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

See full dashboard comparing all sites >

#1 BBC.COM
0.76s Backend
1s Start Render
5.39s Largest Contentful Paint
17.1s First CPU Idle
17.1s Time To Interactive
18.03s Fully Loaded
18.1s Last Painted Hero
18.1s Visually Complete

Explore why this site is the fastest >

#2 USA TODAY
0.73s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.03s Largest Contentful Paint
36.2s Last Painted Hero
61.67s First CPU Idle
61.67s Time To Interactive
110.1s Visually Complete
120.01s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#3 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.89s Largest Contentful Paint
12s Last Painted Hero
12.2s Visually Complete
14.83s First CPU Idle
14.83s Time To Interactive
18.97s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#4 BUZZFEED
0.73s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.39s Largest Contentful Paint
37s Last Painted Hero
39.4s Visually Complete
45.08s First CPU Idle
45.08s Time To Interactive
48.85s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
2.1s Start Render
4s Largest Contentful Paint
4s Last Painted Hero
28s Visually Complete
47.06s First CPU Idle
47.06s Time To Interactive
52.44s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#6 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.39s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Last Painted Hero
63s Visually Complete
88.97s First CPU Idle
88.97s Time To Interactive
89.09s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#7 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.73s Backend
2.4s Start Render
2.4s Last Painted Hero
2.48s Largest Contentful Paint
6.87s First CPU Idle
23.9s Visually Complete
30.83s Time To Interactive
42.09s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#8 YAHOO NEWS
0.85s Backend
3.6s Start Render
3.73s First CPU Idle
6.77s Largest Contentful Paint
53.46s Time To Interactive
53.7s Last Painted Hero
53.7s Visually Complete
60.91s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#9 WASHINGTON POST
0.75s Backend
3.8s Start Render
4.04s Largest Contentful Paint
34.7s Last Painted Hero
34.7s Visually Complete
60.15s First CPU Idle
60.15s Time To Interactive
78.57s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.88s Backend
4.06s Largest Contentful Paint
4.1s Start Render
54.73s First CPU Idle
59.83s Time To Interactive
120s Visually Complete
120.03s Fully Loaded

Explore why this site is the slowest >

#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.5s Start Render
4.69s Largest Contentful Paint
29s Last Painted Hero
91.52s First CPU Idle
91.52s Time To Interactive
115s Visually Complete
119.49s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#12 ESPN
0.79s Backend
4.8s Start Render
6.19s First CPU Idle
12.64s Largest Contentful Paint
13s Last Painted Hero
51s Visually Complete
52.8s Time To Interactive
55.32s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#13 NPR
0.93s Backend
5.2s Start Render
5.97s First CPU Idle
5.97s Time To Interactive
26.45s Largest Contentful Paint
60.7s Last Painted Hero
60.7s Visually Complete
76.18s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#14 BLOOMBERG
0.76s Backend
5.3s Start Render
27.56s First CPU Idle
29.06s Largest Contentful Paint
44.17s Time To Interactive
118.2s Visually Complete
120.02s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#15 THE ONION
0.68s Backend
5.69s Largest Contentful Paint
5.7s Start Render
25.95s First CPU Idle
27.1s Last Painted Hero
27.1s Visually Complete
34.15s Time To Interactive
36.42s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#16 VOX
0.73s Backend
6.1s Start Render
6.12s Largest Contentful Paint
7.4s Last Painted Hero
14.8s Visually Complete
58.08s First CPU Idle
58.08s Time To Interactive
72.26s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >

#17 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.3s Start Render
6.37s Largest Contentful Paint
11.62s First CPU Idle
57s Last Painted Hero
89.33s Time To Interactive
90.7s Visually Complete
119.91s Fully Loaded

Explore this site >