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
0.77s Backend
1s Start Render
5s Largest Contentful Paint
16.49s First CPU Idle
16.49s Time To Interactive
17.51s Fully Loaded
17.6s Last Painted Hero
17.6s Visually Complete

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#2 USA TODAY
0.73s Backend
1.1s Start Render
1.93s Largest Contentful Paint
71.53s First CPU Idle
113.5s Visually Complete
116.01s Time To Interactive
145.15s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.72s Backend
1.1s Start Render
7.56s Largest Contentful Paint
9.7s Last Painted Hero
9.7s Visually Complete
10.27s First CPU Idle
10.27s Time To Interactive
10.53s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.74s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.84s Largest Contentful Paint
17.05s First CPU Idle
40s Last Painted Hero
49.67s Time To Interactive
61.3s Visually Complete
67.19s Fully Loaded

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#5 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.73s Backend
1.9s Start Render
3.38s Largest Contentful Paint
3.4s Last Painted Hero
18s Visually Complete
25.01s First CPU Idle
25.01s Time To Interactive
28.33s Fully Loaded

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#6 FORBES
0.73s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.3s Last Painted Hero
2.35s Largest Contentful Paint
13.69s First CPU Idle
41s Visually Complete
88.16s Time To Interactive
91.83s Fully Loaded

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#7 YAHOO NEWS
0.93s Backend
3.3s Start Render
5.92s Largest Contentful Paint
32s Last Painted Hero
33.83s First CPU Idle
49.99s Time To Interactive
50.2s Visually Complete
52.95s Fully Loaded

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#8 WASHINGTON POST
0.81s Backend
3.6s Start Render
4.37s Largest Contentful Paint
22.82s First CPU Idle
57s Visually Complete
58s Last Painted Hero
70.79s Time To Interactive
92.89s Fully Loaded

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#9 NPR
0.92s Backend
4s Start Render
39.06s First CPU Idle
60.06s Time To Interactive
118.58s Largest Contentful Paint
119s Last Painted Hero
119.1s Visually Complete
119.94s Fully Loaded

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#10 NEW YORK TIMES
0.9s Backend
4.1s Start Render
6.82s Largest Contentful Paint
51.36s First CPU Idle
61.2s Time To Interactive
120s Fully Loaded
120.2s Visually Complete

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#11 HUFFINGTON POST
1.44s Backend
4.7s Start Render
5.4s Largest Contentful Paint
53.61s First CPU Idle
111s Visually Complete
119.5s Time To Interactive
119.99s Fully Loaded

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#12 ESPN
0.73s Backend
5s Start Render
13.21s Largest Contentful Paint
13.5s Last Painted Hero
26.77s First CPU Idle
38.4s Visually Complete
50.47s Time To Interactive
59.51s Fully Loaded

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#13 VOX
0.71s Backend
5s Largest Contentful Paint
5.1s Start Render
11.5s Last Painted Hero
13.01s First CPU Idle
14.2s Visually Complete
36.92s Time To Interactive
37.08s Fully Loaded

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#14 BLOOMBERG
0.78s Backend
6s Start Render
31.31s Largest Contentful Paint
50.6s First CPU Idle
86s Visually Complete
116.05s Time To Interactive
119.94s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.74s Backend
6.4s Start Render
35.31s Largest Contentful Paint
48s Visually Complete
107.72s First CPU Idle
116.58s Time To Interactive
120.77s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
1.29s Backend
6.8s Start Render
6.86s Largest Contentful Paint
6.9s Last Painted Hero
7.7s Visually Complete
11.27s First CPU Idle
28.14s Time To Interactive
38.73s Fully Loaded

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