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
0.73s Backend
0.9s Start Render
4.6s Largest Contentful Paint
15.9s Last Painted Hero
15.9s Visually Complete
17.14s First CPU Idle
17.14s Time To Interactive
18.2s Fully Loaded

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#2 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
9.02s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Last Painted Hero
12.9s Visually Complete
14.56s First CPU Idle
14.56s Time To Interactive
17.35s Fully Loaded

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#3 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.2s Start Render
2.07s Largest Contentful Paint
40s Last Painted Hero
55.48s First CPU Idle
86.2s Visually Complete
94.14s Time To Interactive
95.45s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
6.91s Largest Contentful Paint
32s Last Painted Hero
35.03s First CPU Idle
35.03s Time To Interactive
54s Visually Complete
56.56s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.9s Start Render
3.58s Largest Contentful Paint
3.6s Last Painted Hero
23.62s First CPU Idle
45.42s Time To Interactive
49s Visually Complete
74.22s Fully Loaded

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#6 VOX
0.71s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.2s Largest Contentful Paint
6.5s Last Painted Hero
14.7s Visually Complete
30.79s First CPU Idle
51.87s Time To Interactive
57.24s Fully Loaded

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#7 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.49s Largest Contentful Paint
13.65s First CPU Idle
104s Last Painted Hero
104s Visually Complete
109.83s Time To Interactive
119.9s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.73s Backend
2.4s Start Render
2.4s Last Painted Hero
3.95s Largest Contentful Paint
6.7s First CPU Idle
20.6s Visually Complete
29.1s Time To Interactive
69.87s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.88s Backend
3.4s Start Render
5.78s Largest Contentful Paint
10s Last Painted Hero
24s Visually Complete
28.39s First CPU Idle
28.39s Time To Interactive
28.68s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.74s Backend
3.7s Start Render
6.56s Largest Contentful Paint
31.3s Last Painted Hero
31.3s Visually Complete
43.5s First CPU Idle
64.34s Time To Interactive
79.05s Fully Loaded

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.4s Start Render
6.48s Largest Contentful Paint
21s Last Painted Hero
72.29s First CPU Idle
72.29s Time To Interactive
98s Visually Complete
116.32s Fully Loaded

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#12 ESPN
0.78s Backend
4.8s Start Render
5.7s Last Painted Hero
5.72s Largest Contentful Paint
39.69s First CPU Idle
39.69s Time To Interactive
41.78s Fully Loaded
44.5s Visually Complete

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#13 NEW YORK TIMES
0.84s Backend
5.3s Start Render
6.13s Largest Contentful Paint
20.3s First CPU Idle
35.2s Last Painted Hero
35.2s Visually Complete
49.06s Time To Interactive
120.03s Fully Loaded

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#14 NPR
0.95s Backend
5.4s Start Render
6.13s First CPU Idle
6.13s Time To Interactive
20.2s Largest Contentful Paint
58.7s Last Painted Hero
58.7s Visually Complete
85.33s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5.7s Start Render
31.74s First CPU Idle
32.68s Largest Contentful Paint
33s Last Painted Hero
118s Visually Complete
118.72s Time To Interactive
119.94s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
5.8s Start Render
5.82s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
26.67s First CPU Idle
26.67s Time To Interactive
35.45s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.2s Start Render
29.66s Largest Contentful Paint
30.3s First CPU Idle
36s Visually Complete
89.64s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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