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47% -- consumers expecting page load 2s or less for consumers (2026)
47% of consumers expect a web page to load in 2 seconds or less.
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47%
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2026
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Neil Patel
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https://www.jodineufelddesign.com/blog/how-to-get-your-website-to-load-quicker ↗
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How to get your website to load quicker
How to get your website to load quicker
As a Squarespace designer, the number one issue I see on client’s websites is slow loading web pages because full resolution images have been used on the website.
Why is this is a problem? Well there are a couple of reasons:
01/ For every extra second your web…
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consumers: 47% consumers expecting page load 2s or less. Source: Neil Patel (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/consumers-expect-2-second-page-load
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