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www.wikihow.com/Main-Page speed test — 20 Oct 2026

Measured from the wfix.shop server on 20 October 2026 at 12:59 UTC. Grade B (83/100), with the screenshots, the timings and the fixes that matter.

https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page

20 October 2026 at 12:59 UTC · Free test · report pt_f7ee7df5e177
Grade
B
83/100
Performance74/100
Structure97/100

15 audit(s) passed, 1 need work

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First byte (TTFB)221 msmeasured from this server
Fully loaded20.36 sfirst byte + slowest asset
Requests26document + assets
Page weight78.6 KBcompressed transfer
HTML document78.6 KBgzip
ProtocolHTTP/3server not sent

Where the first byte went

  • DNS lookup 80 ms 36%
  • TCP connect 35 ms 16%
  • Server wait 107 ms 48%

Measured on the connection that fetched the HTML. Every other request on the page waits for the end of this bar before it can start.

How this page compares

First bytefaster than 89% of 4,999 pages tested here221 ms against a median of 449 ms
Page weightlighter than 89% of 4,999 pages tested here78.6 KB against a median of 650.5 KB
Fully loadedslower than 100% of 4,999 pages tested here20.36 s against a median of 1.84 s
Requestssends more requests than 100% of 4,999 pages tested here26 against a median of 26

Every report published here is in this comparison, so it is a reference population of pages tested from one server - not a benchmark of the whole web.

What these numbers mean

  • The first byte arrived in 221 ms. That is workable, and the cheapest win left is caching or a warmer connection.
  • The page transfers 78.6 KB over 26 request(s).
  • The HTML itself arrives gzip-compressed.
  • It runs over HTTP/3, so the assets share a connection instead of opening one each.

Fix first: Avoid extra redirects - Link to the canonical URL (and make sure http, the apex domain and www all point at it) so no visitor pays a redirect first.

Read on one shared server, not a visitor's phone: use it to compare pages against each other, not as a promise about every connection. We fix what these tests find.

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The headless browser did not capture this page when the test ran, so only the server measurements are shown.

Page weight by type

What the page is made of

Transfer size, compressed as sent. 26 request(s) in total, 78.6 KB across all of them.

Top issues

Avoid extra redirects

medium impact

2 redirect hop(s) before the page load started, each one a full round trip before the first byte.

Fix: Link to the canonical URL (and make sure http, the apex domain and www all point at it) so no visitor pays a redirect first.

Waterfall

Slowest requests

IMAGESwww.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/b/be/Mabelamber…
20.14 s
IMAGESwww.wikihow.com/Main-Page/extensions/wikihow/homepage/…
20.14 s
IMAGESwww.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/0/06/Stop-Being…
20.14 s
IMAGESwww.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/0/04/Act-on-a-F…
20.14 s
IMAGESwww.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/5/54/What-Does-…
20.14 s
IMAGESwww.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/b/ba/Be-Sexy-%2…
20.14 s
IMAGESwww.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/d/d7/Quiz-break…
20.14 s
IMAGESwww.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/5/5f/Know-if-Yo…
20.14 s
IMAGESwww.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/3/31/Shraga-kop…
20.14 s
IMAGESwww.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/a/ae/Pexels-her…
20.14 s

Each bar is one request's own response time, scaled to the slowest. Assets were fetched in parallel, so the bars overlap in real time rather than stacking. first party third party

