# The average web page is the size of Doom! **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [March 15, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-average-web-page-is-the-size-of-doom/636175 "2017-03-15T22:32:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2017, 10:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-average-web-page-is-the-size-of-doom/636175/1 "2017-03-15T22:32:41Z")
I know if you’ve all probably already seen this, but it is good to get out there every few moments: [https://www.wired.com/2016/04/average-webpage-now-size-original-doom/](https://www.wired.com/2016/04/average-webpage-now-size-original-doom/) 😛 ---
**Author:** ![krilnon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/krilnon/32/34_2.png) [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-average-web-page-is-the-size-of-doom/636175/2 "2017-03-16T04:31:55Z")
A friend of mine shared this article and reacted with surprise that a site could be so big, then I looked at the size of his site: [https://twitter.com/krilnon/status/724027596741046272](https://twitter.com/krilnon/status/724027596741046272) ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 6:14am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-average-web-page-is-the-size-of-doom/636175/3 "2017-03-16T06:14:32Z")
It’s so easy these days where frameworks and libraries take dependencies on other frameworks and libraries. Before you know it, you are pulling down down a lot of content that you had no direct hand in creating or calling 😛 (The KIRUPA site has some of that going for it as well, and it is on my list to reduce that!) ---
**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-average-web-page-is-the-size-of-doom/636175/4 "2017-03-16T16:17:22Z")
My site isn’t so bad 😛 ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/2X/c/cc8c6f34cbac408ca356f760f9f34fb10d6e5d65.png) ---
**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-average-web-page-is-the-size-of-doom/636175/5 "2017-03-16T16:18:53Z")
> [@kirupa](#): > > Before you know it, you are pulling down down a lot of content that you had no direct hand in creating or calling You’ll need to do a tutorial on tree shaking 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@tbo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tbo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-average-web-page-is-the-size-of-doom/636175/6 "2017-03-16T16:27:44Z")
I wonder what consideration in taken a web design​ 101 course these days. I was never good at web design but took a few basic courses when i was younger (im 34 now :() At that time so much emphasis was put on size, crunching your images etc. Importance of performance was what i mostly took away from it actually. Yes, that is a sad face inside parentheses ---
**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2017, 6:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/the-average-web-page-is-the-size-of-doom/636175/7 "2017-03-16T18:15:31Z")
> **[TED Talk](https://xkcd.com/541/)** > > The IAU ban came after the 'redefinition of 'planet' to include the IAU president's mom' incident. Edit: the xkcd embed could use some work.