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
0.72s Backend
0.9s Start Render
3.74s Largest Contentful Paint
16.33s First CPU Idle
16.33s Time To Interactive
17.1s Last Painted Hero
17.1s Visually Complete
17.11s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.73s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.05s Largest Contentful Paint
69.9s Visually Complete
119.88s First CPU Idle
119.88s Time To Interactive
119.94s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.01s Largest Contentful Paint
9.3s Last Painted Hero
9.3s Visually Complete
9.96s First CPU Idle
9.96s Time To Interactive
10.18s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.74s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.06s Largest Contentful Paint
35s Last Painted Hero
35s Visually Complete
42.22s First CPU Idle
65.74s Time To Interactive
67.27s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
2s Start Render
3.48s Largest Contentful Paint
3.5s Last Painted Hero
29s Visually Complete
35.61s First CPU Idle
35.61s Time To Interactive
40.06s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.73s Backend
2.9s Start Render
2.98s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Last Painted Hero
9s Visually Complete
51.94s First CPU Idle
82.2s Time To Interactive
84.34s Fully Loaded

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#7 YAHOO NEWS
0.75s Backend
3s Start Render
3.35s Largest Contentful Paint
6.8s Last Painted Hero
37.91s First CPU Idle
68.9s Time To Interactive
116.4s Visually Complete
119.26s Fully Loaded

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#8 NPR
0.92s Backend
3.4s Start Render
8s Largest Contentful Paint
12.3s Visually Complete
48.46s First CPU Idle
58.07s Time To Interactive
72.28s Fully Loaded

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#9 WASHINGTON POST
0.82s Backend
3.5s Start Render
3.65s Largest Contentful Paint
47s Last Painted Hero
47s Visually Complete
52.77s First CPU Idle
52.77s Time To Interactive
53.24s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
1.43s Backend
4.6s Start Render
4.66s Largest Contentful Paint
78s Visually Complete
109.84s First CPU Idle
116.29s Time To Interactive
120.14s Fully Loaded

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#11 ESPN
0.78s Backend
4.8s Start Render
6.23s First CPU Idle
16.9s Largest Contentful Paint
17s Last Painted Hero
40.1s Visually Complete
47.51s Time To Interactive
50.19s Fully Loaded

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
0.87s Backend
5.1s Start Render
5.38s Largest Contentful Paint
34.4s Last Painted Hero
34.4s Visually Complete
53.66s First CPU Idle
53.66s Time To Interactive
119.95s Fully Loaded

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#13 THE ONION
0.7s Backend
5.14s Largest Contentful Paint
5.2s Start Render
5.2s Last Painted Hero
11.89s First CPU Idle
16.4s Visually Complete
38.11s Time To Interactive
43.39s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5.9s Start Render
37.74s Largest Contentful Paint
37.9s Last Painted Hero
105.98s First CPU Idle
105.98s Time To Interactive
118.8s Visually Complete
120.01s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.5s Start Render
7.76s Largest Contentful Paint
15.31s First CPU Idle
73s Visually Complete
99s Last Painted Hero
109.5s Time To Interactive
119.09s Fully Loaded

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