# Reduce initial server response time and speed up Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/reduce-initial-server-response-time-and-speed-up-discourse/216309>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [January 28, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reduce-initial-server-response-time-and-speed-up-discourse/216309 "2022-01-28T13:20:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Simsnet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/simsnet/32/72855_2.png) [@Simsnet](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Simsnet)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reduce-initial-server-response-time-and-speed-up-discourse/216309/2 "2022-01-28T16:46:36Z")

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Your Discourse site itself is fine. Albeit the size of the database and assets, it’s pretty decent.

The ads are what’s causing the page speed to be slow. I disabled my adblocker and it took 13-20 seconds to load the page, ads and all.

Not to mention, 4-5 ads on a single page is a **BIT** overkill, isn’t it? 🤔

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