Average webpage may be bigger than Doom


As webpages get ever bigger with richer graphics and fatter scripting, we might have a relatable means of measuring the bloat. Apparently the average webpage has exceed the size of 1993 classic 3D first person shooter Doom. The original Doom weighed in around 2.25 MB.

Ronan Cremin:

Recall that Doom is a multi-level first person shooter that ships with an advanced 3D rendering engine and multiple levels, each comprised of maps, sprites and sound effects. By comparison, 2016's web struggles to deliver a page of web content in the same size. If that doesn't give you pause you're missing something.

Key point here this is average webpage size, so some really big sites likely skew things. Also, Cremin notes that the most popular sites are slimming down.

Also, based on that metric we long passed Wolfenstine 3D and Sim City 2000 in 2011 and 2013, respectively.