We Analyzed 425,909 Favicons

This is a neat idea for a research project. The big map is fun, but the research had some tidbits in it worth looking at.

The average favicon network request takes 130ms, at least from our speedy cloud instance.

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Created 4y | Nov 29, 2021, 7:21:46 PM

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