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
1s Start Render
3.71s Largest Contentful Paint
15.66s First CPU Idle
15.66s Time To Interactive
16.44s Fully Loaded
16.5s Last Painted Hero
16.5s Visually Complete

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#2 USA TODAY
0.73s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.99s Largest Contentful Paint
38.9s Last Painted Hero
63.07s First CPU Idle
63.07s Time To Interactive
83.9s Visually Complete
91.31s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
9.15s Largest Contentful Paint
9.2s Last Painted Hero
9.2s Visually Complete
9.96s First CPU Idle
9.96s Time To Interactive
10.1s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.3s Start Render
6.03s Largest Contentful Paint
33s Last Painted Hero
37.56s First CPU Idle
37.56s Time To Interactive
60.4s Visually Complete
65.31s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
2.1s Start Render
3.3s Last Painted Hero
3.32s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Visually Complete
31.48s First CPU Idle
31.48s Time To Interactive
32.73s Fully Loaded

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#6 YAHOO NEWS
0.94s Backend
3s Start Render
8.2s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Last Painted Hero
64s Visually Complete
65.77s First CPU Idle
70.38s Fully Loaded
74.45s Time To Interactive

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#7 NEW YORK TIMES
0.88s Backend
3.7s Start Render
4.38s Largest Contentful Paint
44.1s Last Painted Hero
44.1s Visually Complete
54.93s First CPU Idle
54.93s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded

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#8 WASHINGTON POST
0.8s Backend
3.7s Start Render
3.96s Largest Contentful Paint
32.4s Last Painted Hero
32.4s Visually Complete
51.24s First CPU Idle
51.24s Time To Interactive
82.52s Fully Loaded

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#9 VOX
0.72s Backend
3.9s Start Render
3.93s Largest Contentful Paint
8.2s Last Painted Hero
14.58s First CPU Idle
14.7s Visually Complete
46.76s Time To Interactive
54.56s Fully Loaded

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#10 HUFFINGTON POST
1.45s Backend
4.3s Start Render
25.63s Largest Contentful Paint
26s Last Painted Hero
66s Visually Complete
104.45s First CPU Idle
104.45s Time To Interactive
118.99s Fully Loaded

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#11 ESPN
0.81s Backend
4.8s Start Render
5.88s First CPU Idle
19.78s Largest Contentful Paint
20s Last Painted Hero
43.9s Visually Complete
52.93s Time To Interactive
69.86s Fully Loaded

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#12 THE ONION
0.69s Backend
5s Start Render
5.01s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Last Painted Hero
14.86s First CPU Idle
16.4s Visually Complete
40.76s Time To Interactive
48.32s Fully Loaded

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#13 NPR
1s Backend
5.4s Start Render
50.99s First CPU Idle
50.99s Time To Interactive
87.1s Largest Contentful Paint
108.3s Last Painted Hero
108.3s Visually Complete
114.94s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
5.8s Start Render
10.81s Largest Contentful Paint
34.6s Last Painted Hero
58.3s Visually Complete
98.57s First CPU Idle
98.57s Time To Interactive
119.25s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.6s Start Render
8.39s Largest Contentful Paint
19.38s First CPU Idle
69s Last Painted Hero
94s Visually Complete
100.51s Time To Interactive
118.83s Fully Loaded

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