved to be enough to allow SiteGround to jump ahead of Lightning Base in the rankings.
Similar to our Overall Rankings, SiteGround and Lightning Base are well ahead of the competition when it comes to site speed. As we start looking ahead into 2019, the most interesting question is how they will perform as our new hosts come on board?
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08 Apr 2016 to 22 Dec 2018
And the Fastest Host is…
H2 2018 Results
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08 Jul 2018 to 22 Dec 2018
H1 2018 Results
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01 Jan 2018 to 07 Jul 2018
H2 2017 Results
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27 Aug 2017 to 30 Dec 2017
H1 2017 Results
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09 Jan 2017 to 26 Aug 2017
2016 Results
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08 Apr 2016 to 31 Dec 2016
Overall Rankings
To crown an overall champion, we have combined our weekly Speed and Uptime tests together.
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