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
4.22s Largest Contentful Paint
20.3s First CPU Idle
21.7s Last Painted Hero
21.7s Visually Complete
34.06s Time To Interactive
34.75s Fully Loaded

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#2 USA TODAY
0.73s Backend
1.1s Start Render
2.15s Largest Contentful Paint
48s Last Painted Hero
59.67s First CPU Idle
71.59s Time To Interactive
113.8s Visually Complete
119.72s Fully Loaded

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#3 LA TIMES
0.77s Backend
1.2s Start Render
8.74s Largest Contentful Paint
11.6s Last Painted Hero
11.6s Visually Complete
14.6s First CPU Idle
14.6s Time To Interactive
17.28s Fully Loaded

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#4 BUZZFEED
0.71s Backend
1.4s Start Render
5.2s Largest Contentful Paint
26.49s First CPU Idle
43s Last Painted Hero
63.63s Time To Interactive
64s Visually Complete
84.34s Fully Loaded

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#5 VOX
0.74s Backend
1.8s Start Render
1.87s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
14.2s Visually Complete
50.05s First CPU Idle
50.05s Time To Interactive
62.43s Fully Loaded

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#6 BUSINESS INSIDER
0.71s Backend
1.9s Start Render
2.8s Largest Contentful Paint
2.8s Last Painted Hero
25.9s Visually Complete
39.25s First CPU Idle
39.25s Time To Interactive
40.78s Fully Loaded

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#7 FORBES
0.72s Backend
2.1s Start Render
2.51s Largest Contentful Paint
8.5s Last Painted Hero
13.85s First CPU Idle
24s Visually Complete
87.8s Time To Interactive
88.76s Fully Loaded

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#8 FINANCIAL TIMES
0.71s Backend
2.7s Start Render
2.7s Last Painted Hero
4.48s Largest Contentful Paint
5.68s First CPU Idle
25.9s Visually Complete
32.97s Time To Interactive
108.41s Fully Loaded

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#9 YAHOO NEWS
0.99s Backend
2.9s Start Render
7.05s Largest Contentful Paint
11s Last Painted Hero
33.91s First CPU Idle
34s Visually Complete
40.91s Time To Interactive
42.73s Fully Loaded

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#10 WASHINGTON POST
0.77s Backend
3.7s Start Render
24.2s Largest Contentful Paint
39.2s Last Painted Hero
39.2s Visually Complete
54.8s First CPU Idle
54.8s Time To Interactive
70.5s Fully Loaded

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#11 NEW YORK TIMES
0.84s Backend
4.1s Start Render
23.8s Largest Contentful Paint
24.7s First CPU Idle
85.53s Time To Interactive
119.98s Fully Loaded
120s Visually Complete

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#12 HUFFINGTON POST
1.42s Backend
4.2s Start Render
4.37s Largest Contentful Paint
19s Last Painted Hero
45.89s First CPU Idle
45.89s Time To Interactive
58s Visually Complete
67.5s Fully Loaded

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#13 BLOOMBERG
0.77s Backend
4.8s Start Render
25.32s Largest Contentful Paint
37.88s First CPU Idle
75.6s Visually Complete
106.55s Time To Interactive
119.9s Fully Loaded

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#14 NPR
0.89s Backend
5.5s Start Render
21.75s Largest Contentful Paint
57s Last Painted Hero
57.1s Visually Complete
64.98s First CPU Idle
64.98s Time To Interactive
75.81s Fully Loaded

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#15 CNN
0.72s Backend
6s Start Render
6.09s Largest Contentful Paint
8.8s Last Painted Hero
14.62s First CPU Idle
14.62s Time To Interactive
51.5s Visually Complete
105.11s Fully Loaded

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#16 THE ONION
0.7s Backend
7.48s Largest Contentful Paint
7.5s Start Render
27.68s First CPU Idle
28.4s Last Painted Hero
28.4s Visually Complete
34.52s Time To Interactive
38.03s Fully Loaded

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#17 ESPN
1.49s Backend
8.5s Start Render
9.36s First CPU Idle
9.98s Largest Contentful Paint
10.9s Last Painted Hero
37.4s Visually Complete
50.1s Time To Interactive
52.36s Fully Loaded

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