Can cookie size affect loading speed? (PHP)

Question

My website sets and loads cookies that are 200 characters long. Is this too much? Can it possible affect the loading speed? How much?

Answer 1

Information about cookies is exchanged between the user's browser and the server and therefore does impact the user's response time and loading speed. I'm not quite sure if 200 characters will make a 'huge' impact though. Check the table about cookie size and response time here:

When the cookie crumbles.

Hope that helps, good luck.