# Average Speed Index

**URL:** <https://discuss.httparchive.org/t/average-speed-index/627>\
**Category:** Analysis\
**Created:** [September 21, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.httparchive.org/t/average-speed-index/627 "2015-09-21T14:58:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![chelvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@chelvan](https://discuss.httparchive.org/u/chelvan)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.httparchive.org/t/average-speed-index/627/1 "2015-09-21T14:58:25Z")

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I want to get an updated Speed Index average based on the data query here: [https://sites.google.com/a/webpagetest.org/docs/using-webpagetest/metrics/speed-index](https://sites.google.com/a/webpagetest.org/docs/using-webpagetest/metrics/speed-index)

When I tried to get a more updated average, it seems a lot higher than 2 years ago:

SELECT AVG (SpeedIndex)  
FROM  
[httparchive:runs.2015\_06\_01\_pages]  
where rank \<300000

In this query the average came out to be 6917. Either I am doing something wrong in the query, or perhaps some things have changed since that time? Any info or insight would be greatly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![annemorimoto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@annemorimoto](https://discuss.httparchive.org/u/annemorimoto)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://discuss.httparchive.org/t/average-speed-index/627/2 "2016-05-25T18:04:02Z")

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I’m trying to find the average speed index as well. Did you ever get your answer?

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**Author:** ![chelvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@chelvan](https://discuss.httparchive.org/u/chelvan)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://discuss.httparchive.org/t/average-speed-index/627/3 "2016-06-23T21:01:17Z")

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No I haven’t - but been thinking about whether such a number is useful in the first place. In looking over the sites, there are some outliers that may be driving up the total score. I guess I stepped back and asked myself what I am trying to measure? Since sites vary in content and needs, it might make more sense to get an average speed index across a given industry or industries. For example, I’ve been working on a Speed Index of e-commerce sites.