RequestTypeStatusTimeSize
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/b/be/Mabelamber-europe-3483539_1920.jpg/-crop-375-250-375px-Mabelamber-europe-3483539_1920.jpgimages020.14 s0 B
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/extensions/wikihow/homepage/images/fun.svgimages020.14 s0 B
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/0/06/Stop-Being-So-Obsessed-with-Your-Crush-Step-13.jpg/-crop-375-250-333px-nowatermark-Stop-Being-So-Obsessed-with-Your-Crush-Step-13.jpgimages020.14 s0 B
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/0/04/Act-on-a-First-Date-%28Girls%29-Step-13-Version-3.jpg/-crop-375-250-333px-nowatermark-Act-on-a-First-Date-%28Girls%29-Step-13-Version-3.jpgimages020.14 s0 B
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/5/54/What-Does-Dink-Mean-Step-7.jpg/-crop-375-250-333px-nowatermark-What-Does-Dink-Mean-Step-7.jpgimages020.14 s0 B
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/b/ba/Be-Sexy-%28Skinny-Guys%29-Step-3-Version-2.jpg/-crop-375-250-333px-nowatermark-Be-Sexy-%28Skinny-Guys%29-Step-3-Version-2.jpgimages020.14 s0 B
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/d/d7/Quiz-breakfast-cereal-mascots-main2.png/-crop-375-250-333px-nowatermark-Quiz-breakfast-cereal-mascots-main2.pngimages020.14 s0 B
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/5/5f/Know-if-You-Have-a-Crush-on-a-Guy-Step-10-Version-4.jpg/-crop-375-250-333px-nowatermark-Know-if-You-Have-a-Crush-on-a-Guy-Step-10-Version-4.jpgimages020.14 s0 B
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/3/31/Shraga-kopstein-0ZcByur4Quw-unsplash.jpg/-crop-375-250-375px-Shraga-kopstein-0ZcByur4Quw-unsplash.jpgimages020.14 s0 B
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/a/ae/Pexels-herry-5693961.jpg/-crop-375-250-375px-Pexels-herry-5693961.jpgimages020.14 s0 B
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/2/21/Quiz-halloween-colors-main.png/-crop-375-250-333px-nowatermark-Quiz-halloween-colors-main.pngimages020.14 s0 B
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/6/63/Know-the-Difference-Between-Emo-and-Scene-Step-11-Version-2.jpg/-crop-375-250-333px-nowatermark-Know-the-Difference-Between-Emo-and-Scene-Step-11-Version-2.jpgimages020.13 s0 B
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/d/d6/Quiz-chud-chuzz-or-huzz-main.png/-crop-375-250-334px-nowatermark-Quiz-chud-chuzz-or-huzz-main.pngimages020.13 s0 B
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/d/df/Send-an-Anonymous-Love-Letter-Step-1.jpg/-crop-375-250-333px-nowatermark-Send-an-Anonymous-Love-Letter-Step-1.jpgimages020.13 s0 B
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/e/e7/Draw-a-Brain-Step-13-Version-3.jpg/-crop-375-250-375px-nowatermark-Draw-a-Brain-Step-13-Version-3.jpgimages020.13 s0 B
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/e/e8/Tell-if-a-Video-Is-Ai-Generated-Step-17.jpg/-crop-375-250-333px-nowatermark-Tell-if-a-Video-Is-Ai-Generated-Step-17.jpgimages020.13 s0 B
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/f/f8/Messy-Hair-Men-Step-19.jpg/-crop-375-250-333px-nowatermark-Messy-Hair-Men-Step-19.jpgimages020.13 s0 B
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/extensions/wikihow/homepage/images/wikidice-large.svgimages015.01 s0 B
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/extensions/wikihow/homepage/images/popular2.svgimages015.01 s0 B
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/extensions/wikihow/homepage/images/more.pngimages015.01 s0 B
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/extensions/wikihow/homepage/images/wikidice-mobile.svgimages010.10 s0 B
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/extensions/wikihow/homepage/images/books2.pngimages010.10 s0 B
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/1/15/What-Flavor-Is-My-Personality-quiz.jpg/-crop-375-250-368px-What-Flavor-Is-My-Personality-quiz.jpghtml40410.10 s0 B
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/extensions/wikihow/homepage/images/fire.svghtml404936 ms0 B
https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page/images/thumb/6/60/Black-Sheep-of-the-Family-Step-5.jpg/-crop-375-250-333px-nowatermark-Black-Sheep-of-the-Family-Step-5.jpghtml404897 ms0 B
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