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
1s Start Render
3.63s Largest Contentful Paint
15.58s First CPU Idle
15.58s Time To Interactive
16.37s Fully Loaded
16.4s Last Painted Hero
16.4s Visually Complete

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#2 LA TIMES
0.8s Backend
1.2s Start Render
8.21s Largest Contentful Paint
9.2s Last Painted Hero
9.2s Visually Complete
10.01s First CPU Idle
10.01s Time To Interactive
10.15s Fully Loaded

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#3 BUZZFEED
0.79s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.45s Largest Contentful Paint
33s Last Painted Hero
33s Visually Complete
41.18s First CPU Idle
41.18s Time To Interactive
65.9s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.74s Backend
1.8s Start Render
2.99s Largest Contentful Paint
14s Last Painted Hero
22.5s Visually Complete
31.65s First CPU Idle
31.65s Time To Interactive
33.97s Fully Loaded

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#5 YAHOO NEWS
0.88s Backend
2.9s Start Render
7.9s Last Painted Hero
7.94s Largest Contentful Paint
66.95s First CPU Idle
66.95s Time To Interactive
91.5s Visually Complete
96.96s Fully Loaded

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#6 WASHINGTON POST
0.8s Backend
3.3s Start Render
4.65s Largest Contentful Paint
30.7s Last Painted Hero
30.7s Visually Complete
46.49s First CPU Idle
46.49s Time To Interactive
64.6s Fully Loaded

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#7 VOX
0.73s Backend
3.6s Largest Contentful Paint
3.7s Start Render
6.5s Last Painted Hero
14.6s Visually Complete
48.15s First CPU Idle
74.45s Time To Interactive
112.85s Fully Loaded

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#8 NEW YORK TIMES
0.87s Backend
4.14s Largest Contentful Paint
4.2s Start Render
17.39s First CPU Idle
40.1s Last Painted Hero
40.1s Visually Complete
48.88s Time To Interactive
119.83s Fully Loaded

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#9 HUFFINGTON POST
1.47s Backend
4.3s Start Render
9.35s Largest Contentful Paint
22s Last Painted Hero
25.82s First CPU Idle
48s Visually Complete
85.03s Time To Interactive
119.93s Fully Loaded

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#10 ESPN
0.78s Backend
4.7s Start Render
5.95s First CPU Idle
15.54s Largest Contentful Paint
16s Last Painted Hero
45s Visually Complete
51.65s Time To Interactive
53.88s Fully Loaded

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#11 THE ONION
0.69s Backend
4.9s Start Render
4.94s Largest Contentful Paint
5s Last Painted Hero
14.89s First CPU Idle
16.8s Visually Complete
37.91s Time To Interactive
39.52s Fully Loaded

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#12 NPR
1.01s Backend
5.1s Start Render
38.12s First CPU Idle
38.12s Time To Interactive
77.5s Largest Contentful Paint
98.7s Last Painted Hero
98.7s Visually Complete
102.97s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.79s Backend
5.4s Start Render
35.45s Largest Contentful Paint
102.27s First CPU Idle
119s Visually Complete
119.94s Time To Interactive
120.58s Fully Loaded

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#14 POLITICO
0.7s Backend
5.4s Start Render
5.6s Largest Contentful Paint
7.1s Visually Complete
9.3s Last Painted Hero
12.47s First CPU Idle
51.74s Time To Interactive
77.19s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.74s Backend
6.7s Start Render
9.99s Largest Contentful Paint
64.32s First CPU Idle
99.33s Time To Interactive
102s Visually Complete
118.52s Fully Loaded

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#16 USA TODAY
0.73s Backend
1s Start Render
1.98s Largest Contentful Paint
58s Last Painted Hero
59.04s First CPU Idle
59.04s Time To Interactive
80.8s Visually Complete
87.95s Fully Loaded

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