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
1s Start Render
3.58s Largest Contentful Paint
16.48s First CPU Idle
16.48s Time To Interactive
17.26s Fully Loaded
18s Last Painted Hero
18s Visually Complete

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#2 USA TODAY
0.73s Backend
1s Start Render
64.94s Largest Contentful Paint
118.29s First CPU Idle
118.29s Time To Interactive
118.9s Visually Complete
119.92s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.42s Largest Contentful Paint
9.4s Last Painted Hero
9.4s Visually Complete
10.38s First CPU Idle
10.38s Time To Interactive
10.97s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.75s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.82s Largest Contentful Paint
36s Last Painted Hero
36s Visually Complete
40.65s First CPU Idle
50.24s Time To Interactive
71.91s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.8s Start Render
3.27s Largest Contentful Paint
3.3s Last Painted Hero
34.49s First CPU Idle
36.1s Visually Complete
40.11s Time To Interactive
64.47s Fully Loaded

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#6 YAHOO NEWS
0.9s Backend
3.2s Start Render
3.34s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Last Painted Hero
63.49s First CPU Idle
71.14s Time To Interactive
87.9s Visually Complete
89.94s Fully Loaded

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#7 WASHINGTON POST
0.78s Backend
3.9s Start Render
23.72s Largest Contentful Paint
80.08s First CPU Idle
80.08s Time To Interactive
87.9s Last Painted Hero
87.9s Visually Complete
110.73s Fully Loaded

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#8 HUFFINGTON POST
1.44s Backend
4.7s Start Render
21.64s Largest Contentful Paint
114.09s First CPU Idle
114.09s Time To Interactive
116.1s Fully Loaded
120s Visually Complete

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#9 NEW YORK TIMES
0.97s Backend
4.8s Start Render
41.15s Largest Contentful Paint
54.33s First CPU Idle
66.7s Visually Complete
119.01s Time To Interactive
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#10 NPR
0.9s Backend
4.9s Start Render
19s Visually Complete
21.63s First CPU Idle
27.06s Largest Contentful Paint
59.9s Time To Interactive
112.09s Fully Loaded

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#11 BLOOMBERG
0.76s Backend
5s Start Render
37.95s Largest Contentful Paint
79s Visually Complete
83.02s First CPU Idle
116.87s Time To Interactive
148.09s Fully Loaded

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#12 ESPN
0.79s Backend
5s Start Render
5.75s Largest Contentful Paint
6.11s First CPU Idle
7.2s Last Painted Hero
46s Visually Complete
57.66s Fully Loaded
60.78s Time To Interactive

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#13 VOX
0.72s Backend
5.5s Largest Contentful Paint
5.6s Start Render
7.1s Last Painted Hero
14.8s Visually Complete
60.4s First CPU Idle
60.4s Time To Interactive
63.51s Fully Loaded

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#14 THE ONION
1.23s Backend
5.67s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Start Render
5.8s Last Painted Hero
7.1s Visually Complete
15.62s First CPU Idle
40.67s Time To Interactive
44.18s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.6s Start Render
6.71s Largest Contentful Paint
89.84s First CPU Idle
105s Visually Complete
116.87s Time To Interactive
120.53s Fully Loaded

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