As we tick past 100 weeks of speed tests, which host is taking the checkered flag this week in London?
Speed Test – Week 100 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 Speed Test
- Location of Test: London, UK
- Frequency of Testing: Every Hour for 7 Days
- Number of Weekly Tests = 1 x24 x7 x8 = 1,344 (xHours xDays xSites)
- Speed Testing is checking how long it takes for a website to fully load using a desktop internet browser
Which WordPress Host will conquer the Speed Test this week?
WordPress Hosts
Identical Live Sites
Weekly Tests
SiteGround Weekly Speed Results
Namecheap Weekly Speed Results
GoDaddy Weekly Speed Results
Lightning Base Weekly Speed Results
InMotion Hosting Weekly Speed Results
HostGator Weekly Speed Results
Bluehost Weekly Speed Results
Web Hosting Hub Weekly Speed Results
Speed Test – Week 100 Summary Table
The fastest host this week is SiteGround with a time of 1.38s, which is a fair way behind the all time London record of 0.87s, which was set by HostGator in Week 64.
On our last visit to London with W3 Total Cache on board (in Week 97), the average load time for our 8 hosts was 1.43s. This week with WP Rocket, the average load time is noticeably slower at 1.73s.
This is the second week of the WP Rocket Speed Study and its looking like W3 Total Cache is outperforming WP Rocket so far.
Next week we’ll switch up our test location to Sydney, will WP Rocket be able to respond?
And this Week’s Winner is…
Speed Rankings
After 2 years of testing, let’s summarize all the results to see how our 8 hosts are performing overall. It will also allow us to find out which host is currently leading our speed challenge.
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