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
0.9s Start Render
4.3s Largest Contentful Paint
19.17s First CPU Idle
20.3s Last Painted Hero
20.3s Visually Complete
32.15s Fully Loaded
33.32s Time To Interactive

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#2 USA TODAY
0.8s Backend
1s Start Render
2.01s Largest Contentful Paint
51.54s First CPU Idle
51.54s Time To Interactive
53s Last Painted Hero
56s Visually Complete
102.42s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.2s Start Render
8.45s Largest Contentful Paint
9.9s Last Painted Hero
11.3s Visually Complete
13.81s First CPU Idle
13.81s Time To Interactive
16.49s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.72s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.79s Largest Contentful Paint
29s Last Painted Hero
33.38s First CPU Idle
33.38s Time To Interactive
50.7s Visually Complete
53s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.73s Backend
1.6s Start Render
1.72s Largest Contentful Paint
10.5s Last Painted Hero
13.4s Visually Complete
68.51s First CPU Idle
68.51s Time To Interactive
82.82s Fully Loaded

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#6 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.72s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.9s Largest Contentful Paint
2.9s Last Painted Hero
34.3s Visually Complete
45.08s First CPU Idle
45.08s Time To Interactive
62.5s Fully Loaded

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#7 FORBES
0.73s Backend
2.2s Start Render
2.46s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Last Painted Hero
9.28s First CPU Idle
73s Visually Complete
84.56s Time To Interactive
89.07s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.72s Backend
2.5s Start Render
5.55s First CPU Idle
5.64s Largest Contentful Paint
29.4s Last Painted Hero
29.4s Visually Complete
30.26s Time To Interactive
34.64s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.9s Backend
3.2s Start Render
6.07s Largest Contentful Paint
6.3s Last Painted Hero
33.09s First CPU Idle
33.09s Time To Interactive
33.24s Fully Loaded
38.2s Visually Complete

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.76s Backend
3.6s Start Render
6.52s Largest Contentful Paint
8s Last Painted Hero
23.63s First CPU Idle
30.9s Visually Complete
58.17s Time To Interactive
75.46s Fully Loaded

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#11 NPR
0.99s Backend
4s Start Render
28.33s Largest Contentful Paint
30.56s First CPU Idle
71s Last Painted Hero
71.1s Visually Complete
106.07s Time To Interactive
111.71s Fully Loaded

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.1s Start Render
4.65s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
68.83s First CPU Idle
68.83s Time To Interactive
100.72s Fully Loaded
105.7s Visually Complete

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#13 NEW YORK TIMES
0.87s Backend
4.48s Largest Contentful Paint
4.5s Start Render
19.47s First CPU Idle
29.3s Last Painted Hero
29.3s Visually Complete
56.6s Time To Interactive
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
4.6s Start Render
24.73s First CPU Idle
27.34s Largest Contentful Paint
28s Last Painted Hero
95.56s Time To Interactive
116.3s Visually Complete
119.95s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.72s Backend
6.2s Start Render
6.28s Largest Contentful Paint
12.79s First CPU Idle
76.1s Last Painted Hero
114.7s Visually Complete
119.79s Time To Interactive
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
1.96s Backend
6.77s Largest Contentful Paint
6.8s Start Render
28.04s First CPU Idle
28.04s Time To Interactive
28.6s Last Painted Hero
28.6s Visually Complete
34.27s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
1.45s Backend
9.2s Start Render
9.84s Largest Contentful Paint
9.9s Last Painted Hero
23.57s First CPU Idle
47.2s Visually Complete
50.6s Time To Interactive
53.99s Fully Loaded

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#18 POLITICO
0.69s Backend
5.7s Start Render
5.88s Largest Contentful Paint
9.7s Last Painted Hero
9.7s Visually Complete
47.75s First CPU Idle
47.75s Time To Interactive
73.56s Fully Loaded

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