Google: Median Time For GoogleBot To Render Is 5 Seconds

Nov 14, 2019 - 7:23 am 1 by

Googlebot Js 5sec

Martin Splitt from Google announced at the Chrome Dev Summit 2019 that the median time for GoogleBot to render is 5 seconds. But even the 90th percentile is done "in minutes" he said. He said "you don't have to worry about week long delays" for rendering after GoogleBot crawls your page.

Ilya Grigorik from Google tweeted this, and he included the time for GoogleBot to render JavaScript applies here. He added "tl;dr: Googlebot ❤️ JS."

Here is his tweet:

This is recorded, so you can watch it yourself at 8:01:

Here is some more details:

So GoogleBot and rendering is getting super insanely fast!

Forum discussion at Twitter.

 

Popular Categories

The Pulse of the search community

Search Video Recaps

 
- YouTube
Video Details More Videos Subscribe to Videos

Most Recent Articles

Search Forum Recap

Daily Search Forum Recap: September 17, 2025

Sep 17, 2025 - 10:00 am
Google

Google Discover Tests Showing X Posts From Just Your Followers?

Sep 17, 2025 - 7:51 am
Other Search Engines

OpenAI Updates Search In ChatGPT: Factuality, Shopping & Formatting

Sep 17, 2025 - 7:41 am
Google

Google: Searchers Want AI Summaries Over Links

Sep 17, 2025 - 7:31 am
Google Maps

Google Business API Q&A Feature Going Away November 3 (Changes Coming?)

Sep 17, 2025 - 7:21 am
Google Ads

New Google Merchant Center Suspension Video Verification

Sep 17, 2025 - 7:11 am
 
Previous Story: Another Google Webmaster YouTube Series: Search Console Training