SpeedCurve

Page Speed Benchmarks

Page speed has a huge impact on user experience. Faster sites have been proven to have lower bounce rates, higher conversion rates, bigger shopping cart sizes, and happier users. In these dashboards, we rank industry-leading websites based on how fast their pages appear to load, from a user’s perspective. For each site, click through to see their detailed test results.

Mobile Slow - Tested every day on an emulated mobile device at 4G Slow (1.6Mbps/768Kbps 150ms RTT). Find out more about why it's so important to test at slow speeds. Sites are sorted by Start Render which is when the first non-white content is painted in the browser.

MEDIA SITES IN USA ON A MOBILE SLOW CONNECTION

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#1 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
0.9s Start Render
4.28s Largest Contentful Paint
16.82s First CPU Idle
16.82s Time To Interactive
17.87s Fully Loaded
17.9s Last Painted Hero
17.9s Visually Complete

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#2 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1s Start Render
1.92s Largest Contentful Paint
38.9s Last Painted Hero
54.1s First CPU Idle
84.3s Visually Complete
90.93s Time To Interactive
93.73s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.2s Start Render
8.84s Largest Contentful Paint
11.4s Last Painted Hero
11.4s Visually Complete
13.83s First CPU Idle
13.83s Time To Interactive
16.61s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.05s Largest Contentful Paint
24.41s First CPU Idle
37s Last Painted Hero
61s Visually Complete
67.12s Time To Interactive
93.3s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.9s Last Painted Hero
2.96s Largest Contentful Paint
24.2s Visually Complete
38.72s First CPU Idle
38.72s Time To Interactive
64.41s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.93s Largest Contentful Paint
8.7s Last Painted Hero
13.9s Visually Complete
64.49s First CPU Idle
64.49s Time To Interactive
74.09s Fully Loaded

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#7 FORBES
0.73s Backend
2s Start Render
2.29s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Last Painted Hero
10.12s First CPU Idle
60s Visually Complete
90.28s Time To Interactive
91.68s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.71s Backend
2.6s Start Render
5.62s First CPU Idle
5.66s Largest Contentful Paint
45.9s Visually Complete
46.6s Time To Interactive
53.87s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
1.38s Backend
3.9s Start Render
4.28s First CPU Idle
6.56s Largest Contentful Paint
6.8s Last Painted Hero
37.85s Time To Interactive
65s Visually Complete
92.27s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.76s Backend
3.9s Start Render
4.37s Largest Contentful Paint
27.4s Last Painted Hero
27.4s Visually Complete
27.98s First CPU Idle
57.45s Time To Interactive
86.92s Fully Loaded

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#11 NEW YORK TIMES
0.88s Backend
4.14s Largest Contentful Paint
4.2s Start Render
14.52s First CPU Idle
30.9s Last Painted Hero
30.9s Visually Complete
42.72s Time To Interactive
119.92s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
1.43s Backend
4.3s Start Render
4.3s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
37s Visually Complete
46.62s First CPU Idle
46.62s Time To Interactive
66.15s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.79s Backend
4.9s Start Render
24.9s Last Painted Hero
24.91s Largest Contentful Paint
36s Visually Complete
43.94s First CPU Idle
87.99s Time To Interactive
95.72s Fully Loaded

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#14 NPR
0.98s Backend
5.1s Start Render
18.72s Largest Contentful Paint
55.72s First CPU Idle
56s Last Painted Hero
56s Visually Complete
86.44s Time To Interactive
94.95s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.31s Largest Contentful Paint
104.39s First CPU Idle
109.5s Visually Complete
119.75s Time To Interactive
120.37s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
1.04s Backend
6.15s Largest Contentful Paint
6.2s Start Render
27.1s Last Painted Hero
27.1s Visually Complete
27.46s First CPU Idle
27.46s Time To Interactive
37.78s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
1.48s Backend
8.3s Start Render
9.01s First CPU Idle
9.71s Largest Contentful Paint
10.1s Last Painted Hero
41s Visually Complete
54.21s Time To Interactive
56.19s Fully Loaded

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