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
4.44s Largest Contentful Paint
15.8s First CPU Idle
15.8s Time To Interactive
16.57s Fully Loaded
16.6s Last Painted Hero
16.6s Visually Complete

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#2 USA TODAY
0.81s Backend
1s Start Render
1.93s Largest Contentful Paint
14.51s First CPU Idle
85s Visually Complete
119.79s Time To Interactive
125.37s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.1s Start Render
9s Last Painted Hero
9s Visually Complete
9.04s Largest Contentful Paint
10.06s First CPU Idle
10.06s Time To Interactive
10.21s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.74s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.61s Largest Contentful Paint
34s Last Painted Hero
34s Visually Complete
42.05s First CPU Idle
57.91s Time To Interactive
120.34s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
1.7s Start Render
3.51s Largest Contentful Paint
17s Last Painted Hero
17s Visually Complete
21.62s First CPU Idle
30.36s Time To Interactive
33.68s Fully Loaded

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#6 YAHOO NEWS
0.98s Backend
3.1s Start Render
8.2s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Last Painted Hero
61.1s First CPU Idle
68.4s Visually Complete
72.47s Time To Interactive
74.39s Fully Loaded

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#7 WASHINGTON POST
0.78s Backend
3.6s Start Render
4s Largest Contentful Paint
54.9s Last Painted Hero
54.9s Visually Complete
63.81s First CPU Idle
63.81s Time To Interactive
71.64s Fully Loaded

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#8 VOX
0.73s Backend
3.8s Start Render
3.81s Largest Contentful Paint
9s Last Painted Hero
14.5s Visually Complete
35.42s First CPU Idle
50.02s Time To Interactive
56.03s Fully Loaded

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#9 HUFFINGTON POST
1.49s Backend
4.4s Start Render
6.34s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
63.81s First CPU Idle
63.81s Time To Interactive
103.16s Fully Loaded
108s Visually Complete

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#10 NPR
0.91s Backend
4.4s Start Render
45.12s First CPU Idle
45.12s Time To Interactive
76.58s Largest Contentful Paint
96.7s Last Painted Hero
96.7s Visually Complete
112.25s Fully Loaded

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#11 ESPN
0.79s Backend
4.7s Start Render
5.8s First CPU Idle
10.12s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Last Painted Hero
39s Visually Complete
40.14s Time To Interactive
44.13s Fully Loaded

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#12 NEW YORK TIMES
0.96s Backend
5.3s Start Render
6.31s Largest Contentful Paint
21.68s First CPU Idle
42.5s Last Painted Hero
42.5s Visually Complete
49.23s Time To Interactive
119.89s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.8s Backend
5.3s Start Render
5.95s Largest Contentful Paint
31.82s First CPU Idle
35s Last Painted Hero
58s Visually Complete
112.16s Time To Interactive
120.01s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.6s Start Render
5.82s Largest Contentful Paint
10.4s Last Painted Hero
10.4s Visually Complete
12.88s First CPU Idle
73.07s Time To Interactive
99.76s Fully Loaded

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#15 THE ONION
1.53s Backend
5.8s Start Render
5.83s Largest Contentful Paint
5.9s Last Painted Hero
12.95s First CPU Idle
15.7s Visually Complete
45.98s Time To Interactive
47.51s Fully Loaded

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#16 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.5s Start Render
7.92s Largest Contentful Paint
84s Last Painted Hero
85.13s First CPU Idle
85.13s Time To Interactive
116s Visually Complete
119.36s Fully Loaded

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