Analysis of Top Internet Websites Load Times

Motivated by the significant surge in demand of web browsing traffic, the economic costs of minimizing delays, and the paramount importance of Web Quality of Experience (WebQoE), this paper delves into the study of website load times during user navigation. In order to answer to the premises of the study, measurements concerning the W3C timing metrics of the top Internet domains were actively and periodically obtained during a month from different geographical regions. We found that these metrics distribution is akin to the Gamma distribution with positive bias, and they vary influenced by geographical location, time, and day of the week. Finally, the popularity of these websites has been compared to their performance, showing that some actors consistently deliver the best quality while others fall behind, despite their relevance in the rankings.