{"id":1041,"date":"2021-09-10T10:08:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T10:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2021\/09\/10\/5562455-how-to-read-the-gtmetrix-waterfall-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T04:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T04:06:04","slug":"5562455-how-to-read-the-gtmetrix-waterfall-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5562455-how-to-read-the-gtmetrix-waterfall-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to read the GTmetrix waterfall at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">The <b>Waterfall <\/b>section of <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gtmetrix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GTmetrix<\/a><\/b> displays the request-by-request loading behavior of your website: every script, media file, and third-party resource your page requests.<\/p><h2 id=\"h-understand-the-waterfall-chart\">Understand the Waterfall chart<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">Each website element is indicated on the main graph with the exact time it took to load:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If the report shows errors like 404 or 403, they might indicate an issue on your website that can increase its loading time. You can also hover on the waterfall itself to find more details:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2021\/09\/779a7219-8810-4f6d-970c-f3b504cbc725.jpg\" alt=\"GTmetrix Waterfall tooltip showing request start time and loading phases, with Fully Loaded highlighted\" width=\"350\" data-media-id=\"4207\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">If you are a registered user, you can also check the resource usage graphs:<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2021\/09\/c358b53c-b210-4490-8b7f-7a692344fe2c.jpg\" alt=\"Performance chart showing CPU, memory, upload, and download usage over time, with CPU highlighted at 27.2%\" data-media-id=\"4208\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">A high CPU or memory usage in the Waterfall might indicate that you are exceeding the resources of your hosting plan. Learn more: <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/2436138-how-to-check-resource-usage-in-hostinger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Order Usage section in hPanel<\/a><\/b>.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>Additional resources<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gtmetrix.com\/blog\/how-to-read-a-waterfall-chart-for-beginners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GTMetrix blog &ndash; How to Read a Waterfall Chart<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5562431-how-to-analyze-your-website-s-performance-with-gtmetrix-at-hostinger\/\">How to analyze your website&rsquo;s performance with GTmetrix at Hostinger<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5562452-how-to-read-the-gtmetrix-performance-and-structure-sections-at-hostinger\/\">How to read the GTmetrix performance and structure sections at Hostinger<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understanding Waterfall generated by GTmetrix<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[227],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-website-optimization"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/5562455-how-to-read-the-gtmetrix-waterfall-at-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/5562455-bagaimana-cara-memahami-data-di-tab-waterfall-di-gtmetrix\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-BR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/5562455-como-ler-a-secao-waterfall-no-gtmetrix\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1041"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15155,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041\/revisions\/15155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}