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
0.77s Backend
0.9s Start Render
4.43s Largest Contentful Paint
16.03s First CPU Idle
16.03s Time To Interactive
16.8s Last Painted Hero
16.8s Visually Complete
16.81s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.73s Backend
1.1s Start Render
3.48s Largest Contentful Paint
50s Last Painted Hero
50s Visually Complete
56.06s First CPU Idle
56.06s Time To Interactive
119.65s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.89s Largest Contentful Paint
9.2s Last Painted Hero
9.2s Visually Complete
9.9s First CPU Idle
9.9s Time To Interactive
10.08s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.6s Start Render
7.83s Largest Contentful Paint
29s Last Painted Hero
35.07s First CPU Idle
48.9s Visually Complete
53.21s Time To Interactive
54.86s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
1.9s Start Render
3.7s Last Painted Hero
3.72s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Visually Complete
32.46s First CPU Idle
32.46s Time To Interactive
42.17s Fully Loaded

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#6 YAHOO NEWS
0.91s Backend
3.2s Start Render
7.3s Largest Contentful Paint
7.3s Last Painted Hero
60.9s First CPU Idle
60.9s Time To Interactive
61s Visually Complete
63.26s Fully Loaded

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#7 NEW YORK TIMES
0.87s Backend
3.6s Start Render
17.18s First CPU Idle
26.24s Largest Contentful Paint
62.77s Time To Interactive
113s Visually Complete
120.01s Fully Loaded

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#8 WASHINGTON POST
1.01s Backend
3.8s Start Render
23.06s Largest Contentful Paint
37.4s Last Painted Hero
37.4s Visually Complete
49.92s First CPU Idle
49.92s Time To Interactive
73.79s Fully Loaded

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#9 HUFFINGTON POST
1.62s Backend
4.1s Start Render
4.23s Largest Contentful Paint
32.8s First CPU Idle
115s Visually Complete
119.6s Time To Interactive
120.12s Fully Loaded

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#10 VOX
0.7s Backend
4.41s Largest Contentful Paint
4.5s Start Render
8.7s Last Painted Hero
14.9s Visually Complete
35.99s First CPU Idle
61.78s Time To Interactive
63.31s Fully Loaded

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#11 ESPN
0.77s Backend
4.9s Start Render
6.44s First CPU Idle
15.71s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
42.5s Visually Complete
44.09s Time To Interactive
47.82s Fully Loaded

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#12 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
5.1s Start Render
30.3s Last Painted Hero
30.33s Largest Contentful Paint
47.72s First CPU Idle
91s Visually Complete
115.01s Time To Interactive
118.38s Fully Loaded

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#13 NPR
0.88s Backend
5.3s Start Render
11.08s Largest Contentful Paint
12.5s Visually Complete
35.72s First CPU Idle
60.55s Time To Interactive
73.29s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE ONION
0.78s Backend
5.4s Start Render
5.42s Largest Contentful Paint
5.5s Last Painted Hero
13.2s First CPU Idle
17s Visually Complete
37.24s Time To Interactive
48.34s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.73s Backend
7.34s Start Render
7.66s Largest Contentful Paint
50.08s Last Painted Hero
53.06s Visually Complete
79.53s First CPU Idle
99.9s Time To Interactive
119.95s Fully Loaded

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