Fastest Shared Web Hosting 2021
50 popular hosts ranked by worldwide and US page-load speed
Fastest web hosting services test results have been compiled in the table below with hosts ranked in order of both worldwide and US page-load speed.
NCM Online purchases the cheapest available WordPress-capable, shared hosting plan from companies to be evaluated in order to perform 10-day reliability and speed testing. Identical 1-page test sites are uploaded to each host’s servers. Click here for sample test site.
Utilizing the services of Dotcom Monitor, host servers are checked for page-load speed and uptime every 15 minutes from 13 worldwide locations including 7 within the United States. Approximately 2000 individual checks are performed during each host’s 10-day testing period.
United States test locations include New York, Virginia, Florida, Minnesota, Texas, Colorado, and California. Worldwide test locations include all 7 US locations plus Montreal, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, and Hong Kong.
See respective host evaluations for test result charts, comprehensive ratings, promotional discounts, pricing and rankings.
| Worldwide Speed Rank |
United States Speed Rank |
Web Hosting Company | Average Speed Worldwide* |
Average Speed U.S. Only** |
10-Day Uptime |
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#1 |
#2 |  |
DreamHost | 1.1190 | 0.8707 | 100% | Read Review |  |
| #2 | #3 |  |
Hub | 1.1252 | 0.8728 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #3 |
#1 |
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A2 Hosting | 1.1286 | 0.7605 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #4 | #8 |  |
HostNine | 1.2555 | 0.9765 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #5 | #13 |  |
1&1 Internet | 1.2661 | 1.1043 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #6 | #6 |  |
HostRocket | 1.3018 | 0.9654 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #7 | #17 |  |
iPage | 1.3455 | 1.1704 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #8 | #5 |  |
Web.com | 1.3702 | 0.9417 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #9 | #7 |  |
HostMonster | 1.3804 | 0.9722 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #10 | #4 |  |
SiteGround | 1.3941 | 0.9332 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #11 | #10 |  |
GreenGeeks | 1.4226 | 1.0464 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #12 | #9 |  |
Omnis | 1.4260 | 1.0160 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #13 | #23 |  |
Certified Hosting | 1.4279 | 1.2278 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #14 | #11 |  |
StartLogic | 1.4466 | 1.0578 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #15 | #16 |  |
WestHost | 1.4835 | 1.1674 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #16 | #28 |  |
StableHost | 1.5431 | 1.3598 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #17 | #25 |  |
Dotster | 1.5499 | 1.2925 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #18 | #12 |  |
NetHosting | 1.5610 | 1.0613 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #19 | #22 |  |
Bluehost | 1.5678 | 1.2265 | 99.8943% | Read Review | |
| #20 | #32 |  |
NetFirms | 1.5683 | 1.5201 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #21 | #27 |  |
Network Solutions | 1.5891 | 1.3100 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #22 | #18 |  |
Register.com | 1.6176 | 1.1804 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #23 | #19 |  |
GlowHost | 1.6334 | 1.1900 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #24 | #26 |  |
Just Host | 1.6436 | 1.3091 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #25 | #20 |  |
WebHostingBuzz | 1.6754 | 1.2064 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #26 | #15 |  |
Eleven2 | 1.6873 | 1.1645 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #27 | #31 |  |
A Small Orange | 1.7493 | 1.4557 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #28 | #21 |  |
GoDaddy | 1.8152 | 1.2104 | 99.8944% | Read Review | |
| #29 | #24 |  |
MyHosting.com | 1.8870 | 1.2310 | 99.8813% | Read Review | |
| #30 | #35 |  |
InMotion Hosting | 1.9226 | 1.6774 | 99.7869% | Read Review | |
| #31 | #36 |  |
Hostoople | 1.9311 | 1.7066 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #32 | #33 |  |
IX Web Hosting | 1.9569 | 1.6087 | 99.7884% | Read Review | |
| #33 | #42 |  |
Servage One | 1.9767 | 2.2191 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #34 | #30 |  |
Web Hosting Pad | 2.0396 | 1.4339 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #35 | #38 |  |
HostGator | 2.0902 | 1.7962 | 99.8821% | Read Review | |
| #36 | #40 |  |
HostPapa | 2.1602 | 1.8172 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #37 | #39 |  |
Site5 | 2.2068 | 1.8066 | 99.8914% | Read Review | |
| #38 | #41 |  |
Namecheap | 2.3343 | 1.8290 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #39 | #29 |  |
Aplus.net | 2.2407 | 1.4208 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #40 | #14 |  |
FastDomain | 2.2407 | 1.4208 | 99.7139% | Read Review | |
| #41 | #37 |  |
Yahoo | 2.3539 | 1.7561 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #42 | #43 |  |
IPOWER | 2.5076 | 2.2770 | 99.5650% | Read Review | |
| #43 | #34 |  |
Lunarpages | 2.5752 | 1.6393 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #44 | #46 |  |
PacificHost | 2.6956 | 2.8825 | 99.6191% | Read Review | |
| #45 | #44 |  |
Midphase | 2.7178 | 2.3122 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #46 | #47 |  |
FatCow | 2.7928 | 2.9224 | 99.8790% | Read Review | |
| #47 | #45 |  |
Superb Internet | 3.3757 | 2.4997 | 100% | Read Review | |
| #48 | #48 |  |
JaguarPC | 4.0719 | 3.7163 | 99.0846% | Read Review | |
| #49 | #49 |  |
Arvixe | 4.7200 | 4.0429 | 98.9954% | Read Review | |
| #50 | #50 |  |
HostMetro | 4.7404 | 4.0749 | 98.4396% | Read Review | |
*Host server page-load speed measured in seconds was recorded every 15 minutes for 10 days from the following 13 worldwide test locations: Amsterdam, Netherlands; California, U.S.; Colorado, U.S.; Florida, U.S.; Frankfurt, Germany; Hong Kong, China; London, U.K.; Minnesota, U.S.; Montreal, Canada; New York, U.S.; Paris, France; Texas, U.S.; and Virginia, U.S..
**Host server page-load speed measured in seconds was recorded every 15 minutes for 10 days from the following 7 United States test locations: California, Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, New York, Texas, and Virginia.
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