Web Almanac
HTTP Archive’s annual
state of the web report
Our mission is to combine the raw stats and trends of the HTTP Archive with the expertise of the web community. The Web Almanac is a comprehensive report on the state of the web, backed by real data and trusted web experts. The 2024 edition is comprised of 21 chapters spanning aspects of page content, user experience, publishing, and distribution.
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CDN
The benefits of utilizing CDNs have expanded beyond simple performance improvements. In 2024, CDNs play a crucial role in enabling global scalability, enhancing security postures, and facilitating the deployment of complex, distributed applications. By pushing more logic to the edge, businesses can create more responsive and personalized user experiences while reducing the load on origin servers.
Contributors
The Web Almanac has been made possible by the hard work of the web community. 69 people have volunteered countless hours in the planning, research, writing and production phases of the 2024 Web Almanac.
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Methodology
Unless otherwise noted, the metrics in all of the 21 chapters of the 2024 Web Almanac are sourced from the HTTP Archive dataset. HTTP Archive is a community-run project that has been tracking how the web is built since 2010. Using WebPageTest and Lighthouse under the hood, metadata about nearly 17 million websites are tested monthly and included in a public BigQuery database for analysis. The June 2024 dataset was used as the basis for the 2024 Web Almanac’s metrics. For more information, see the Methodology page.
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