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Measured by our bot, 21 Oct 2026

In October 2026, an average page view on Drive’s website weighed 1.81 MB: 18th of 34 New Zealand government agencies we scored.

Gradei

Grade D

  1. A+
  2. A
  3. B
  4. C
  5. D
  6. E
  7. F
  8. G
  9. H

Chunky.

1.81 MBAn average page viewi

Range this month: 1.76 to 1.81 MBi

Heaviest page: About, 2.20 MB. This blends the phone and the laptop, and the page as a first page and as a later page, the first page counting three times as much. Each page’s figures

Over time

An average page view, MBi
An average page view, MB by month
October 20261.81 MB

First measured October 2026.

Among central government

Rank, lightest firsti

18th of 34

Phone and laptopi

Homepage, first page

The three pages

First pageiLater pagei

  1. Homepage

    /

    First page

    Phone 2.28 MB

    Laptop 2.28 MB

    Later page

    Phone 0.70 MB

    Laptop 0.69 MB

  2. About

    /about-us

    First page

    Phone 2.51 MB

    Laptop 2.69 MB

    Later page

    Phone 0.92 MB

    Laptop 1.11 MB

  3. Contact

    /about-us/contact-and-help

    First page

    Phone 1.73 MB

    Laptop 1.73 MB

    Later page

    Phone 0.15 MB

    Laptop 0.15 MB

Whose weight it is

Homepage, first page on a phone, 2.28 MB

Drive’s own filesi1.24 MB54%

Other companies’ filesi1.04 MB46%

What it is made ofi

Homepage, first page on a phone, 2.28 MB

The heaviest files

Across the pages we measured

  1. Image · Drive

    banner-how-to-use-drive.jpg

    Homepage

    0.54 MB

  2. Script · Google reCAPTCHA

    recaptcha__en.js

    Every page

    0.36 MB

  3. Image · Drive

    banner-car-ownership-and-maintenance.png

    About

    0.34 MB

  4. Image · Drive

    banner-drive-go.png

    About

    0.33 MB

  5. Image · Drive

    Drive-road-code-thumbnail-image.jpg

    About

    0.23 MB

We found 9 savings. Here are the 6 biggest.

Fix
Nothing a visitor would notice
Choice
Removes or delays something

Worked out on a phone and a laptop. The icons show where each saving applies.

  1. Fix

    Resize and compress 7 images to the size screens show them

    Every page · Drive

    Saves this on every page

    up to 0.42 MB

  2. Fix

    Ship less of your own code: scripts and styles that did not run while the homepage loaded

    Every page · Drive

    Saves this on every page

    up to 0.27 MB

  3. Fix

    Compress 6 images that are already the right size

    Every page · Drive

    Saves this on every page

    up to 0.13 MB

  4. Choice

    Check every marketing tag still earns its place: 2 companies

    Every page · Facebook, Google/Doubleclick Ads

    Saves this on every page

    up to 0.11 MB

  5. Fix

    Cut 3 fonts down to the characters used

    Every page · Drive

    Saves this on every page

    up to 0.07 MB

  6. Fix

    Compress 20 of your own text files

    Every page · Drive

    Saves this on every page

    up to 0.05 MB

Carboni

If this website had 100,000 page views a year, they would cause about 16 kg of carbon emissions.

Built to grade A (an average page view of 0.53 MB or less), the same page views would cause about 4.8 kg.

Your traffic

Optional, for an average page view. Worked out on your screen, never sent to us.

Type your own yearly page views here

That's about 181 GB of data a year.

Add your grade to your website

A grade C badge needs an average page view of 1.41 MB or less. Drive’s is 1.81 MB.

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