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
4.2s Largest Contentful Paint
16.48s First CPU Idle
16.48s Time To Interactive
17.26s Fully Loaded
17.3s Last Painted Hero
17.3s Visually Complete

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#2 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.1s Start Render
8.66s Largest Contentful Paint
8.7s Last Painted Hero
8.7s Visually Complete
9.67s First CPU Idle
9.67s Time To Interactive
9.95s Fully Loaded

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#3 USA TODAY
0.73s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.98s Largest Contentful Paint
105.6s Visually Complete
119.73s First CPU Idle
119.73s Time To Interactive
137.42s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.74s Backend
1.3s Start Render
5.84s Largest Contentful Paint
34s Last Painted Hero
38s Visually Complete
39.34s First CPU Idle
49.22s Fully Loaded
50.34s Time To Interactive

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
2s Start Render
3.3s Largest Contentful Paint
3.3s Last Painted Hero
25.14s First CPU Idle
26s Visually Complete
32.07s Time To Interactive
33.47s Fully Loaded

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#6 YAHOO NEWS
0.86s Backend
2.9s Start Render
3.25s First CPU Idle
7.7s Last Painted Hero
7.73s Largest Contentful Paint
99.39s Time To Interactive
110.8s Visually Complete
113.91s Fully Loaded

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#7 NPR
0.96s Backend
3.3s Start Render
12.1s Visually Complete
12.15s Largest Contentful Paint
36.6s First CPU Idle
59.13s Time To Interactive
86.06s Fully Loaded

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#8 WASHINGTON POST
0.85s Backend
3.8s Start Render
26.7s Largest Contentful Paint
27s Last Painted Hero
27s Visually Complete
35.84s First CPU Idle
53.68s Time To Interactive
60.15s Fully Loaded

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#9 HUFFINGTON POST
1.43s Backend
4.4s Start Render
11.11s Largest Contentful Paint
33.4s First CPU Idle
40s Visually Complete
117.13s Time To Interactive
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#10 VOX
0.72s Backend
4.8s Start Render
4.83s Largest Contentful Paint
8.4s Last Painted Hero
15.5s Visually Complete
57.32s First CPU Idle
57.32s Time To Interactive
63.47s Fully Loaded

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#11 ESPN
0.75s Backend
5s Start Render
6.23s First CPU Idle
18.24s Largest Contentful Paint
33.2s Last Painted Hero
34s Visually Complete
43.19s Time To Interactive
45.36s Fully Loaded

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#12 THE ONION
0.69s Backend
4.98s Largest Contentful Paint
5s Start Render
5.1s Last Painted Hero
11.55s First CPU Idle
31.7s Visually Complete
36.89s Time To Interactive
41.28s Fully Loaded

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#13 NEW YORK TIMES
0.85s Backend
5.05s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Start Render
15.97s First CPU Idle
37.6s Last Painted Hero
37.6s Visually Complete
50.74s Time To Interactive
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
5.4s Start Render
18.91s First CPU Idle
35.1s Largest Contentful Paint
35.1s Last Painted Hero
98.2s Visually Complete
98.84s Time To Interactive
119.61s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.73s Backend
6.6s Start Render
6.69s Largest Contentful Paint
70s Visually Complete
71.5s First CPU Idle
85.59s Time To Interactive
117.43s Fully Loaded

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