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
4.28s Largest Contentful Paint
17.16s First CPU Idle
17.16s Time To Interactive
18.1s Last Painted Hero
18.1s Visually Complete
18.2s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.72s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.04s Largest Contentful Paint
42.1s Last Painted Hero
57.08s First CPU Idle
82.8s Visually Complete
92.61s Time To Interactive
92.81s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
9.11s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Last Painted Hero
12s Visually Complete
14.73s First CPU Idle
14.73s Time To Interactive
22.16s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.56s Largest Contentful Paint
37s Last Painted Hero
42.38s First CPU Idle
42.38s Time To Interactive
61.3s Visually Complete
66.44s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.71s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.76s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
15.2s Visually Complete
50.06s First CPU Idle
56.7s Time To Interactive
59.22s Fully Loaded

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#6 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.97s Largest Contentful Paint
3s Last Painted Hero
19.21s First CPU Idle
36.9s Visually Complete
48.23s Time To Interactive
68.37s Fully Loaded

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#7 FORBES
0.73s Backend
2.2s Start Render
2.53s Largest Contentful Paint
9.78s First CPU Idle
80.4s Time To Interactive
97s Last Painted Hero
97s Visually Complete
117.98s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.97s Backend
2.5s Start Render
4.61s Largest Contentful Paint
6.88s First CPU Idle
43.2s Visually Complete
44.53s Time To Interactive
48.47s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.89s Backend
3.5s Start Render
6.05s Largest Contentful Paint
10s Last Painted Hero
28.2s Visually Complete
32.17s First CPU Idle
32.17s Time To Interactive
32.32s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.76s Backend
3.6s Start Render
6.35s Largest Contentful Paint
34.5s Last Painted Hero
34.5s Visually Complete
40.62s First CPU Idle
82.1s Time To Interactive
87.64s Fully Loaded

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#11 NEW YORK TIMES
0.9s Backend
4s Start Render
4.04s Largest Contentful Paint
34.1s Last Painted Hero
34.1s Visually Complete
46.14s First CPU Idle
46.14s Time To Interactive
119.93s Fully Loaded

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#12 NPR
1.13s Backend
4.1s Start Render
18.99s Largest Contentful Paint
55s Last Painted Hero
55.1s Visually Complete
64.25s First CPU Idle
64.25s Time To Interactive
82.06s Fully Loaded

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#13 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.4s Start Render
7.32s Largest Contentful Paint
30s Last Painted Hero
75.01s First CPU Idle
75.01s Time To Interactive
87.57s Fully Loaded
92.6s Visually Complete

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#14 ESPN
0.8s Backend
4.6s Start Render
5.29s First CPU Idle
10.47s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Last Painted Hero
37.9s Visually Complete
46.78s Time To Interactive
49.14s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
1.43s Backend
5.94s Largest Contentful Paint
6s Start Render
10.3s Last Painted Hero
10.3s Visually Complete
28.21s First CPU Idle
28.21s Time To Interactive
38.59s Fully Loaded

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#16 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
6.2s Start Render
35.42s Largest Contentful Paint
36s Last Painted Hero
57s Visually Complete
95.23s First CPU Idle
95.23s Time To Interactive
119.93s Fully Loaded

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#17 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.4s Start Render
6.5s Largest Contentful Paint
90.95s First CPU Idle
96s Visually Complete
118.48s Time To Interactive
125.22s Fully Loaded

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