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
0.74s Backend
0.9s Start Render
3.56s Largest Contentful Paint
15.91s First CPU Idle
15.91s Time To Interactive
16.7s Fully Loaded
16.7s Last Painted Hero
16.7s Visually Complete

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#2 USA TODAY
0.73s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.05s Largest Contentful Paint
114.8s Visually Complete
119.02s First CPU Idle
119.02s Time To Interactive
134.98s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.78s Backend
1.2s Start Render
7.98s Largest Contentful Paint
9.2s Last Painted Hero
9.2s Visually Complete
9.83s First CPU Idle
9.83s Time To Interactive
9.97s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.74s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.89s Largest Contentful Paint
40s Last Painted Hero
51.68s First CPU Idle
51.68s Time To Interactive
57.2s Visually Complete
103.66s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
1.9s Start Render
3.5s Last Painted Hero
3.52s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Visually Complete
34.62s First CPU Idle
34.62s Time To Interactive
42.78s Fully Loaded

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#6 WASHINGTON POST
0.77s Backend
2.8s Start Render
4.34s Largest Contentful Paint
47.93s Fully Loaded
48.7s First CPU Idle
48.7s Time To Interactive
49s Last Painted Hero
50s Visually Complete

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#7 YAHOO NEWS
0.88s Backend
3s Start Render
3.65s Largest Contentful Paint
6.8s Last Painted Hero
60.52s First CPU Idle
60.52s Time To Interactive
96.03s Fully Loaded
99s Visually Complete

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#8 NEW YORK TIMES
0.92s Backend
3.8s Start Render
4.39s Largest Contentful Paint
17.54s First CPU Idle
36.8s Last Painted Hero
36.8s Visually Complete
50.06s Time To Interactive
120.03s Fully Loaded

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#9 HUFFINGTON POST
1.44s Backend
4.7s Start Render
4.84s Largest Contentful Paint
85.9s First CPU Idle
85.9s Time To Interactive
116s Visually Complete
120.26s Fully Loaded

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#10 VOX
0.71s Backend
4.7s Start Render
4.8s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Last Painted Hero
13.19s First CPU Idle
14.6s Visually Complete
110.95s Time To Interactive
118.65s Fully Loaded

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#11 NPR
1s Backend
4.8s Start Render
8.09s Largest Contentful Paint
10.6s Visually Complete
38.9s First CPU Idle
47.1s Time To Interactive
73.73s Fully Loaded

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#12 ESPN
0.8s Backend
5s Start Render
6.43s First CPU Idle
15.57s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
49.3s Visually Complete
58.1s Time To Interactive
59.94s Fully Loaded

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#13 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
5.2s Start Render
5.2s Largest Contentful Paint
5.3s Last Painted Hero
11.85s First CPU Idle
16.3s Visually Complete
35.85s Time To Interactive
42.48s Fully Loaded

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#14 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.6s Start Render
9.58s Largest Contentful Paint
71s Last Painted Hero
105s Visually Complete
106.59s First CPU Idle
114.97s Time To Interactive
118.93s Fully Loaded

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#15 BLOOMBERG
3.52s Backend
8.4s Start Render
40.63s Largest Contentful Paint
107s Visually Complete
107.36s First CPU Idle
118.06s Time To Interactive
120.56s Fully Loaded

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